Mid-City Market Groundbreaking Signifies Stirling Properties Milestone
Pictured (L-R): Grady Brame of Stirling Properties, Tommy Buckel of Duplantis Design Group, Chip Verges of VergesRome Architects, Joey Medina of Winn-Dixie, Chip Songy of Stirling Properties, Lewis Stirling of Stirling Properties, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, District A Councilwoman Susan Guidry, Marty Mayer of Stirling Properties, Aimee Quirk - City of New Orleans Mayor’s Office, Townsend Underhill of Stirling Properties, and Jack Donahue of Donahue Favret
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana —- (MARCH 20, 2012) Earlier today Stirling Properties commemorated the groundbreaking of Mid-City Market, the highly anticipated urban shopping center development located along the North Carrollton Avenue commercial corridor in New Orleans, Louisiana. Opening in early 2013, Mid-City Market will complement the proposed Lafitte Greenway pedestrian and bicycle pathway that will border the shopping center.
The 107,713 square foot, Winn-Dixie anchored shopping center represents Stirling Properties continued investment in the New Orleans market and one of the most significant retail developments in the city since hurricane Katrina.
The Honorable Mayor Mitch Landrieu commented that, “Mid-City Market is critical for the continued revitalization of this important corridor. Though they were once blighted and vacant properties, this project will bring properties back into commerce and will interact nicely with Lafitte Greenway, which itself will spur activity and redevelopment across the city. Mid-City Market will bring hundreds of new jobs, new sales and property tax dollars and improved quality of life for Orleans Parish residents.”
“This project embodies the strength of the New Orleans recovery and represents yet another important step in bringing retail back to the city,” stated Lewis Stirling, Executive Vice President of Stirling Properties. “We are pleased to be moving forward with the Mid-City Market project which represents yet another significant milestone in our Company’s history.”
Stirling Properties has a 37 year history of real estate development, management and commercial brokerage throughout the Gulf South. In the past few years investment in the city of New Orleans has become a focus in Stirling Properties development strategy. Since Katrina, the redevelopment of Bultman Funeral Home into Borders Bookstore and later Fresh Market Grocery, the acquisition of the Pan American Life Building, and the company’s current redevelopment of the American Legion Hall on Magazine Street into an upscale Walgreens Drugstore all exemplify Stirling Properties renewed commitment to the City of New Orleans.
Stirling Properties’ Townsend Underhill, Vice President of Development says that, Stirling Properties will continue to work on a number of other potential projects in the city of New Orleans and hopes Mid-City Market will be the springboard to furthering the recovery in New Orleans.
To commemorate the groundbreaking event Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Councilwoman Susan Guidry and Regional VP of Winn-Dixie, Joey Medina, along with Stirling Properties’ Marty Mayer, President and CEO, Lewis Stirling, Townsend Underhill, tenant representatives from the development and the Mid-City Market design and construction team of VergesRome Architects, Duplantis Design Group and Donahue Favret Contractors Inc. were in attendance.
Tenants with executed leases in the development include Office Depot, Neighborhood Pet Market by Jefferson Feed, Felipe’s Taqueria, Pinkberry Frozen Yogurt, Five Guys Burgers and Fries, and Pei Wei Asian Diner. Mid-City Market is 80% pre-leased with other tenant announcements forthcoming. Additional lease space is also available. For more information contact Chris Abadie, Vice President and Manager of Stirling Properties’ Commercial Brokerage Division, at (985) 246-3721 or cabadie@stirlingprop.com.
For more information about the development of Mid-City Market, contact Townsend Underhill at (985) 246-3785 or tunderhill@stirlingprop.com.
Clearview Mall To Host an Easter Eggstravaganza
Metairie, Louisiana (March 19, 2012) – Clearview Mall, managed and leased by Stirling Properties, will host several Easter activities with special guest: the Easter Bunny.
Kids and families are encouraged to hop into Clearview Mall to take part in Don Daigrepont Studio’s Easter Photo Experience complete with real baby bunnies. Packages start at $15.99 and are available for three weeks starting Saturday, March, 17 and ending Saturday, April 7. The Easter Bunny will also be giving out special complimentary treats from Elmer’s chocolate during all portrait sessions.
Other highlights include an Easter Eggstravaganza event including face painting, balloon art and an egg hunt. The event will be held 11 am to 1 pm at the mall’s food court on March 31 and again on April 7. Guests of all ages are invited to attend this free public event.
For more information about the events planned for Easter, go to www.clearviewmall.com or contact Christie Naccari, Special Events and Leasing Coordinator for Clearview Mall, at (504) 885-0202 or by email at cnaccari@stirlingprop.com.
Retailers at River Chase Shopping Center Celebrate Store Openings
COVINGTON, Louisiana —- (MARCH 8, 2012) River Chase Shopping Center celebrates the store opening of several national retailers in the development’s newest phase. The first openings are scheduled to occur over the next few weeks with others to open this summer. The store opening schedules are as follows:
- March 12 – ULTA Beauty
- March 16 – Michael’s
- Late March to June – Charming Charlie, Maurices, The Children’s Place, Justice, Carter’s and Chuck E Cheese
Currently there are retail and restaurant outparcels, up to six acres, available for sale or lease. In addition, small shop options are available for lease ranging from 1,800 SF to 4,500 SF. For information about these and other retail sales and leasing opportunities contact Rhonda Sharkawy, Retail Leasing & Development Executive for Stirling Properties, at rsharkawy@stirlingprop.com or call (504) 523-4481. For information about the Offices at River Chase contact Lee de la Houssaye, Leasing and Sales Associate for Stirling Properties, at ldelahoussaye@stirlingprop.com or call (985) 246-3774. For more information about the River Chase development contact Townsend Underhill at tunderhill@stirlingprop.com or call (985) 898-2022.
Stirling Properties Buys Land to Develop Urban Shopping Center in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana —- (FEBRUARY 16, 2012) Stirling Properties is pleased to announce the closing of the land acquisition and development financing for Mid-City Market, a 107,713 square-foot, Winn-Dixie anchored shopping center located in New Orleans, LA along the North Carrollton Avenue commercial corridor. Mid-City Market’s many amenities will include terraced outdoor seating and pedestrian plazas, benches, bike racks, trellises, and native landscaping throughout to compliment the proposed Lafitte Greenway pedestrian and bicycle pathway which will border Mid-City Market. (more…)
Stirling Properties Welcomes Henry Spain To its Team
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana —- (February 7, 2012) Stirling Properties announces the addition of Henry Spain to the company’s Commercial Brokerage Division where he will join the team of sales professionals located at 615 Baronne Street, Suite 100, in New Orleans as a Sales and Leasing Executive.
Prior to joining Stirling Properties, Mr. Spain was a Financial Consultant with Peachtree Capital Corporation in Atlanta, GA where he also served as one of the company’s compliance officers. (more…)
Stirling Properties Contributes $20,000 to Providence House
(L to R) Pictured from Providence House are Board Members Grady Morrison and Dr. Susan Seiler-Smith, Executive Director Simone Hennessee and Board President Denee' Locke; from Stirling Properties are President and CEO Marty Mayer, Associate Broker Keitha Avant Marcotte and Bill McFadden, Regional Manager of North Louisiana
SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA (FEBRUARY 6, 2012) – Stirling Properties presented $20,000 to Providence House, a non-profit organization located on 814 Cotton Street in Shreveport, LA. The donation will help meet the needs of individuals, families and children who are homeless or suffer from abuse.
Providence House has been working in the trenches for more than 20 years, providing a program that teaches families how to live self-sufficient, independent lives. Each family that completes the Providence House program is equipped with everything they need to break the cycle of homelessness. In 2009, Providence House added two new programs–a Domestic Violence Safe House program to provide safe shelter to victims of domestic violence and their children, and a Sexual Assault Hospital Advocacy program to ensure that victims of sexual assault receive the care and information they need in order to make informed decisions as they begin to heal from such a traumatic event. Providence House is the largest transitional and domestic shelter for homeless families and children in Louisiana, and 89% of families who graduate from the program remain successful.
Marty Mayer, President and CEO of Stirling Properties stated, “In a world where there are individuals and families who don’t have a place to call home, it is important to have organizations like Providence House in which to turn. It is their efforts that have helped change the face of homelessness in northwestern Louisiana and we are proud to donate $20,000 to this worthy cause.”
“We are serving 100 families everyday, which is more families than ever before”, said Simone Hennessee, Providence House Executive Director. “Providence House truly is a community project, and we are grateful to Stirling Properties for their support.”
Stirling Properties is committed not only to serving the Shreveport/Bossier area with first class commercial real estate services, but desires to make the community in which we live and work better for the next generation. Each year the Providence House Program transforms 20-25 formerly homeless families into empowered members of the community. It is this success that inspired Stirling Properties to make a donation.
For more information about Providence House email information@theprovidencehouse.com, call (318) 221-7887 Monday through Friday between 8am and 5pm or go their website: www.theprovidencehouse.com. You can also connect with Providence House via social media on Facebook, twitter, or YouTube.
