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January 17, 2014 •
Bywater, Construction, Marigny, Tax Credits •
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We drove by the NOCCA Forum building development to check on the progress and it looks like construction is moving right along. For those not familiar, the NOCCA Forum development is a $26.6 million, 60,000-square-foot expansion of The New Orleans Center for Creative Arts campus. The school is renovating several 19th-century warehouses adjacent to its [&hellip
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January 17, 2014 •
Hotel & Hospitality, Public Development, West Bank •
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Nola.com reports that a New Orleans-based hotel developer has plans to build a $50 Million hotel complex on vacant westbank land.BN Management, a hotel operator and developer led by Mr.Nguyen, is putting together the deal on a vacant tract of land in Terrytown. He got one step closer to that dream Wednesday when the Gretna [&hellip
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January 17, 2014 •
Architecture & Design, Economic Development, News, Public Development, Public Finance •
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Yesterday the Landrieu Administration released their plans for a brand new terminal complex at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. Landrieu and NOAB unveiled conceptual renderings of the 650,000-square-foot terminal complex that features two concourses with 30 gates, a consolidated checkpoint, seamless connections between concourses and 2000 parking garage spaces. The North Terminal design [&hellip
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January 16, 2014 •
Construction, Development, French Quarter, Historic, Multi Family •
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Construction has started on the historic renovation of the building located at 1101 Decatur Street in the French Quarter. VTM Properties, LLC, an entity controlled by Chandru Motwani, has partnered with Woodward Design + Build to renovate the historic french quarter property. Motwani and Woodward are also working together on the luxury apartments in the [&hellip
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January 16, 2014 •
Uncategorized •
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The building at 2025 St. Charles Avenue, vacant for years, has a new grocery store coming soon. The building was most recently in use as Crescent City Billiards Lounge, which apparently went out of business several years back. Theresa Yu Song, a westbank resident, bought the building in 2007 for $700,000. The grocery store’s entrepreneur [&hellip
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January 16, 2014 •
Architecture & Design, Lower Garden District, Magazine Street •
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In December we reported that caterer and restauranteur Joel Dondis purchased the former marketplace at 1911 Magazine St. for $2 million. At the time, we heard he had planned to develop it into a large banquet hall for wedding parties and corporate events. The 12,100 square foot building’s Spanish-style architectural features will be restored to [&hellip
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January 15, 2014 •
Public Development, Public Finance •
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New Orleans’ Industrial Development Board on Tuesday (Jan. 14) opened the 150-acre former Six Flags amusement park site in eastern New Orleans to proposals from developers. The former Jazzland and Six Flags site has been closed since Hurricane Katrina. Last year, plans for the development of a 400,000-square-foot outlet mall were scrapped after the $70 [&hellip
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January 14, 2014 •
Acquisitions, Finance & Lending, News •
6866
Fidelity Homestead Savings Bank of New Orleans has acquired NOLA Lending Group, LLC of Mandeville. NOLA Lending, founded in 2002, is one of the area’s largest residential mortgage lenders. NOLA Lending originated more than $1.25 billion in loans over the past two years and has 24 offices in Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Florida and Alabama. Last year, [&hellip
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January 14, 2014 •
Central Business District, Construction, Development, Tax Credits •
8747
Woodward Design+Build began renovations on three adjacent office buildings at Canal and Camp that will add another 44 apartment units to the growing downtown supply. The Giani Building as the project is being called, is $15 million project to convert 600 Canal St., 604 Canal St., and 113-117 Camp St. into an assortment of luxury [&hellip
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January 14, 2014 •
Awards & Recognition, News, Retail, West Bank •
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Corporate Realty, one of the top retail brokerage firms in the city, was recently hired to provide management and leasing services for the Westbank Village Shopping Center, located at 901 Manhattan Blvd. in Harvey. Tenants of the center include Bed Bath Beyond, HH Gregg, Kirklands, Marshall’s, Mattress Firm, Office Depot and others. The square footage [&hellip
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