BANGOR, Maine — Main Street Music Studios is moving out of its downtown Bangor storefront, relocating to its own building along the Penobscot River in Brewer.
Andrew Clifford, who started the studio eight years ago at the Bangor location, said Friday that the move was always in his 10-year plan.
“We wanted to invest and own a property so we can control our future and expand,” Clifford said.
The company moved Friday to 379 South Main St. in Brewer, the white building across the street from Van Raymond Outfitters that was formerly home to a bakery and cafe.
Clifford said the deal closed on Thursday on the property.
He said he’d build a new studio in the former cafe, and the attached house will hold rooms for the eight instructors who provide music lessons to students on a range of instruments. Those teaching rooms won’t be nearly as cramped as the ones instructors had in Bangor.
“Ultimately, all of us had outgrown that space,” Clifford said.
In addition, the new location has its own parking and a view of the Penobscot River.
The 2,500-square-foot space in downtown Bangor is up for lease by the owner of Rebecca’s, which shared a building with Main Street Music Studios.
Rick Vigue, the owner of the building and Rebecca’s, said a potential tenant is already eyeing the former studio. He declined to reveal Friday who was looking at the property and what they hoped to open.
“They’re very interested in the space,” Vigue said. “It’s a new business that wants to be in the middle of downtown. They like the location here.”
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