Bangor Savings Bank expands waterfront campus with former Saliba's building

The former home of Saliba's Rugs on the Bangor Waterfront sold last fall to Bangor Savings Bank after a proposed commercial and residential redevelopment project fell through. The building at 2 Pleasant St., at the corner of Front Street, was sold by Robert Ervin in late October 2022 to Bangor Savings for $1.7 million. Ervin bought the property for $788,000 in February 2021 from longtime owner Steve Saliba. He planned to redevelop the 28,000-square-foot building into a mixed residential and commercial space, with the potential for a restaurant on the street level and apartments in the rest of the building.