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Luling, LA · Real Estate
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Building Onto an Existing Home Requires Construction Plans to Account for Existing Conditions
Building onto an existing home means the new construction has to work with what is already there”. SLIDELL, LA, UNITED STATES, September 3, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Adding living space to an existing home involves a different planning process than constructing a new residence on an undeveloped site. While new construction generally begins with plans created around known dimensions and design requirements, additions and major renovations must account for a structure that already exists, including its foundation, framing, roof, utilities, elevations and previous modifications.
theadvocate.com
Letters: St. Tammany Parish needs housing. But we must respect flood risks.
The recent headline asks, “Following St. Tammany subdivisions veto, developers wonder where, if they can build homes.”. Perhaps the better question is: How do we build here?. The article cites St. Tammany Parish's Comprehensive Housing Needs Assessment and its finding that thousands of additional homes are needed. But that...
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Louisiana Invests $10M to Unlock 1,000 Acres at Esperanza Business Park
LULING, La. (September 2, 2026) — Louisiana Economic Development has finalized a $10 million FastSites investment to expand infrastructure at Esperanza Business Park in St. Charles Parish, opening access to more than 1,000 acres of undeveloped commercial and industrial property. The investment will support a more than two-mile extension...
Gonzales Weekly Citizen
Large crowd attends public hearing for Hyundai Steel permit
A large crowd attended and many spoke during a lengthy Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality public hearing for an air permit tied to the Hyundai Steel mill project in Ascension Parish near Donaldsonville. The Sept. 1 hearing at the Lemann Memorial Center included speakers who were both opposed and supportive...
NOLA.com
Letters: St. Tammany Parish needs housing. But we must respect flood risks.
The recent headline asks, “Following St. Tammany subdivisions veto, developers wonder where, if they can build homes.”. Perhaps the better question is: How do we build here?. The article cites St. Tammany Parish's Comprehensive Housing Needs Assessment and its finding that thousands of additional homes are needed. But that...
The Call Of
This 1884 Victorian on Esplanade Hides One of the Biggest Pools in the French Quarter
Architect James Freret designed the house at 937 Esplanade Avenue in 1884 for the Lanaux family, and the building has spent the years since collecting stories. Freret worked in Victorian Gothic, and the result reads as more vertical and more ornamented than the Creole townhouses a few blocks deeper into the Quarter. Large French windows […]
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News: Residential Lots and Non-Housing Development Option Lots Throughout New Orleans to Be Auctioned on Behalf of the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority
(NEW ORLEANS, La.) — NEWS: In furtherance of their mission to redevelop underserved neighborhoods in the Greater New Orleans area and as a follow-up to previous successful real estate auctions on behalf of the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA), the agency will soon be conducting its next online-only auction sale, comprising approximately 100+- residential lots and 40+- Non-Housing Development Option lots located throughout New Orleans, according to auction firm Tranzon Key.
The Queen Zone
These U.S. cities are losing residents. Could home prices be next?
Home prices don’t have to crash for a housing market to start flashing warning signs. Sometimes, the first thing... The post These U.S. cities are losing residents. Could home prices be next? appeared first on The Queen Zone .
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New Orleans Real Estate Leaders Set October Forecast Summit Amid Affordability Squeeze
Real estate professionals across Greater New Orleans will gather at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center on October 8 for the 2026 Forecast Symposium, a daylong event built around the theme “Building Market Momentum and Opportunity.” The gathering comes as the region grapples with a familiar tension: new investment and development are reshaping the local economy even as affordability and high construction and insurance costs weigh on residents and businesses alike.
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Developer Bill Hoffman is tackling one of New Orleans' biggest eyesores. It's not easy.
Bill Hoffman didn’t set out to be a real estate developer. The president of Woodward Interests — the development firm behind the Four Seasons Hotel and Residences and the Southern Food and Beverage Museum, among others — is a certified public accountant by training whose early career was spent at KPMG Peat Marwick.
CEO Today
Will Blodgett on the Reform That Quietly Transformed Affordable Housing Finance
A 1986 tax reform financed most of the affordable housing built in America over the past four decades. A preservation-first CEO would like it to get its due — and its next round of expansion — because it is a key policy success story for keeping families housed. For a resident in an affordable apartment […]
Yahoo!
Jefferson Parish grant fills gap for homeowners who want a fortified roof
JEFFERSON PARISH, La. (WGNO) — Building more fortified roofs is one method being used to ease the burden of homeowners insurance in Louisiana, but the cost of installing one can be prohibitive for homeowners. "We want people to invest in their homes. We want more resilient homes in Jefferson...
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Lowkey Luxe: Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA
Lowkey Luxe: Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, Louisiana. Inside the Northshore’s Luxury Real Estate Market. Some luxury markets thrive without constant publicity and attention. These are places with a genuine luxury segment that tends to fly under the radar, the hidden gems of American luxury housing. They are not necessarily inexpensive, but they do not command the spotlight the way the big three do: New York, Los Angeles, and Miami. In this series, we explore the markets that rarely get mentioned yet still hold their own in high-end homes. Apologies to any locals who wanted to keep these spots to themselves.
NOLA.com
New Orleans Convention Center board makes new deal with Omni for downtown hotel
The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center board has approved a new deal with the developers of a planned “headquarters” hotel, a move that could soften opposition to incentives for the project and help it meet a crucial deadline for a fall groundbreaking. The board voted Wednesday to pay...
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Experienced eXp Realty Agent Kerri Lawless Guides Buyers and Sellers Through Life's Next Chapters in St. Tammany Parish
From pricing and preparation to negotiations and closing, Lawless delivers hands-on support tailored to each client's individual circumstances. SLIDELL, La., Aug. 26, 2026 / PRZen / Kerri Lawless, a top-performing real estate agent with eXp Realty, continues to help families and individuals across St. Tammany Parish and the greater Northshore successfully buy and sell homes with a personalized, results-driven approach rooted in more than a decade of experience, design expertise and deep local market knowledge.
NOLA.com
Following St. Tammany subdivisions veto, developers wonder where, if they can build homes
When plans for two subdivisions in Goodbee just west of Covington were scuttled earlier this month, it was just the latest of several unsuccessful efforts in recent years to build new housing in St. Tammany Parish. In 2024, developers behind a 100-unit apartment complex in Covington faced political backlash from...
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École Bilingue Buys Mignon Faget's Magazine St. Headquarters for $1.65M
École Bilingue de la Nouvelle-Orléans has purchased the longtime corporate headquarters of jewelry brand Mignon Faget at the corner of Magazine and Gen. Pershing streets, paying $1.65 million for the nearly century-old former bank building. The French immersion school finalized the deal on August 12, according to city property records, adding another parcel to its expanding Uptown campus footprint.
NOLA.com
St. Tammany President Mike Cooper explains veto of Goodbee housing project
While a debate raged for months about two controversial residential developments west of Covington, St. Tammany Parish President Mike Cooper mostly remained mum. The developer, H1 Associates, had been putting plans together for nearly two years to build up to 800 homes on two tracts of land. It was denied multiple times by the parish's planning and zoning commission — the first time in February 2025.