184 Corea Road in Gouldsboro, Maine was built by the U.S. Navy to operate in a demanding, remote coastal environment — three-phase power, large clear-span buildings, and a secured perimeter. If your operation needs reliable power, substantial building footprint, a cold-climate coastal setting, or access to seawater, this site warrants serious consideration even if aquaculture is not your business. All buildings require major renovation, including roof replacement — this is a value-add acquisition, not a move-in-ready facility.
Cold-Climate Data Center - Maine's cold coastal climate is an asset for any compute-intensive operation. Average temperatures at the Schoodic Peninsula reduce cooling costs relative to most U.S. markets. Three-phase power is already at the road. 65,000+ SF of existing structure provides a large envelope without greenfield land-clearing costs. The Navy built this facility to withstand decades of demanding coastal operation — the bones are sound even where renovation is needed. Maine regulatory note: LD 307, a legislative moratorium on large data centers, was vetoed by Governor Mills on April 24, 2026. Maine remains open to data center development.
Offshore Wind Support and Staging - The Gulf of Maine is a priority zone for federal offshore wind development. Operations and maintenance bases, component staging, and crew facilities for offshore wind projects require exactly what this site offers: large building footprint, coastal proximity, and infrastructure already in place. The Schoodic Peninsula's position on the Eastern Maine coast makes it a logical candidate for wind support operations.
Marine Research Institution - The site's deeded seawater easements to Prospect Harbor — with intake permitted at approximately 50-foot depth — make it attractive for marine science, oceanographic research, and aquatic biology operations. The Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park operates nearby. A research institution acquiring this site would inherit cleared regulatory standing and existing large-scale buildings for lab and support space. Seawater infrastructure not yet constructed.
Defense / Federal Agency Use - The former Navy installation has physical and operational characteristics that civilian sites rarely offer: large clear-span structures, a remote and defensible setting, three-phase power, and established perimeter definition. Federal agencies and defense contractors evaluating Maine coastal facilities should consider this site's provenance and existing infrastructure.
Controlled-Environment Agriculture (CEA) - Large clear-span buildings with three-phase power available create favorable conditions for indoor vertical farming, greenhouse operations, or hemp/specialty crop production.
Clean Energy Development - 460 kW solar has already been quoted for this site ($1.9M installed, ZNShine ZXM7-SH144 550W panels). The economics of an on-site solar array are favorable for an energy-intensive user. See the Power & Solar page for full ROI analysis.
Coastal Community Development - Forty acres on the edge of Schoodic Peninsula, adjacent to Acadia National Park, with 65,000 square feet of existing structures, three-phase power, 460 kW of solar generation, and deeded seawater access — this is not a conventional residential site. But for the right developer, that is the point.
A small number of residential developers in the United States have built intentional communities around working farms — a model known as an agrihood. The Urban Land Institute has documented more than 200 such projects nationally, ranging from a handful of conservation parcels to master-planned communities of several thousand homes. What they share: a working agricultural operation at the center, clustered residential units around it, and a retail or community amenity layer that binds the two.
Winter Harbor lends itself to a coastal variant of this model that does not yet exist at scale anywhere in the Northeast.
A Marine Agrihood - Rather than a land farm growing vegetables and raising livestock, the agricultural anchor here would be the ocean itself — shellfish cultivation, seaweed and kelp farming, and marine ecology programming, supported by the site's deeded easements to Prospect Harbor and its active state and federal aquaculture permits. Residents would live around a working tidal farm, not a working hay field. The distinction is significant in a market where coastal Maine already commands premium residential interest.
The site's existing buildings provide a structural head start that most agrihood developers do not have. Building 85 (~20,000 SF) and the Lot 4 warehouse and office complex (~45,000 SF) could be reimagined as a community center, farm operations hub, retail farm stand, and shared amenity space — with clustered residential units developed on the remaining acreage. The 460 kW solar system, already installed, covers a meaningful share of community energy demand from day one.
The scale is appropriately modest for this location. A development of 20 to 40 units — conservation-oriented, architecturally intentional, priced for buyers seeking a genuine coastal retreat — fits both the land and the market. Gouldsboro is not suburban Houston. That is a feature, not a limitation, for the buyer this community would attract.
What a Developer Would Need to Evaluate
This is a concept with real precedent nationally and genuine physical assets on the ground here. A developer considering this path would be evaluating: municipal zoning flexibility in Gouldsboro, the transferability of existing aquaculture permits to a community-operated model, infrastructure requirements (water, septic, road access), and the residential market for a premium small-scale coastal community in Downeast Maine.
None of those questions have been pre-answered. The site is offered as-is, with the assets described. What exists — the permits, the power, the buildings, the seawater access rights, the location — represents a foundation that would take years and significant capital to assemble elsewhere on the Maine coast.
Parties with residential or mixed-use development interest are invited to execute an NDA and review the full property documentation.
NSGA Winter Harbor (Naval Security Group Activity Winter Harbor) operated on this site from the mid-20th century through 2002. The Navy's requirements for secure communications infrastructure demanded reliable power, substantial buildings, and defensible siting — all of which remain part of this property's character. Non-aquaculture buyers evaluating remote Maine coastal industrial sites will find that the Navy's construction standards represent a meaningful baseline that greenfield development cannot replicate.
Gouldsboro's residents, officials, and planning board have supported development at this site. Re-purposing a former Naval installation is locally preferred over disturbing raw coastal land — a community-relations head start that few Maine projects begin with.
A commercial seafood processing facility with deep-water pier access operates in Prospect Harbor, within the same harbor watershed as the Palom site. For marine research, offshore logistics, or other maritime operations, neighboring pier and cold storage access may be relevant to your planning. Details available to qualified buyers following NDA execution.
All buildings require major renovation including roof replacement. Seawater inlet and outlet infrastructure has not yet been constructed (preliminary estimate ~$1.5M). Aquaculture permits convey with the property and represent cleared environmental review — their value to non-aquaculture buyers is as regulatory standing and documentation, not as an operational requirement.
Detailed documentation is available to qualified parties following a signed non-disclosure agreement. Visit the Acquire page to submit your inquiry, or contact Bryan Woods directly through the Contact page.
© 2026 Palom Aquaculture LLC. All buildings require major renovation including roof replacement. Seawater infrastructure not yet constructed (~$1.5M preliminary estimate). Information on this website is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offering or solicitation.