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Higgins Hotel Earns Top-3 Global Curio Ranking, AAA Four-Diamond Status

May 12, 2026 • News • 101

The Higgins Hotel & Conference Center, located at 1000 Magazine St. in New Orleans, recently achieved significant recognition. It was ranked No. 3 among more than 200 properties in Hilton’s Curio Collection, based on 2025 guest service scores. Simultaneously, the hotel reaffirmed its AAA Four-Diamond status. These accolades boost its appeal for group bookings and [&hellip
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Tulane Study Urges Coastal Retreat Planning for New Orleans

May 11, 2026 • News • 140

A recent study by Tulane University, published in Nature Sustainability and reported by local media on May 5, 2026, highlights the pressing need for New Orleans to prepare for a northward coastal retreat. Led by Dr. Torbjörn Törnqvist, the research warns that ongoing sea-level rise and rapid subsidence could shift the Gulf shoreline significantly northward, [&hellip
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Benson Automotive’s Gen‑5 Porsche New Orleans to Open May 27 in Metairie

May 11, 2026 • News • 132

Benson Automotive Group, led by New Orleans investor Gayle Benson, will open its state-of-the-art 37,000-square-foot Porsche ‘Gen-5’ dealership at 8900 Veterans Blvd. in Metairie on May 27. This significant investment marks a new high-end retail presence in Jefferson Parish, featuring an advanced 18-bay service center. The facility is one of just six ‘Gen-5’ Porsche dealerships [&hellip
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New Orleans Plans $102.6M Sale of Future Caesars Lease Payments

May 8, 2026 • News • 233

New Orleans is set to sell $102.6 million worth of future Caesars casino lease payments to private equity firm TPG Angelo Gordon. This move, confirmed by Biz New Orleans, involves monetizing about nine years of casino lease payments from June 1, 2026, to July 31, 2035. The transaction is structured as a private equity purchase [&hellip
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Metairie Towers Owner Files Chapter 11, Halting Sheriff’s Auction for 219-Unit Old Metairie Tower

May 8, 2026 • News • 222

D.K.A. ONE LLC, led by Darren Aschaffenburg, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on May 5, 2026, pausing a planned sheriff’s auction for the 219-unit Metairie Towers located at 401 Metairie Road in Old Metairie. This move shifts the redevelopment of the long-vacant tower into bankruptcy restructuring, raising new questions about its future and creditors’ recoveries. [&hellip
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Fox 8 Marks One Year in New Howard Avenue Studios

May 7, 2026 • News • 234

Local broadcaster WVUE (Fox 8) celebrated one year of operations at its newly acquired and renovated facility on Howard Avenue, New Orleans, as of May 7, 2026. Gray Media, the station’s owner, invested millions into the project, marking a significant capital infusion and long-term commitment in a bustling commercial corridor. The station’s move to 3900 [&hellip
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New Orleans Tops STR/CoStar Rankings During Jazz Fest Surge

May 6, 2026 • News • 257

New Orleans achieved significant gains in hotel occupancy and revenue per available room (RevPAR) during the Jazz Fest week, leading the Top-25 U.S. markets. For the week ending April 25, 2026, STR/CoStar data indicates a 19% increase in occupancy to 73.7% and a 34.3% jump in RevPAR to $155.18. The metrics analyzed by CoStar/STR, published [&hellip
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Jazz Fest Drives New Orleans Hotel Occupancy to 92%

May 6, 2026 • News • 225

New Orleans & Company projects that citywide hotel occupancy for the second weekend of Jazz Fest reached approximately 92%, signaling a robust rebound for the 2026 festival. The projection, reported on May 4, underscores the festival’s impact on the hospitality market, benefitting hotel owners and stimulating downtown retail and short-term rental markets. The projection indicates [&hellip
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Practis Converts Trailer Campus into Permanent Harry Tompson Center on Gravier Street; $3.6M Campaign Completes Rebuild

May 5, 2026 • News • 235

Practis, a local architecture firm, has completed the transformation of the Harry Tompson Center at 1803 Gravier Street in downtown New Orleans. The $3.6 million capital campaign turned a long-standing 2007-era trailer campus into a permanent 16,839 square-foot facility. The multi-phase project, verified in a recent Biz New Orleans article, was led by Practis with [&hellip
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Domino Sugar’s Chalmette Refinery to Add $200M Filtration Building

May 4, 2026 • News • 509

American Sugar Refining (ASR), the company behind Domino Sugar, has announced plans to invest $200 million in constructing a new Filtration Building at its Chalmette refinery in Arabi, Louisiana. This significant private industrial expansion aims to modernize operations, enhance flood resilience, and safeguard hundreds of union jobs in the New Orleans area. The investment was [&hellip
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