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October 16, 2014 •
Architecture & Design, Construction, Development, Food & Beverage, Multi Family, Residential, Warehouse District, Zoning and Land Use •
6316
Yesterday plans were filed with the HDLC for ARC review later this month for an apartment project at 1035 Tchoupitoulas Street. Here’s the description submitted to the city: “FOR ARC REVIEW ONLY. DO NOT BEGIN FULL SAFETY AND PERMITS REVIEW. Construction of new multi-story mixed-use 10-story building including a restaurant on floors 1-2, residential [&hellip
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October 16, 2014 •
Community Development, Development, Public Development •
9808
The first grouping of brand new apartments under construction at the site of the former Iberville public housing development are almost finished and will be open by end of 2014. Developers HRI, Missouri-based McCormack Baron Salazar, and the Housing Authority of New Orleans are co-developing a $600 million project to revitalize Iberville and the surrounding area. Financing comes from [&hellip
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October 15, 2014 •
Central Business District, Development, Food & Beverage, News, Renovation •
6929
Several months ago Chef Justin Devillier purchased the former Ditcharos space at 640 Carondelet. The planned venture will be called Balise( which was the name of the first French Settlement at the mouth of the river). According to Devillier, the restaurant should be opening before the end of the year. In the meantime check out the [&hellip
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October 15, 2014 •
Community Development, Public Development •
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The New Orleans Redevelopment Authority has been on a roll lately, putting 136 properties back into commerce and generating $6.4 million at an auction in March. That auction of course comes off the heals of a monster 2013, where NORA invested nearly $80 million. Now, NORA has announced they will be auctioning off another 130 [&hellip
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October 14, 2014 •
Construction •
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Since 2005, New Orleans has had a particularly large boom in green building, where 4.53 million square feet of commercial space is LEED certified, reports CityBusiness. Z Smith, director of sustainability and building performance for the architecture firm Eskew+Dumez+Ripple, said about 20 percent of Eskew+Dumez+Ripple’s work involves LEED certification, but nearly every project design at the firm [&hellip
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October 13, 2014 •
Lower Garden District, Public Finance •
9530
Earlier this year, the Convention Center issued a “request for interest” from developers for the redevelopment of 47 acres of unused land on the River owned by the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center into a massive mixed-use district that would featured shopping, hotel, residential, and entertainment. Last week, the Convention Center announced the companies that submitted [&hellip
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October 13, 2014 •
Development, Hotel & Hospitality, Warehouse District •
7190
The Historic District Landmarks Commission has voted to replace a covered parking lot and a two-story building with a new 138 room hotel and restaurant. The project was proposed by the HW Real Estate Development Corp. of Chicago. The proposal is currently waiting for final approval from the City Council. The developer seeks to build [&hellip
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October 10, 2014 •
Awards & Recognition, Investment •
6958
Stirling Properties’ Beezie Landry, Senior Sales and Leasing Executive, absolutely crushed it in September, closing on the sale of five investment properties totaling over $38 million. In each of these transactions, Mr. Landry represented the Seller. “Year to date Beezie has closed on approximately $60 million in Investment Sales representing both Buyers and Sellers,” stated [&hellip
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October 9, 2014 •
Acquisitions, Central Business District, Multi Family •
8799
Developer Green Coast Enterprises, in partnership with the Crescent City Community Land Trust , has closed on the purchase of a vacant downtown, historic building for conversion into apartments and retail. Green Coast closed on the former Higgins Industries Building at 234 Loyola Ave. last week for $4.8 million from Johnann LLC, an entity owned by [&hellip
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October 8, 2014 •
Development, Jefferson Parish, Retail •
5813
Today, the Jefferson Parish Council unanimously approved the Clearview site plan for a new strip mall across six lots once zoned for homes, reports nola.com. The site is on the western face of Clearview one block south of its intersection with West Metairie Avenue, between King and Prince streets. The six related lots were unanimously approved for [&hellip
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