Lewiston’s Somali Bantu Association Moves Into Larger Quarters
By Laurie Schreiber of Mainebiz, | March 21, 2022
The Somali Bantu Community Association of Maine in Lewiston has moved from a small rental space to a much larger building it now owns.
“We always needed a big space,” said Muhidin Libah, the association’s executive director.
The association bought a two-story, 4,279-square-foot office building from Frank J. Walsh in Lewiston for $254,000.
Noah Stebbins of the Boulos Co. and Renee Roy of Better Homes & Gardens|The Masiello Group, brokered the transaction.
The building includes six offices, a receptionist area, waiting room, two kitchens, 2019 natural gas boiler, vinyl siding, newer rubber roof, and newer bulkhead and stairs, according to the listing. The property, in the city’s downtown residential zone, was previously used as a counseling center.
Stebbins, who represented the association, said he began searching for larger digs for the association last summer.
Parameters included a standalone office, exclusively in Lewiston and ideally in the downtown.
