Business is Hopping along at the Square!

March was a very successful and busy month for the Tenants and Management of Hammond Square.  We have not seen official sales reports yet, but according to casual conversations with the Tenants and completely full parking lots at times, we expect great numbers.  Our big Easter event was Saturday March, 30th and the Square was …

Stirling Properties Announces New Tenant & Expansion at Clearview Mall

Stirling Properties is pleased to announce the addition of Twin Peaks Restaurant and the expansion of Blue Cliff College at Clearview Mall. Twin Peaks has leased 7,910 square-feet of restaurant space at Clearview Mall and will offer customers made-from-scratch food and ice-cold draft beer in a mountain sports lodge setting. Twin Peaks opened their first …

Stirling Communities Update: Tiger Manor Improvements

Tiger Manor, a 287-unit student housing property situated just outside the North Gates of LSU, was acquired in September 2012 and added to the Stirling Communities portolio of multi-family properties.  Since the acquisition, $1.4 Million in renovations to Tiger Manor are well underway, and are approximately 60% complete.  All renovations to the complex are expected to be complete by April 15, 2013. Major renovations include: Complete exterior repaint of all buildings …

Successful Grand Opening of New Walgreens Marquee Store on Magazine Street

Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Councilwoman Susan Guidry, area retailers, members of Stirling Properties and representatives of American Legion Post #307 recently participated in a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Walgreens marquee store at 5518 Magazine Street. The site is the original home of the Ed Brauner American Legion Post #307 and portions of …

Grand Opening of New Walgreens Marquee Store on Magazine Street

NEW ORLEANS, LA – March 21, 2013 – Stirling Properties is pleased to announce the grand opening of a new full-service, Walgreens drugstore in New Orleans on historic Magazine Street.  The new Walgreens is a full renovation of the former American Legion building located at 5518 Magazine Street. The 13,000 square-foot marquee store will have …

Mid-City Market – March Update

Below, please find a series of photos showing site progress conditions from the week of March 4, 2013. Since last month’s update, we have moved forward rapidly in the site and building construction at Mid-City Market.  At Winn-Dixie, the roof has fully dried in which allows us to release significant interior work including drywall, sheathing, …

Walgreens on Magazine – Update 3/11/13

Last full week of work at the Magazine Street Walgreens in New Orleans and it is a flurry of activity inside and out.  With one week left, both the Contractor and Walgreens have their work cut out for them, including finishing the front sidewalk and canopy, landscaping and painting the exterior and all the interior shelve stocking and …

Hammond Square: Cars, Wine, and Photobooths added up to success

On a very cold Wednesday night, our first annual Lover’s Lane event was a huge success thanks to the many local vendors, car owners and organizations willing to brave the elements!  Hammond Square had 40 Classic Cars lined up on Palace Drive outside of businesses from Cato to Menchie’s.  There were over 100 people from Hammond …

Walgreens on Magazine – Update 3/4/13

The building is humming with activity.  At this point Walgreens has been inside the building for almost three weeks setting up shelving and placing fixtures inside the store in anticipation of the late March opening.  The scaffolding has been removed from the front of the building and the new sidewalk work and front canopy is …

Mid-City Market – February Update

Since last month’s update, we have moved forward rapidly in the site and building construction at Mid-City Market in New Orleans.  At Winn-Dixie, we have finished standing the exterior walls, begun sheeting the walls, have set the roof curbs, and finished installing the re-steel.  We have set masonry along the rear wall on the N. …