The Portland Maine Planning Board approved plans for a 179 guestroom hotel as part of a redevelopment on Congress Street in downtown Portland, Maine. The site plan for the hotel of the Herald Square project at 385 Congress Street includes nine condominiums on the upper floors of the hotel and 75 parking garage spaces. Developer Fathom Companies is building the hotel whose president is Jim Brady. Fathom Companies also operates the Press Hotel on Congress Street. Developer Reger Dasco Properties will develop the second phase of the project which will include 297 condo units and retail space. The project is being designed by Johnson Nathan Stroke Architecture and Interior Design