The Roux Institute

The Portland Planning Board is recommending several zoning changes in the area near the former B&M Baked Bean factory to allow for construction of the campus of Northeastern University's Roux Institute, giving a major boost to the project.

If approved by the City of Portland, the Roux Institute will be a graduate school and research center built on the former B&M Baked Bean Factory site.

The Roux Institute, a graduate school and research center planned for the former B&M Baked Bean Factory site in Portland, is reducing its planned footprint after neighbors near the site complained about the scale of the project.

Driving down I-295 in Portland, most Mainers are accustomed to seeing the iconic B&M Baked Bean factory overlooking Casco Bay. Now a nonprofit is hoping to transform the once-vibrant industrial site into a new 21st century campus and technological hub that developers envision as the future of innovation and economic growth in the city.

Boston’s Northeastern University is announcing a new tech-focused graduate center in Portland. Its backers say the $100 million facility will lay the…