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SpaceX interest sparks real estate activity in Vermilion Parish
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New Orleans Original cafe to open in Ormond Beach
Ormond Beach is about to get a taste of true, authentic Creole and Cajun food with the opening of a new restaurant downtown. New Orleans Original Creole/Cajun Cafe will open its doors on Saturday, Aug. 29. Located at 188 E. Granada Blvd., in the building of the former Gili's Kitchen, the restaurant will offer a variety of dishes often found in New Orleans' French Quarter, including shrimp po'boys, charbroiled oysters, beignets, sno-balls and king cakes.
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Inside Gretna's plan to revamp 5th Street business corridor with $8M project, land purchases
Armando Jaimes, owner of the Tiny Buffalo Clothing store in Gretna, has had to tell customers to "fight the warzone" to get to his business. From his shop window on Fifth Street, Jaimes can watch as noisy jackhammers tear up concrete and bulldozers rake up dirt. Cars travel down a single narrow lane of traffic.
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Proposed New Orleans Omni hotel hits roadblock over $800 million in tax rebates
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - In order for New Orleans to stay competitive in attracting conventions and mega-events like the Super Bowl, local tourism leaders say a proposed 1,000-room Omni hotel has to be built near the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. “We have customers that have been loyal...
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Casa Molina Brings Cigar-Rolling Flagship to St. Charles Avenue's Garden District
A Baton Rouge-based cigar importer is setting up shop in the Garden District, with plans for a flagship lounge at 1716 St. Charles Ave. that will roll cigars on site and pour from a proprietary lineup blended with Louisiana-grown tobacco. Casa Molina's new location will occupy a two-story maison and include a smoking lounge, a second-floor private suite, and an off-street parking lot — a rarity along the streetcar corridor.
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This Marigny Firehouse Sleeps 14 and Has a Pool Table Where the Trucks Parked
The building at 2711 Dauphine Street housed a working New Orleans fire company in the 1800s, and the bones of that are still visible in the room where guests now play pool. Engine 24 operates as a guest house in Faubourg Marigny, downriver from the French Quarter and next to Bywater. The conversion kept the […]
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Parc Fontaine new owners speak to WDSU for the first time
National nonprofit The Mary Fund recently bought Parc Fontaine apartments in Algiers. For the first time, Executive Director Suzanne J. Cahill spoke with WDSU about the plans to restore the complex to its former glory. “This is a big undertaking for any organization, but I really feel like in talking...
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'Premium' apartments surrounding Ted's Frostop? Robert family revises plan after Uptown outcry.
Three months after community backlash torpedoed plans to demolish the Ted's Frostop to make way for student housing, developers have revised their plans for an apartment building on the South Claiborne Avenue site. The Robert family, which owns the Frostop building and surrounding properties, is now proposing to preserve the...
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The Mary Fund to Restore Parc Fontaine Apts.
NEW ORLEANS – The Mary Fund, Inc., a national supportive housing nonprofit, has closed on the acquisition of Parc Fontaine Apartments, a 704-unit residential community in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans. The closing marks the start of a multi-year plan to repair, stabilize and preserve the property as equitable, affordable housing.
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Parc Fontaine Apartments sold to Connecticut nonprofit
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Parc Fontaine Apartments in Algiers have been sold to a new owner, the Mary Fund, a Connecticut-based nonprofit focused on affordable housing. The complex had been owned by Global Ministries Foundation, a religious nonprofit, and was the subject of multiple Fox 8 Defenders reports. Residents described deplorable living conditions, including broken water pipes and moldy rooms. They also said management was unwilling to address the problems.
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Major downtown Shreveport property owner selling portfolio to focus on New Orleans
Downtown Shreveport’s largest nongovernment property owner is selling all of its holdings in the city to focus on New Orleans. Over the past 16 years, Hakim family corporations have purchased some of the most important historic properties as well as a prominent high-rise office building in Shreveport. The properties...
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Brad Pitt’s Make It Right organization is back in court, sued for faulty NOLA home construction
A long simmering lawsuit against actor Brad Pitt’s post-Katrina neighborhood development Make It Right is back before a New Orleans judge this week, after a multimillion-dollar settlement to pay homeowners for shoddy construction didn’t come through. Now, the homeowners are seeking class-action status to get what they believe they’re owed.