Who Wants To Redevelop Charity Hospital? State Releases RFP For Redevelopment

by • April 2, 2015 • Central Business District, Public Development, Public FinanceComments (4)10008

Photo via the Downtown Development District

Photo via the Downtown Development District

The State of Louisiana released an RFP for the redevelopment of the Art-Deco Charity Hospital in Downtown New Orleans on Wednesday. This beautiful, historic, Art-Deco building has been vacant since 2005 when it was shuttered by Hurricane Katrina.

The state’s Request For Information describes the one million square foot property, refers the reader to a wealth of additional information and resources and can be found here.

The building qualifies for 25% state historic tax credits and the 20% federal historic tax credits.

Charity Hospital flooded in Katrina and has been out of operation ever since.  There have been a million ideas on what to do with the building, everything from the Mayor’s idea to use it as a new City Hall to Pres Kabaoff’s idea for it to anchor a $1 billion revitalization effort of downtown New Orleans.

What would the best redevelopment options be for this monster of a project?

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4 Responses to Who Wants To Redevelop Charity Hospital? State Releases RFP For Redevelopment

  1. Ed Wallace says:

    In my opinion, this would be a great apartment building. I do hope it gets takers.

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