Meet The Aurora Team
THE ARCHITECT
THE REALTOR
Benchmark Real Estate is a full-service real estate agency offering sales, consulting, development, and investor services. Headquartered in Portland, Maine, Benchmark is big enough to provide a global marketing reach and the latest real estate technologies, but small enough to ensure every client gets personalized service and an exceptional experience.
THE DEVELOPER , TOM LANDRY
A small business owner, Realtor®, developer, and contractor, Tom Landry is one of the most accomplished and respected real estate professionals in Southern Maine. As the founder of both Benchmark Real Estate and CornerStone Building and Restoration, Tom brings a rare breadth and depth of knowledge to every purchase, sale, development, or remodel project he undertakes. In his main focus, real estate sales, he has been one of Maine’s top producing agents and Portland’s #1 Listing/Selling Realtor® for over a decade.
Tom has over 20 years of practical real estate experience as a realtor, buyer, seller, investor, multi-unit building owner, and general contractor. He has the firsthand knowledge, integrity, proven negotiating skills, and attention to detail to help even the most complex real estate deals come to a successful close. With a background in marketing and customer service, Tom and his team provide the very best results to each and every client.
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
CIVIL ENGINEERING
Acorn Engineering is an award-winning, Maine based, civil engineering firm specializing in urban redevelopment, civil/site design, environmental consulting, and permitting. Our focuses include multi-family development, construction administration of highway, marine, and rail facilities, restoration of urban impaired watersheds, the design of stormwater infrastructure and retrofits, low impact development (LID), and environmental stewardship. A cornerstone of Acorn Engineering is the attention to quality and exceptional level of service on every project regardless of size. At Acorn, we take your project idea from “seed to site”!
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Zade Engineering LLC is a multi-disciplinary engineering firm offering full MEP/FP consulting and design services. Founded in 1963, the family owned firm has been serving the Greater Boston area and beyond for over 50 years.
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
ALA is a process-driven, landscape architecture and urban design firm committed to thoughtful, creative intervention at the intersection of environment, economics, art, and culture. ALA was founded on the notion that great design is a product of careful listening, inclusive decision-making, and unrelenting passion for enduring built spaces.
Our studio was founded in the high Rockies under the banner of the Aspen idea, a philosophy seeking to balance the pursuits of mind, body, and spirit at the confluence of nature and culture.
We believe landscape architecture lies at this nexus of the built form and the ephemeral qualities of an ever-changing environment. ALA’s team offers a unique set of skills and perspective, well-equipped to harmonize and reconcile the roles and value systems of varied design discplines. We integrate expertise and intuition to craft powerful places, built upon a commitment to resiliency and sustainability.
Our studio’s passion for craft and savvy resourcefulness affords us the ability to collaborate across broad geographic, socio-economic, and cultural horizons.