Louisiana Continues to be Recognized in National Rankings

As the International Council of Shopping Center’s (ICSC’s) State Director for Louisiana, I recently contributed an article for our Quarterly Membership Newsletter that I’d like to share: Louisiana State Director’s Message – Summer 2015 I have written many times in recent newsletters about Louisiana’s economic development growth and I can’t help myself but to continue …

Stirling Properties Ranks Among Top 10 Commercial Real Estate Firms in Alabama

Business Alabama recently published their 2015 Top Rank issue and I am happy to report that just a year and a half after opening our first office in Mobile, Alabama, Stirling Properties is ranked among the Top 10 Commercial Real Estate Firms in the State of Alabama. Since establishing our Mobile office in October 2013, …

Forbes: Houma-Thibodaux among America’s Booming Small Cities 2014

Forbes has ranked Houma-Thibodaux the #8 fastest growing small city in the country, featuring the lowest unemployment rate in the USA at 2.8% and per capita personal income growth of nearly 50% from 2000 to 2012. This ranking on the heels of the recent rankings of Baton Rouge #2, Mobile #3 and New Orleans #5 …

Forbes: New Orleans #1 for “Brainpower” in the USA

Another ranking was recently announced that reinforces the growing trend of New Orleans being one of the leading places for young people to locate.  It is one of the most exciting transformations I have ever seen and one of the most encouraging signs for our future. Forbes has ranked Greater New Orleans tied for first …

New Orleans: A City of Possibility

A recent email from Michael Hecht, CEO of GNO Inc., highlighted another positive ranking for New Orleans.  The city was named as one of the Top 20 “Cities of Possibility” in the World in Good magazine’s new “Good City Index”. To create this list of global “cities they are betting on,” the magazine looked at a combination of factors: …

Louisiana Rising in the National Rankings

As the International Council of Shopping Center’s (ICSC’s) State Director for Louisiana, I recently contributed an article for the July 2013 edition of our Quarterly Membership Newsletter that I’d like to share: As the returning ICSC State Director, I am extremely excited about the progress that we are making in the State of Louisiana on …

Louisiana Tops Nation for Most Engaged Workers

There is not only a very interesting, but very important article about a Gallup study which was recently published. Louisiana ranked #1 in the nation for states whose workers were most engaged in their jobs – meaning they are inolved in and enthusiastic about their work.  Not only is this a feel-good story, but it …