NEW ORLEANS - Kupperman Companies CEO Zach Kupperman, who has developed and invested in The Drifter Hotel, The Joy Theater, Hotel Saint Vincent and other New Orleans properties, has purchased the Mountain Chalet Aspen at the base of Aspen Mountain…
NEW ORLEANS - Children’s Hospital announced plans to open an 11-bed pediatric emergency room in Metairie this September. Located at the corner of Clearview Parkway and Veterans Boulevard, the $4.4 million, 11,000-square-foot facility will serve children from birth through age…
NEW ORLEANS — The City of New Orleans and the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority said they have completed 100 projects in the Community Adaptation Program, which provides an opportunity for homeowners to retrofit their properties with stormwater management improvements. The…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The distribution of COVID-19 vaccines is fueling optimism that Americans will increasingly return to the ways they used to shop, travel and work before the pandemic. That would be a welcome change for companies that own…
NEW ORLEANS - HRI Lodging announced the appointment of Andrew Dryden as general manager and Christopher Toy as director of sales for the Hilton Garden Inn Austin University Capital District, opening early summer 2021.…
NEW ORLEANS — Mayor LaToya Cantrell today joined other officials and community leaders to break ground on the $4.31 million Desire Florida Multi-Service Center in District D. “Efficiently and effectively spending federal funding on projects like the Desire Florida Multi-Service Center…
NEW ORLEANS - Palmisano announced Erin Comeaux has been promoted to project executive. She will lead project teams and construction partners in Palmisano's New Orleans commercial operations department. Comeaux has 16 years of experience in the construction industry and worked…
NEW ORLEANS - Wilson Blum has been hired by Providence Community Housing, a nonprofit real estate development corporation focused on the production and preservation of affordable housing for individuals, seniors and families throughout the Greater New Orleans area. As project…
NEW ORLEANS – According to a release, the Domain Companies has closed $95M in sales at The Standard at South Market condominiums in downtown New Orleans. The developers said The Standard will soon rank as the top-selling condominium in the…
NEW ORLEANS – The Odeon at South Market has unveiled a collection of artwork anchored by both local and female artists, including a large-scale mural facing Loyola Avenue. The vibrant 53-by-24-foot mural was painted by native New Orleanian Anastasia Pelias.…
NEW ORLEANS - This week, President Joe Biden proposed an aggressive series of infrastructure investments he says would require $2.3 trillion in spending over eight years and create millions of jobs. According to a White House fact sheet, Louisiana projects…
NEW ORLEANS - The pandemic essentially hit the pause button on the New Orleans commercial real estate market, according to an annual industry report from Corporate Realty. “For the office market in New Orleans, 2020 was a ‘time out.’ There…
HAMMOND, La. – HRI Communities announced today that it has closed the financing for the Hammond Station Apartments development at 1400 Southwest Railroad Avenue in Tangipahoa Parish and is set to immediately move forward with construction. The project, intended to…
BATON ROUGE - Louisiana Realtors, a member-based trade association for the state's real estate industry, said it strongly encourages landlords to apply for rental assistance through Louisiana’s U.S. Treasury Emergency Rental Assistance Program. The organization lobbied Congress for this relief…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The tax assessor in New Orleans unfairly and illegally lowered property tax assessments for some commercial properties last year, a lawsuit filed Monday by a civil rights group claims. The Southern Poverty Law Center filed the…
NEW ORLEANS - The pandemic created a particular set of challenges for the New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity, a 38-year-old nonprofit that relies on large groups of volunteers to help create homeownership opportunities for working families. [caption id="attachment_246511" align="alignleft"…
NEW ORLEANS – A nearly $2 million historic redevelopment of the 11,600-square-foot building at 1733 Constantinople Street - next to Martin’s Wine Cellar - is slated to be complete this summer. The architecture group CICADA and the construction team at…
NEW ORLEANS - Planning is underway for a renovation of Audubon Aquarium of the Americas. In a press release, Audubon said it is working closely with CambridgeSeven and Cortina Productions, with help from Eskew Dumez Ripple, to develop an exhibit…
SLIDELL, La. - Amazon Logistics said it will build a new 140,000-square-foot delivery station at 1914 Town Center Parkway in Slidell. Expected to open in 2022, the facility will be the first of its kind in St. Tammany Parish and…
NEW ORLEANS - On March 23, the Bureau of Governmental Research kicked off its 2021 Breakfast Briefing Series with “The Vision for St. Tammany Parish,” a conversation among three parish leaders about balancing economic development and quality of life. Speaking…
NEW ORLEANS – The Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority has selected River District Neighborhood Investors - led by Louis Lauricella - as its partner in the development of new dining, retail, housing and entertainment offerings on the…
NEW ORLEANS - The Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences, due to open at the foot of Canal Street in May, is now hiring. A quick scan of the job postings online shows openings for servers, hosts, cooks, bartenders, reservations…
NEW ORLEANS – Hertz Investment Group announced it has opened Connect Hub Coworking at 400 Poydras Tower. The space is designed for solo workers and small- to medium-sized businesses. “Connect Hub Coworking at 400 Poydras Tower is here to serve…
NEW ORLEANS — With input from Orleans Parish Assessor Erroll Williams and members of the New Orleans City Council, State Rep. Matthew Willard has authored a constitutional amendment to limit assessment…
NEW ORLEANS - Architect Taylor Scott has joined the teamed at Concordia Architecture, Planning and Community Engagement.
NEW ORLEANS - The Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority will conduct a virtual public meeting at 2:45 p.m. Monday, March 22 to allow two development teams to present proposals and concepts for a 39-acre development along the…
NEW ORLEANS – Urban Properties Real Estate, a New Orleans-based commercial brokerage, property management and development firm, has announced the addition of Kate Whalen to its brokerage team. Whalen moved from the Dallas Market where she gained commercial brokerage expertise…
NEW ORLEANS – The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, a new report released today by the National Low Income Housing Coalition and HousingNOLA, finds that in Louisiana, the affordable housing supply is less than half of what is actually…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The red-hot U.S. housing market is paying off for many homeowners, even those who aren’t looking to sell their home. On average, homes with a mortgage gained $26,300 in equity in the last three months of…
AUSTIN - New Orleans-based developer HRI Properties and private investment firm Rockbridge have partnered to build the new Hilton Garden Inn Austin University Capitol District, expected to debut this summer. “We have created a hotel that captures the vibrant energy…
