More like Mizzou. (This is about developments! :brickwall:)

City Planning Docket for May22nd

ZONING DOCKET 55/12 – Request by CITY COUNCIL MOTION M-12-114 to
consider a Conditional Use to permit a new public/government building (New
Orleans Juvenile Justice Center) in an RD-2 Two-Family Residential District and an
RM-3 Multi-Family Residential District, for the property located on Lots 17-61 and
Tract X, all of the Imperial Drive right-of-way, and a portion of the former Davey
Street right-of-way between Imperial Drive and Milton Street, on Squares 2491-
2495, 2496 and 2497 in their entirety, in the Third Municipal District, generally
bounded by Bayou St. John, Milton, Encampment, and Sere Streets. The municipal
addresses are 1100 Milton Street and 51 Imperial Drive. (ZBM C-11 & C-12/PD 4)


ZONING DOCKET 56/12 – Request by CITY COUNCIL MOTION M-12-116 to
consider a Conditional Use to permit a new fire station (NOFD 22/39) in an RD-3
Two-Family Residential District, for the property located on Lots 7, 8B, 8 or Pt. 8,
16 or 16-17, 15 or 15-14, J or 5-6, on Square 682, in the Third Municipal District,
generally bounded by North Claiborne and Caffin Avenues, Lamanche and North
Robertson Streets. The municipal addresses are 5600, 5618 and 5620 North
Claiborne Avenue, 1522 and 1510 Lamanche Street, and 1523 Caffin Avenue. (ZBM
E-14/PD 8)


ZONING DOCKET 57/12 – Request by 1815 ST CLAUDE SPE, LLC for a
Zoning Change from an HMR-3 Historic Marigny/Tremé Residential District to a C-
1A General Commercial District and a Conditional Use to permit a multi-family
development over 10,000 square feet in floor area, on Square 386, Lots 15 thru 22,
B, Pt. 1 or A, 2, 4 or B, 9 and 10 or B, A2 or 14 or C and Pt. B, in the Third
Municipal District, bounded by Henriette Delille, Marais, Pauger, and St. Anthony
Streets. The municipal addresses are 1815 Henriette Delille, 1812 and 1822 Pauger
and 1211 St. Anthony Streets. (ZBM D-13/PD 4)

ZONING DOCKET 58/12 – Request by CARLO DEMATTEO for a Conditional
Use to permit a gasoline service station and the sale of alcoholic beverages for
consumption off premises, in a C-1 General Commercial District and within the
ICUC Inner-City Urban Corridor District, on Square 762, Lots A, B, C, 18, 19, 20,
21-A and 21-B or 21, and 22-A or 22, in the First Municipal District, bounded by
Tulane and Carrollton Avenues, South Pierce and Ulloa Streets. The municipal
addresses are 4118 and 4126 Carrollton Avenues and 4071 Tulane Avenue. (ZBM
B-12/PD 4)

This is the McDonogh 16 school (NO Center for the Education of Adults) on St. Claude. Good to see that it's gonna be preserved for multi-family.

This is the Juvenile Detention Center along Bayou St. John. Please Please Please go and express your disapproval for this urban planning blunder. In addition to wasting the last vacant lot of land along the bayou, this will be a litigation nightmare after the lawyers sue, because the land was formerly an old landfill. The first child that gets a cough will shut the whole operation down and cause the city to spend millions in remediation/damages. See Agriculture Street landfill saga.

Woah, slow news week.

First, the vacant lot at Freret and Napoleon is under construction - should make a nice gateway to Freret if designed properly.

Second, the zigzag low rise at Guste is coming down.

Third, Charcoal on Magazine looks great!
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Charcoal looks great. And yes it has been a slow news week.

I saw someone share this link on facebook saying that H and M is opening on Veterans...not sure where the facts came from though..

http://www.thefabfemme.com/?p=29940

Houston's first H&M is actually at Baybrook out in Friendswood. It was "opening soon" over a month ago. There maybe one going in Willowbrook next year as the article states, but it'll be at least the 2nd store in that area. There was a rumor that H&M was looking at the old Border's on Vets, I guess time will tell.

Sigh... Hoping for one at Riverwalk soon. A freestanding one on Canal would be great, but there aren't too many of those.

I'm looking forward to the Iberville projects coming down this December. I had some out of town friends in for the weekend and the condition of Canal St is embarrassing. The loitering, the low end businesses, the projects in close proximity, the seemingly bombed out Texaco building, etc. Although it is great to know the Texaco building will be under renovation soon. It's important for our image nationally and internationally during the Super Bowl to eliminate as much blight in 2012 as possible (Iberville, fix Texaco) among other things. I know we probably won't see much upgrading of the Canal St. retail, but another great step would be to have the Woolworth's building eliminated or u/c for the Kailas project.

What is the status update on that, or any other new developements on Canal that could be completed by year's end?

The Texaco renovation has been "starting soon" for years. I'll believe it when I see it.

I believe HANO and HUD still have to purchase the old Texaco building, and they will in turn sell it to Pres Kabacoff and HRI for redevelopment. HANO has not completed the purchase yet. Once that happens, I would expect to see redevelopment begin fairly quickly. They plan to have the project finished by the time demolition of the Iberville begins at the end of the year.

I have not heard anything about 1031 Canal recently. Has a demo and construction permit even been requested yet for the project?

Claiborne Avenue
 

A really beautiful video about the past, present, and future of Claiborne Avenue:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw-kuORzF4M

I passed by 1031 Canal this weekend and noticed there's a for sale/lease sign on the building that I don't remember seeing before. Hopefully the project is still going forward.

Foundation for LSU Health Sciences Center picks firm to replace headquarters
by CityBusiness staff reports

May 11th, 2012 · Blog
The foundation for the LSU Health Sciences Center has selected Satterfield and Pontikes Construction to build its new office building. The new building will replaces the facility damaged in Hurricane Katrina.

The $6.7 million, four-story, 30,000-square-foot building features lobby space and parking on the first level and offices on the upper three floors. With work now under way, the building is expected to be ready for occupancy in early 2013.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is paying for two-thirds of the construction cost and the foundation is picking up the remainder.

Mathes Brierre Architects of New Orleans is providing architectural and design services for the new building.

http://neworleanscitybusiness.com/thenewsroom/

$600M bulk liquid terminal planned for St. James Parish
by CityBusiness staff reports


May 9th, 2012 · Blog
Baton Rouge-based Petroplex International announced today it will develop a $600 million bulk liquid terminal in St. James Parish with an initial storage capacity of 4 to 6 million barrels.

The terminal will store and distribute of crude oil and other refined petroleum products and chemicals. It’s being designed to receive deliveries from trucks, railroad and ships. It will also connect to existing pipeline infrastructure systems, according to Petroplex. The project will be the only independent “for-hire” terminal services company serving the crude and refining market in St. James Parish.

Building Sales in the Warehouse District:

Flex building sold again as well as a building on corner of Julia and Church Street sold for 1.2 million. No idea on the plans yet.

Angel fund gets startup Crescent Unmanned Systems ‘off the ground’
by Jennifer Larino, Staff Writer

May 8th, 2012 · Blog
The South Coast Angel Fund has agreed to invest more than $250,000 in Crescent Unmanned Systems, its first investment in a New Orleans-based startup venture.


The company develops and manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles and systems that used by law enforcement and the military as well as for civilian aerial photography. It’s headquartered in the Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission’s Business Innovation Center in Avondale and will manufacture its product at the Michoud Assembly Facility in eastern New Orleans.

http://neworleanscitybusiness.com/thenewsroom/page/2/

City ready to makeover Milne Home, use uncertain
by Maria Clark, New Media Specialist

May 8th, 2012 · Blog
The city is poised to spend $10 million to restore the Milne Boys Home, but there’s no word yet on how it will be used once the repairs are made.

It’s been close to three decades since the home has had any residents. The campus was used as a meeting space for community groups until Hurricane Katrina.

9th Ward road repairs to begin in June
by Maria Clark, New Media Specialist

May 9th, 2012 · Blog
Road repairs on segments of Forstall, Tupelo, and Alvar streets in the 9th Ward will begin in June as part of the federally funded Paths to Progress program.

It will mark the first time road repairs in the Lower 9th Ward are conducted through the program administered by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, the Federal Highway Administration and the city of New Orleans.

About $2.4 million will be spent on resurfacing the street segments with new asphalt, repairing curbs and installing wheelchair accessible ramps.


Postal Service halts closure of urban stations

http://neworleanscitybusiness.com/bl...rban-stations/


Rene Bistrot returns
  The second rendition of Rene Bistrot (700 Tchoupitoulas St., 613-2350) is set to open Tuesday, May 15. It's the return of a restaurant that had a loyal following prior to Hurricane Katrina and the latest move from a chef, Rene Bajeux, who has made a lot of them lately.

http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gamb...nt?oid=2004813


Burgers and beignets


The local chain New Orleans Hamburger & Seafood Co. had been grilling burgers and frying catfish for 26 years without a location actually in New Orleans proper. But two of the three new locations the company has added in the last 16 months alone are in Orleans Parish, and more are in the works.


http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gamb...nt?oid=2004822

Article talks about future expansion as well as their new concept

 The company is planning to expand further in New Orleans and the region, McGoey says, and it also will expand its New Orleans Coffee & Beignet Co., a coffee and sweet shop concept first introduced as part of its Uptown location.

  "We have three locations for New Orleans Coffee & Beignet Co. planned in the next six months," he says.


Construction has really gotten moving on these three projects:

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New Crane At Orleans Parish Inmate Processing Center
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A look Inside Almost Completed New Orleans Cold Storage:

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Recently Finished Belleville Assited Living Facility:
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The New Orleans Hotel as the recently rebranded Hyatt Place Hotel.

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Recently Finished Gold Seal Lofts in Mid City
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Student Center at Xavier University
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Finished Blue Plate Lofts

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That loft building on Josephine is looking really great... Saw it yesterday.

I still remember climbing up inside there a few years ago.

Where is the Belleville assisted living at?

Its in Algiers. Looks like a really nice project that has transformed the whole block.

BTW doing my best to breathe life into this board , seems to have gone dead!:slob:

Ah yea it has been kinda sleepy around here.

The construction on the Magazine St Walgreens has begun... the parking lot will be poured soon and I saw workers doing demo inside the VFW hall.

Mellow Mushroom
 

Tentative approval from the neighborhood association.

http://uptownmessenger.com/2012/05/c...live-coverage/

Permits:

3819 MAGAZINE ST
NEW ORLEANS LA 70115
SECOND FLOOR ADDITION OF 1800 SQ FT (EXISTING SQ FT 2000). ALSO, RENOVATIE/RESTORE FIRST FLOOR PRIVATE OFFICES AS PER PLANS. (MIXED OCCUPANCY 2-OFFICES, 1-RESIDENTIAL, UNITS 3819 A,B,&C)
Job Value($):
$200,000.00

9900 LAKE FOREST BLVD
NEW ORLEANS LA 70127
SELECTIVE DEMOLITION AND CONSTRUCTION OF VACANT COMMERCIAL SPACES INTO A NEW COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC AS PER PLANS. ELECTRICAL,HVAC,MECHANICAL AND PLUMBING. SIGNAGE REQUIRES A SEPERATE PERMIT.
Job Value($):
$1,180,000.00

The city has an RFP for redevelopment of the NSA FAcility on the East Bank:http://www.purchasing.cityofno.com/b...Url=activeBids

New Wine Place on Howard and Carondelet Called Keife & Co. :

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