// Article originally appeared in New Orleans City Business on September 5, 2023 Permits were issued this week with regards to heating and cooling systems for the newly-built 16-story, 340-room hotel tower at 8 Canal Place, or, more colloquially, the new hotel at Caesars New Orleans. Conceived through a partnership between Nobu Matsuhisa, Robert De Niro and Meir Teper, Nobu’s first...
// Article originally appeared in New Orleans City Business on August 21, 2023 Permits were granted this week with regards to temporary structures from 400-700 North Claiborne Avenue, in the way of bathrooms, storage containers for portable items, including a stage with ADA ramp, kiosks, hand washing stations, convenience sinks, trash receptacles, tables, and chairs. Congregation on North Claiborne Avenue has...
// Article originally appeared in New Orleans City Business on August 7, 2023 Permits pertaining to a new hotel at 3500 St. Charles Ave. were issued on July 25. The site was formerly improved with a mixed-use office property of no historic importance prior to it being razed and advertised for ground lease. Plans were announced in Fall of 2022 with...
// Article originally appeared in New Orleans City Business on July 24, 2023 Last week, permits were granted with regards to HVAC units at 420 Julia Street. Constructed in the 1880s, the former site of the Louisiana Children’s Museum was sold in 2019 to Nashville-based developer AJ Capital. Rumors about programming and use have swirled since the transaction took place, with...
// Article originally appeared in New Orleans City Business on July 10, 2023 Prior to the Fourth of July holiday, permits were issued to 921 Canal Street for continuing renovations to guestrooms, corridors, and a lounge area refresh. With a planned completion for late 2023, these upgrades are the latest in a slew of upgrades being performed at the Ritz-Carlton. In...
July 7, 2023- Baton Rouge, LA – Fabian Edwards, Office Specialist at ELIFIN®, is pleased to announce the official ribbon cutting ceremony and grand opening celebration of the newly renovated Mid City Tower, located at 5700 Florida Blvd, Baton Rouge, 70806. Over the last two years, owner Mike Leggett has brought the nearly 80,000 square foot Mid City Tower through an...
// Article originally appeared in New Orleans City Business on June 26, 2023 Over the past few weeks, permits have been filed for the ongoing new construction at 1300 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard. Part of the former Brown’s Dairy site, the property named H3C Apartments is aimed to address the growing need for affordable housing, providing 192 new apartments, with 92...
// Article originally appeared in New Orleans City Business on June 12, 2023 At the close of the week, permits were granted with regards to electrical services at 609 Jackson Avenue in New Orleans; although renovation plans were formally approved in 2016, the site has not undergone much in the way of improvement since its former occupant vacated in 1979. With...
// Article originally appeared in New Orleans City Business on June 1, 2023 Over 620 permits were issued in Orleans Parish alone over the course of the last two weeks. Although Tulane University’s desire to do so was formally announced last year, permits were granted this week to raze Irby, Phelps, and Paterson Halls. Ensconced in the near-center of campus, Paterson was...
// Article originally appeared in New Orleans City Business on May 15, 2023 One of my favorite parts of being a commercial real estate agent is being privy to new concepts in our market. Although these additions do not always come to fruition, I have always enjoyed culling newly issued permits as a means of ascertaining their viability and gauging activity. While...
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