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March 5, 2014 •
Condos, Development, Warehouse District •
7799
Developer Derek Scontrino of Landcraft LLC is moving forward with his plans for the Diamond Street Lofts, a boutique Warehouse District condo development at 329 Diamond Street. Diamond Street Lofts will feature 12 two-bedroom, two-bath units with balconies, one 5,200 sf penthouse, a rooftop terrace, and a a commercial unit with almost 50 feet of [&hellip
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March 4, 2014 •
Central Business District, Development, Hotel & Hospitality •
5155
Boy that was fast. Wischermann Partners, Inc. and Jayshree Hospitality LLC, the developers of the proposed 21-story, 373-room hotels at the corner of Canal and Tchoupitoulas streets have filed a demolition permit for several properties to get the construction underway after just announcing the project three weeks ago. The project filed the demolition permit on [&hellip
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March 4, 2014 •
Central Business District, News, Retail •
5407
The Wild Life Reserve, a men’s clothing brand, will be opening a new flagship store in downtown New Orleans at 111 St. Charles Avenue. The store will feature men’s and women’s clothing from The Wild Life Reserve collection as well as a finely curated collection of local and international designers and heritage brands. Entrepreneur Micaiah [&hellip
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March 3, 2014 •
Northshore, Retail, Slidell •
6066
Dick’s Sporting Goods opened Sunday (3/2) in Slidell at the Fremaux Town Center. The opening marks the chain’s seventh store in Louisiana and its 561st nationwide. The new store will offer over 40 in-store services performed by DICK’S certified PROS in sports and outdoor specialties such as golf, bike, fishing and team sports. The store [&hellip
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March 3, 2014 •
Hotel & Hospitality •
4348
New Orleans hotels will begin assessing an additional 1.75 percent tax on room rates in April to help pay for tourism marketing efforts worldwide and infrastructure improvements in the French Quarter. The additional cash is estimated to double the amount spent on advertising the city to vacationers. Nola.com reports that the tourism industry accounts for [&hellip
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February 28, 2014 •
Acquisitions, Central Business District, Hotel & Hospitality •
11288
Joe Jaeger, the New Orleans hotelier, investor and real estate developer, has purchased the Whitney Wyndham Hotel at 610 Poydras St. for $10.5 million. The Whitney Wyndham Hotel is an eight-story, 93-room hotel, owned by a partnership controlled by Metairie business owner Robert Weinmann and Wood Design + Build chief executive Paul Flower. The partnership [&hellip
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February 27, 2014 •
Community Development, News, Public Development •
4619
We reported a few weeks back that more NORA properties would soon hit the auction block. NORA finally announced which properties will be auctioned March 29, 2014 at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Properties include single family homes, doubles and vacant lots. The properties are located in the New Orleans East, Holy Cross, [&hellip
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February 27, 2014 •
Acquisitions, Development, Office, Warehouse District •
7643
A few weeks back, International Shipholding Corp., which owns and operates a global fleet of waterborne cargo vessels, announced that they were relocating their corporate headquarters from Mobile, Ala., back to New Orleans. At the time, the company said that they had a warehouse district property under contract which would eventually be its new headquarters. [&hellip
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February 26, 2014 •
Mid-City, Multi Family, Public Development, Public Finance •
4964
The third phase of the Faubourg Lafitte housing project redevelopment is moving forward, with developers working with Gibbs Construction as the lone bidder on the project, with a submitted bid of $17 million. This phase of the project, which includes 100 units in a nearly 100,000 sf apartment building for low-income seniors, has a budget [&hellip
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February 26, 2014 •
Construction, Mid-City, News, Parks & Public Spaces, Public Development, Zoning and Land Use •
8035
The city has selected a contractor to oversee the construction of the Lafitte Greenway, 2.6-mile multi-use trail, bike path, and linear park connecting the French Quarter to Bayou St. John and Mid-City, the Friends of Lafitte Corridor announced Tuesday. The City received five bids from general contractors ranging in amounts from $5.5M to $7.9M, a [&hellip
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