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Stirling Properties Officially Announces Sam’s Club is Coming to Stirling Bossier Shopping Center

Stirling Properties, developer and property manager of Stirling Bossier Shopping Center in Bossier City, Louisiana, officially announces the addition of Sam’s Club to its tenant lineup.  Construction is underway on the parcel next to Academy Sports + Outdoors fronting Beene Boulevard. The new Sam’s Club, plus fuel station, will be the first one in Bossier …

Stirling Golf Tournament Raises Money for Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center

Stirling Properties’ 13th Annual Stirling Invitational Golf Tournament raised $10,000 for Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center. The scramble-style golf tournament hosted by Stirling Properties was held Monday, October 28th at University Club in Baton Rouge where generous contributions from sponsors and over 125 golfers helped to make the event a success. Grady Brame, Executive Vice …

Fremaux Town Center – October Update

Almost overnight Fremaux Town Center has risen into a sizable addition to the landscape of Slidell.  Building construction is continuing with all of the Phase 1 tenant buildings vertical and many with roofs completed and facades commenced. Color is being added to the exteriors and identification of the major tenant’s storefronts are becoming obvious. Interior …

New Orleans Retail is on the Rise

Mark Twain once quipped “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme”.  The Crescent City has been America’s boomtown before, but this time, something is different.  Aided by tech, medical and digital media job growth, infrastructure improvements, rising tourism and political reform, the City has become a magnet for young educated professionals, and retailers have …

Stirling Properties Expands Gulf South Presence with New Office in Mobile, Alabama

COVINGTON, LOUISIANA (OCTOBER 15, 2013) – Stirling Properties is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in downtown Mobile, Alabama at 182 St. Francis Street, Suite 101.  As the company’s first location in Alabama, the office joins 11 other offices located in Louisiana and Mississippi to further strengthen Stirling Properties’ presence in the …

National Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Online Sales Tax Collection at Time of Purchase

As a follow-up to one of my previous President’s Messages about the Marketplace Fairness Act, I wanted to comment about a recently conducted national poll by the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). The results of the poll show that the majority of American consumers (64%) are aware that they are required to pay state …

Stirling Properties’ Townsend Underhill Elected to Board of Directors for St. Tammany West Chamber of Commerce

Stirling Properties is pleased to announce that Townsend Underhill, Senior Vice President of Development, has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the St. Tammany West Chamber of Commerce. The Board of Directors is comprised of local business professionals who are passionate about smart growth and quality of life in West St. …

Stirling Properties and CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. Announce New Stores Coming to Fremaux Town Center

COVINGTON, LA and CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – September 5, 2013 – Stirling Properties and CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (NYSE:  CBL) announce the addition of five new national tenants to Phase I of Fremaux Town Center in Slidell, Louisiana. Phase I is approximately 295,000 square feet anchored by Kohl’s, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Best Buy, T.J.Maxx, and …

Collection Drive for The Covington Food Bank a Success!

Stirling Properties just completed a 2-week collection drive for The Covington Food Bank, whose supplies have been considerably depleted over the course of the summer.  Since the food bank is in desperate need of food and personal hygiene products, the Stirling Stewardship Committee organized the drive to give employees and agents at Stirling’s Corporate Headquarters …