Maine Biz published a feature article on the success of The Black Box incubator in November, just over a year since it first opened at 93 Washington Ave in Portland, ME.

The Cheese Shop, one of the original tenants in Portland’s Black Box retail space, has graduated to a larger shop down the street —an example of how the business incubator was intended to function.

North Optical, another charter tenant, plans to stay and has no interest in going elsewhere — an example of what the 1,600-square-foot building at 93 Washington Ave. can also be.

A year after it opened, the city’s first retail property built from shipping containers is serving its purpose as a retail incubator, but also evolving into a hot spot for small businesses whose owners want small storefront space on Portland’s peninsula…

For the full article, please click here.

The Cheese Shop of Portland has officially ‘graduated’ out of the retail incubator space at The Black Box and has re-opened directly next door in a larger retail space, located at 107 Washington Ave in Portland. You can read more about the move at The Portland Food Map here.

Opening day at The Cheese Shop of Portland’s new, expanded location at 107 Washington Ave, Portland, ME.