NEW ORLEANS | Project/Development Thread - Page 852

sguil1 · #**17021** Posted **Dec 21, 2019, 5:41 PM**

https://www.nola.com/news/article_6a...4fc7d4692.html

The developers of the partially collapsed Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans are seeking a permit to take down three adjacent buildings as part of their demolition plan for the site, according to permits filed with the city.

The plan would involve tearing down century-old structures — two on Canal Street and one on Iberville Street — that survived the collapse and are owned by the major partners in the Hard Rock project.

Historic preservationists said they are sensitive to the complex challenges of bringing down the rest of the hotel safely and recovering the bodies of two workers that remain in the rubble. But they, along with a City Council member, worry the demolitions may be unnecessary and simply result in more properties being destroyed.

“It’s been a tragedy,” Vieux Carre Property Owners, Residents and Associates Executive Director Erin Holmes said of the collapse. “But we don’t need to continue removing the historic fabric of Canal Street. VCPORA is going to be opposed to any further demolition around the site unless a clear need is demonstrated for their removal.”

tennis1400 · #**17022** Posted **Dec 21, 2019, 8:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by sguil1

https://www.nola.com/news/education/...35e696a6b.html

Among other projects, Tulane hopes to continue investment downtown, where it already occupies 17 buildings, by becoming an anchor tenant in the redevelopment of the old Charity Hospital. Between that and other downtown expansions, the school aims to take up at least 500,000 square feet of laboratories, clinical space, student housing, classrooms and more.

In doing so, Fitts said, Tulane aims to play an even bigger role in New Orleans, much in the way that he said universities in Pittsburgh and Nashville have revitalized their hometowns and vaulted them to greater national prominence.

"New Orleans is a better and more vibrant city because of Tulane, and Tulane is a better and more attractive university because of New Orleans," he added. "The futures of the two are linked."

Nothing really new in the article (mostly Tulane patting itself on the back or trying to overcompensate for something... can't tell which) but does re-affirm the charity project

I think probably to pre empt any attempt to make them pay property taxes lol

tennis1400 · #**17023** Posted **Dec 25, 2019, 6:48 PM**

Tulane Ave Construction:

tennis1400 · #**17024** Posted **Dec 25, 2019, 6:59 PM**

Jung Grocery:

sguil1 · #**17025** Posted **Dec 25, 2019, 8:57 PM**

Royal Dutch Shell confirmed on Tuesday that it plans to move about 50 New Orleans-based jobs to Houston next year, but said it is committed to keeping its core deepwater operations in the city long-term.

The company, which is headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands, said that the jobs being relocated to Shell's North American headquarters in Texas are primarily from the subsurface and seismic processing teams.

A spokesman for Shell in New Orleans, Paul Hagel, said that the job-shuffle is a routine adjustment for the company and should not be seen as affecting the company's long-term commitment to the city as headquarters of its deepwater operations for the Gulf of Mexico, Brazil, Malaysia and elsewhere.

"The move is aimed at co-locating teams that are already working together to optimize our footprint and add focus," he said of the jobs relocation.

Shell New Orleans currently employs about 1,000 people, mostly located on nine floors at the Hancock Whitney Center on Poydras Street in the Central Business District, formerly One Shell Square.

https://www.nola.com/news/business/a...fe5721fbd.html

SlidellWx · #**17026** Posted **Dec 28, 2019, 4:29 PM**

Wanted to wish everyone on this forum a Happy New Year! Outside of the Hard Rock hotel collapse, 2019 was a very good year for the region in terms of the economy and development. The biggest project we should see starting up in full swing in 2020 will be the Charity redevelopment.

Saint Tiger · #**17027** Posted **Dec 28, 2019, 8:22 PM**

Any one has updated news on the Plaza Tower?

SlidellWx · #**17028** Posted **Dec 28, 2019, 9:38 PM**

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Any one has updated news on the Plaza Tower?

tennis1400 stated previously that the tower may be leaning. Not sure what the future holds for it.

mwm991 · #**17029** Posted **Dec 29, 2019, 10:03 PM**

Exciting weekend coming up with the Saints and LSU in the dome back to back for huge games! Would love to be down Bourbon that weekend.

prokowave · #**17030** Posted **Dec 31, 2019, 1:11 AM**

As we approach the end of the year, I've been updating my list of developments across the city. There's a lot going on, so I'm sure I am missing some information.

Overall, there is a great diversity of projects, from the tallest high-rise built here in a generation: The Odeon - to the renovation of major historic buildings: Charity Hospital and the WTC - to several large residential and hotel new construction projects. But perhaps most notable is the great increase in renovations of smaller commercial structures mostly into STRs, particularly along Canal, prompted by efforts to bundle properties and ease regulations.

Recently Completed:
Hotel:
Residence Inn, St. Charles Avenue: 238 rooms
Higgins Hotel (WWII Museum) 230 rooms
Hostelling International on Canal

Residential:
Parkway Apartments: 207 units
730 Julia Street - 197 apartments + retail
Village of Versailles - 400 unit apartment complex in NOE
Edwards Greenway/Bayou St. John Development: 382 apartments + retail (first phase open, second phase u/c)
Magazine St. Reilly Foods Reno/New construction - 90 units +347 parking spaces + 27k sf retail
Former Hurwitz Mintz Warehouse (217-225 Chartres street) 27 condos + 10,000 sf retail
37Hundred - 20 townhouses on Bienville
1581 Magazine Street - 36 Units
The Saxony - 75 units in the Bywater
131 S Jefferson Davis Pkwy - Conversion of church into 20 apartments
Sacred Heart church on St. Bernard Avenue - 53 units
301 St Charles Avenue - 21 units and 5000 sf retail
822 Howard Avenue - 17 units
301 Magazine Street - 9 units + 5000 sf retail
939 Iberville Apartments (Former Maison Blanche annex) - 77 units
2606 St Louis - 14 units and retail
1010 N. Galvez - Former Bell Jr. High School renovation into apartments - 51+ units
Pythian Building on Loyola - 69 units+ 40,000 sf retail
Southern Rep Bayou Road Performing Arts Complex

Other:
MSY/New Orleans International Airport North Terminal
Ochsner Hospitals - 7 floor addition to main campus + new rehab campus on Jefferson Highway
Dixie Brewery in New Orleans East (Event space under construction)

Under Construction in 2019:

Residential:
The Garage (Stephens garage on Carondelet ) - 65 units + 15,000 sf retail
731 St. Charles - 67 condos
2635-2645 Toulouse Street - St Bernard Project near Broad St. and Lafitte Greenway - 25,000sf of commercial space, 60 residential rental units and parking
1301 Annunciation St. - 211 apartments + retail
2424 Tulane Ave. - 200+ apartments + retail
Iberville/Bienville Basin Redevelopment/Expansion
1551 Canal St.: approx. 330 apartments
The Odeon - approx 300 apartments
LSU Health Center New Dorm on Poydras - 600 beds
Charity Hospital - interior demolition

Hotel:
Oil and Gas Building: Canopy Hotel by Hilton: 182 rooms
Virgin Hotel: 200+ rooms
WTC/Four Seasons: 350 Rooms + 76 res units
1016 Canal Sonder Hotel
Hampton Inn - Elysian Fields

Other:
Children’s Hospital
Drive Shack on Howard Ave

Announced/Planning in 2019:
Residential:
Warwick Hotel renovation into 154 apartments
Nick’s Place Tulane Ave - bar + 15 units residential - 7 story
4528 Freret Street - 24 condos and grocery
710 Baronne - 20 apartments
3200 Chartres - 8 units residential
2515 N Robertson St - Conversion of former Haley Elementary School into apartments
Holy Cross Campus Re-development/4950 Dauphine St/140 units

Hotel/STR:
SOHO House/Former Children’s Museum - 78 rooms
Harrah’s New Hotel - 340 rooms - Approved by state, final plans not yet announced
Convention Center/Omni Hotel 1200 rooms + meeting space - Approved by state, funding agreement announced, plans not filed yet
5115 Canal Blvd: Morning Call+Bud’s Broiler+8 units STR on second floor
1122 Tchoupitoulas - 89 hotel rooms + retail - 12 story
333 N. Diamond - 23 suite/STR
1020 Annunciation - hotel - 7 story
201 N Rampart St - renovation into hotel
2301 Canal St - retail and 7 STR units - 4 story
121-125 S Rocheblave - retail and 15 STR units - 4 story

Retail/Mixed/Other
Whitney Bank Building renovation
Clearview Mall - Redevelopment + new residential and hotel
Elmwood: 200-500 new apartments
351 Calliope - 16 story mixed use
4001 Tulane Ave - strip mall
Union Savings and Loan Building renovation
1335 Magazine St - new office/retail - 3 story
315 Girod St

Projects to watch/possibly dead:
South Rampart Jazz Historic District - Eagle Saloon, Iroquois Vaudeville Theater, and Karnofsky Tailor Shop
Two Saints - Wisznia Co-living project
State Palace Theater - Hotel Addition
Via Latrobe in the Bywater - 254 units + 23k sf commercial
Convention Center’s “Trade District” - 3 finalist developers announced + Renovation of convention facilities
Federal City Redevelopment
Sara Mayo Hospital - Jackson Ave. Residential Conversion and Addition: 211 units
Governor’s House/Canal St. Hotel Renovation

jowens · #**17031** Posted **Dec 31, 2019, 1:58 AM**

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Originally Posted by SlidellWx

tennis1400 stated previously that the tower may be leaning. Not sure what the future holds for it.

new NOLA Tourist attraction..... "The Leaning Tower of Plaza"

tennis1400 · #**17032** Posted **Dec 31, 2019, 3:58 AM**

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Originally Posted by jowens

new NOLA Tourist attraction..... "The Leaning Tower of Plaza"

Hahah... well there is that tower in frisco leaning alot they are rectifying?

tennis1400 · #**17033** Posted **Dec 31, 2019, 4:06 AM**

You can add 100 iberville hotel , kimpton hotel, Hotel St Vincent and Hotel Chloe to that under construction list

Also that building on howard with apartments and the museum of the southern jewish experience as well as the liberation pavilion and the canopy of peace

Also the renovations to superdome start this january

1010 common street and 1515 poydras projects as well as canal street ferry terminal to projects to watch

tennis1400 · #**17034** Posted **Dec 31, 2019, 4:51 PM**

The citys website should be back up by Monday according to some sources so that will be nice to have back as a resource. until then , very limited!

typo86 · #**17035** Posted **Dec 31, 2019, 4:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by prokowave

Retail/Mixed/Other
Whitney Bank Building renovation
Clearview Mall - Redevelopment + new residential and hotel
Elmwood: 200-500 new apartments
351 Calliope - 16 story mixed use
4001 Tulane Ave - strip mall
Union Savings and Loan Building renovation
1335 Magazine St - new office/retail - 3 story
315 Girod St

Superdome?

tennis1400 · #**17036** Posted **Dec 31, 2019, 4:57 PM**

CONVENTION CENTER BOULEVARD REOPENS
Posted on December 27, 2019

The entire new roadway of Convention Center Boulevard, from Poydras to Henderson Streets has reopened in time for the new year after Entergy finished the installation of new power poles. Originally, the boulevard was scheduled to be closed to vehicular traffic until Tuesday, December 31. The improved boulevard features one lane in each direction with a cobblestone safety strip dividing the two lanes.

“We are excited to announce an earlier-than-anticipated reopening of Convention Center Boulevard to motorists,” said Michael Sawaya, President of the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. “This is another major milestone in our $557 million capital improvement plan to make us more competitive for meetings and events and much more appealing to our residents. Our thanks to Entergy and Landis Construction for getting this done sooner than expected.”

The new Convention Center Boulevard, which began construction in September 2018, was the result of several extensive traffic studies that took into consideration the needs of event attendees, cruise ship passengers, warehouse district residents and businesses, commuters to the CBD and port freight traffic. The final plan was reviewed and approved through the normal city permitting process.

With the completion of the improved city side of Convention Center Boulevard, crews will continue work constructing the 7.5 acre Public Park that runs the length of the building.

Key design elements of the park include a tree-lined pedestrian promenade, covered terraces, outdoor event spaces, interactive water features, green walls, shaded communal gathering areas, and public art. The park is currently scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2020. For a list of major construction milestones, visit http://advantagenola.com/major-milestones/.

The newly opened Convention Center Boulevard will continue to serve visitors to the 2019 NOLA ChristmasFest, which continues at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center through December 31, 2019. NOLA Christmasfest is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., with special hours of 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on New Year’s Eve. More details about NOLA Christmasfest are available at https://nolachristmasfest.com/

tennis1400 · #**17037** Posted **Dec 31, 2019, 5:31 PM**

827 Carondelet Construction

Tulane Ave:

Kenner Discovery:

tennis1400 · #**17038** Posted **Dec 31, 2019, 5:43 PM**

623 Canal Street has a storied past having lived many former lives. It was originally constructed in the late 1800’s as the Bank of Orleans building but in 1896, it was known as Vitascope Hall, the first permanent movie theatre in the United States at a time when movie making was in its infancy. For 10 cents, visitors could check out the new and novel technology of watching motion picture on a big screen.

Today, #teampalmisano is historically resurrecting 623 and neighboring 629 Canal for mixed-use, with ground floor retail and upper-floor residential units. Flip through to see a glimpse into the property’s past including its early life as The Vitascope.

Historic images c/o the Vieux Carré Digital Survey. #palmisanoprojects #historicpreservation @ Canal Street, New Orleans

tennis1400 · #**17039** Posted **Dec 31, 2019, 5:48 PM**

what do you SAY........NOLA CAYE!!!!!

Complete and Open for YOUR business!!!

It’s not what your client can do for you it’s what you can do for your CLIENT!!!

They might as well be Make Up Artist cause CICADA designed this vacant space to a one of a kind GEM in this city!!!!

Restauranteurs Bryan Zar and Brooke Zar’s second Concept.

Go find out what Taste Bud Fireworks are NOLA CAYE

tennis1400 · #**17040** Posted **Jan 2, 2020, 1:05 AM**

Mouledoux, Bland, Legrand, Brackett
Interior buildout of 24,000 square foot space located on 6th floor in the Hancock Whitney Building. The renovation will consist of new offices, conference rooms, breakrooms, team lounges and reception lobby.