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Reba McEntire to Headline New Orleans Real Estate Conference Next Week

Reba McEntire is set to headline one of the real estate industry's biggest annual gatherings, with the Grammy Award-winning singer, actor and businesswoman scheduled to appear at NAR NXT in New Orleans next Saturday. The conference, organized by the National Association of Realtors, is expected to draw more than 10,000 real estate professionals from around the world.

New Orleans, LA · 9d
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Former Archdiocese Tower Reborn as $40M VCAY Hotel in Downtown New Orleans

A 12-story office tower that once held the Archdiocese of New Orleans and, decades earlier, a branch of the old First National Bank of Commerce has reopened as a $40 million hotel with 179 bedrooms spread across 39 multi-bedroom suites. VCAY New Orleans now occupies 1000 Howard Ave. in the city's downtown, the culmination of a project that stalled for years before construction finally got underway.

New Orleans, LA · 13d
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NOMAR Unveils Renovated Mandeville Office

MANDEVILLE, La. — The New Orleans Metropolitan Association of REALTORS (NOMAR) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 20 with the St. Tammany Chamber of Commerce and REALTOR members to celebrate the opening of its newly renovated Mandeville office. NOMAR Board President Donna Chandler, Board President-Elect Rick Roberts and CEO Ginger...

Mandeville, LA · 14d
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VCAY Opens $40M Hotel in Former Archdiocese Building

NEW ORLEANS — A nearly $40 million redevelopment has transformed the former Archdiocese of New Orleans building at 1000 Howard Ave. into VCAY New Orleans, a boutique hotel that opened in mid-August with 179 bedrooms arranged across 39 multi-bedroom suites. Originally completed in 1962 as the First National Life...

New Orleans, LA · 14d
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This 1891 St. Charles Avenue Mansion Runs Like a Friend's House With a Pool

Henri Picard, a grocer from France, built his family home at 4125 St. Charles Avenue in 1891, and The Chloe now runs it as a 14-room hotel meant to feel like the family never left. Picard made his mark on the avenue beyond his own house. He was a major benefactor of Touro Synagogue and […]

New Orleans, LA · 25d

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Local LGBTQ+ Activist Planning Bookstore and Cafe Concept

Board president of the New Orleans Pride Center and designated as one of Gambit’s 40 under 40 in 2024, local activist Kyle DeVries is currently planning a concept called Lavender Cafe and Bookstore that will merge an expansive literary selection with a welcoming all-day cafe and social space. DeVries is currently scouting Downtown locations for […]

New Orleans, LA · 14d

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How to find an affordable rental in New Orleans’ best neighborhoods

New Orleans has a way of winning people over, from the music spilling out of corner bars to the colorful houses lining its streets. But finding a place to live that won’t drain your bank account takes some strategy. The good news is that the city remains more affordable...

New Orleans, LA · 15d

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Slidell zoning panel to consider 160-home subdivision near Kingspoint Soccer Fields

A northshore real estate developer wants to construct a 160-home subdivision on the area of land currently known as the Kingspoint Soccer Fields in Slidell, the latest move to add more housing in St. Tammany Parish where resistance to new developments has grown in recent years. Developer Jeff Vallee will...

Slidell, LA · 19d

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French Market managers want to raise rents, bring in new shops. Tenants are pushing back.

A "for lease" sign hangs in the colonnade outside Nawlins' Sports in the French Market District. The owner, Michael "Mike" Lester, doesn't understand why. It's true that business hasn't been great at the sports apparel store since the Covid-19 pandemic, he said. Since then, there's been Trump's tariffs, Decatur Street construction, and the Saints’ poor performance.

New Orleans, LA · 19d

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New Orleans Favors Buyers Despite Rising Rates

NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans housing market continues to favor buyers, offering greater negotiating power even as rising mortgage rates make homes more expensive to finance, according to Realtor.com’s latest quarterly Market Clock report, released Oct. 19. Realtor.com’s Market Clock tracks housing market conditions using inventory levels,...

New Orleans, LA · 18d

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Downtown New Orleans Unveils Five-Year Plan to Fill Empty Storefronts, Add Housing

Downtown New Orleans has a new five-year game plan, and it centers on filling empty storefronts, fixing up Canal Street, and finding money that doesn't come solely from property owners' tax bills. The Downtown Development District unveiled its 2027-2031 strategic plan, titled “Leveraging Opportunity,” along with a new visual identity, at the Board of Trade on October 15.

New Orleans, LA · 20d

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Gilded Age mansion in Newport, Rhode Island has lengthy history with New Orleans ties

Before Robert Redford and Mia Farrow waltzed across the opulent ballroom in 1974’s “The Great Gatsby," the Gilded Age mansion that the movie was filmed in had been purchased by a New Orleans family. Called Rosecliff, the mansion is still beautifully preserved and open to the public in...

Newport, RI · 20d

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New Orleans Residential Listings Flat for a Year as Insurance Market Begins to Turn

The ten-parish New Orleans metropolitan area produced 1,629 new residential listings in August 2026, per the New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors' Local Market Update, down from 1,636 in August 2025. That seven-listing difference is, for all practical purposes, no difference at all — a flat line where a recovering market might show a rising one.

New Orleans, LA · 18d

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$600M Omni Hotel under construction, could bring millions in property taxes

NEW ORLEANS — Construction is underway on a $600 million Omni Hotel across from the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, and a proposed 45-year tax agreement could generate at least $3 million annually in property taxes. The 27-story hotel is expected to have 1,000 rooms and take about three...

New Orleans, LA · 20d

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Mignon Faget moving from Magazine Street location as landlord turns to 'regional' brand

Mignon Faget is leaving the Magazine Street retail space it's occupied for the last 27 years, a move that the iconic jewelry brand’s CEO said was prompted by a new landlord who is bringing a bigger retailer into the property. Maghan Oroszi, who has run the jeweler since 2024,...

New Orleans, LA · 22d

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4 New Orleans Hotels Built Inside Buildings That Used to Be Something Else

Some of the most interesting hotel stays in New Orleans happen inside buildings that were never meant to hold guests. These four took over an orphanage, a furniture store, a newspaper row, and a utility headquarters. 1. Hotel Saint Vincent, Lower Garden District Irish-born philanthropist Margaret Haughery raised the money to build the St. Vincent’s […]

New Orleans, LA · 22d

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Banana trees, brass bands and bright cottages: Welcome to New Orleans’ Bywater

Two miles downriver from the French Quarter, the Bywater runs along the Mississippi with a completely different mood. Bright cottages line streets shaded by banana trees and palms. Murals take up entire warehouse walls. Music leaks out of corner bars. If the French Quarter is the show, the Bywater is...

New Orleans, LA · 21d

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French Quarter's Old Wax Museum Reborn as $750K Condos With Rooftop Pool

The building at 917 Conti Street in the French Quarter spent more than five decades giving tourists the creeps with life-sized wax figures spread across dioramas. Today, that same mid-19th-century masonry structure houses 16 luxury condominiums known as The Residences at 917 Conti, where a kitchen inside one unit recently appeared in listing photos showcasing the building's transformation from spooky attraction to upscale address.

New Orleans, LA · 22d

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Industrial real estate in south Louisiana is hot, while other sectors are more sluggish

Louisiana’s industrial construction boom is fueling demand for warehouse space across the region, including the Greater New Orleans area — a welcome trend in an otherwise lackluster real estate market that is showing signs of improvement in some sectors and battling ongoing challenges in others. Megaprojects like new...

New Orleans, LA · 22d