Mills Row
$7.5M Mills Row condos near ready for market
Deon Roberts Staff Writer
June 9, 2006 2:53 PM
NEW ORLEANS - Mills Row, a $7.5-million new condominium project in the historic Warehouse District, is near completion with plans to begin selling units in July.
Officials with developer HRI Properties of New Orleans said it is the first new
condominium project to come online since Hurricane Katrina. It's significant from a historical standpoint. It is the first condo project in city history built from scratch in the historic Warehouse District, which runs from St. Charles Avenue to Convention Center Boulevard, all the others have been renovation of existing buildings into condos.
Construction on the 31-unit project at 450 John Churchill Chase St. began in
November 2004 and was supposed to be completed in October 2005 but was delayed by Katrina, said Eddie Boettner, HRI chief administrative officer.
The five-story project will be complete in August, Boettner said. Units will range from 655 square feet to roughly 2,400 square feet and sell for between $200,000 and $800,000,. HRI wanted the Mills Row building to fit into the surrounding neighborhood, which consists of warehouses and former mills more than 100 years old. HRI is known for converting city buildings into residential properties such as the Federal Fibre Mills, which is next to Mills Row, and the Cotton Mill, a block away from Mills Row.
The company has been involved in other new construction such as the Hilton
Garden Inn, which opened in October 2002, and River Garden, an mixed-use
redevelopment of the former St. Thomas Housing Project site, Boettner said.