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:
New Crane At Orleans Parish Inmate Processing Center
A look Inside Almost Completed New Orleans Cold Storage:
Recently Finished Belleville Assited Living Facility:
The New Orleans Hotel as the recently rebranded Hyatt Place Hotel.
Recently Finished Gold Seal Lofts in Mid City
Student Center at Xavier University
Finished Blue Plate Lofts
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