NEW ORLEANS | Project/Development Thread

[prokowave]

Originally Posted by ardecila

That Elysian Fields project... woof.

Those renderings look very preliminary to me... perhaps something better will come later. At any rate, I'd prefer a plain brick building to that white box with weird looking windows. I'm all for modern/contemporary architecture, but just plopping a few irregularly arranged windows and wall patterns onto a plain box seems like a lazy or cheap excuse for design.

Largest Lower 9th Ward housing initiative since Katrina moving forward
NORA making 229 properties available to developers. Should be a nice boost to the area, I hope they favor doubles to help increase population density and attract retail.

Report: ‘Socially conscious’ Manhattan restaurant has plans to expand to New Orleans


Former Lake Terrace Shopping Center in Gentilly on Track for Redevelopment

[tennis1400]

Originally Posted by prokowave

Those renderings look very preliminary to me... perhaps something better will come later. At any rate, I'd prefer a plain brick building to that white box with weird looking windows. I'm all for modern/contemporary architecture, but just plopping a few irregularly arranged windows and wall patterns onto a plain box seems like a lazy or cheap excuse for design.

Largest Lower 9th Ward housing initiative since Katrina moving forward
NORA making 229 properties available to developers. Should be a nice boost to the area, I hope they favor doubles to help increase population density and attract retail.

Report: ‘Socially conscious’ Manhattan restaurant has plans to expand to New Orleans


Former Lake Terrace Shopping Center in Gentilly on Track for Redevelopment

Im hoping your right about the renderings. It is early in process. Guess we will see after hdlc addresses it.

[v-chop]

Walls going up today...for real this time.

[v-chop]

Also, they started installing the feature on the windows that projects outward.

[tennis1400]

The beacon:




DDAy Garage:





Bayou St. John high-end development work to start this spring



http://www.nola.com/business/index.s...siness_article


Sidney Torres Plans Large French Quarter Development On Two Square Blocks



http://canalstreetbeat.com/sidney-to...square-blocks/





The DDD just released a new app for smartphones and it’s really a neat deal. From traffic alerts to allowing you to send in notices of issues with graffiti, litter , homelessness etc “downtown New Orleans ” is the word to search for on your android or apple app stores.


Brick and Spoon now open on magazine . 2/24/16




1581 Magazine Street 2/24/16

[Tchoupitoulas]

Were there ever any renderings released of the Sidney Torres project in Mid-City?

[prokowave]

Here's an article about the Torres Bayou St. John Development: http://www.nola.com/business/index.s...hared-business

It seems that the only thing happening this spring will be remediation and demolition. There are no solid plans yet for the property. Most likely retail and residential, possibly a small hotel.

[v-chop]

Some new renderings:









http://beaconnola.com/

[tennis1400]

Glad to see the beacon has rooftop space.

[Tchoupitoulas]

Some photos from today:

The Beacon







O'Keefe parking garage



Joie de Vivre Hotel



Ace Hotel





Dave and Busters



1031 Canal



Dixie Brewery/VA Hospital Building

[tennis1400]

Awesome photos~ Thanks


This is interesting from the Advocate newspaper:


Central Business District riding wave of hotel, condo projects as demand for downtown living surges


http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com...-living-surges



Never heard of this 3 Canal Place hotel until now.


Some more pics from the article of the NOPSI hotel:

[NolaWXGuy1208]

Hey Tennis, a couple of years ago (about the time of Trump Tower) One Canal Place announced a new tower called 3 Canal Place that would sit in the empty lot across from the power station. Now I haven't seen any updates about them wanting to build it recently, but I do have an old photo of what the design was going to look like from 2010. That old design was very nice! I can't find any old images even going back in archives, but I wish they would've built it! So hopefully they still are wanting to build it! It was supposed to be ~400 ft., about the same height as One Canal Place.

[Busy Bee]

Originally Posted by v-chop

Some new renderings:



http://beaconnola.com/

What a great looking building. Simple and restrained elegance. Proof you don't need a dozen different materials doing a hundred different things— a tendency so many midrise architects get trapped in. See LA lowrise developments for some of the worst examples.

[tennis1400]

Originally Posted by NolaWXGuy1208

Hey Tennis, a couple of years ago (about the time of Trump Tower) One Canal Place announced a new tower called 3 Canal Place that would sit in the empty lot across from the power station. Now I haven't seen any updates about them wanting to build it recently, but I do have an old photo of what the design was going to look like from 2010. That old design was very nice! I can't find any old images even going back in archives, but I wish they would've built it! So hopefully they still are wanting to build it! It was supposed to be ~400 ft., about the same height as One Canal Place.

Maybe this is why they sold the mall to help finance it. I had heard and seen renderings of a building a while back but this article must mean its either revived or a new proposal is meant for it. guess we shall see!

[NolaWXGuy1208]

I certainly hope that this project is revived! And if its anything like the old design it would be a beautiful building and provide great infill in the area! Hopefully, along with all the other projects going on, this will be the beginning of new density and new tall skyscrapers in downtown!

[ardecila]

Originally Posted by Busy Bee

What a great looking building. Simple and restrained elegance. Proof you don't need a dozen different materials doing a hundred different things— a tendency so many midrise architects get trapped in. See LA lowrise developments for some of the worst examples.

I am reserving judgment. The metal window surrounds haven't been completed yet, and the brick ended up being "happy" utility brick instead of modular.

I do think the entrance will be dramatic with the grand staircase to the 2nd-floor lobby.

Funny you bring up LA as they have actually done pretty well with contemporary midrises IMO. I really love the TOD at Wilshire/Western, One Santa Fe, etc. Maybe I'm just cherry picking though...

[Busy Bee]

Well there not all created equal that's for sure.

[tennis1400]

Some photos I took the past two days:


Dave and Busters:




















The Pythian:






My New Office on Harrison Avenue in Lakeview Almost Finished:

[York1]

Nice nighttime look for the Swoon building.

[prokowave]

Moxy Hotel on St. Charles Ave. Approved by City Council:
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.s...art_river_home