Commercial Real Estate Outlook: Optimism Amidst Uncertainty

ICSC Las Vegas returned this spring—with a new format and brand—after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Attendees and exhibitors rebounded, with higher than anticipated crowds; reported attendance was over 22,000. Optimism was abuzz, and the pure excitement of being back to in-person events. However, uncertainty still lingered on the minds of many …

What’s Going On at River Chase in Covington?

Stirling Properties Announces Exciting New Updates and Developments The first phase of the Offices at River Chase, the Northshore’s premier office campus, has completed construction. Located at the southwest corner of Brewster Road and Stirling Boulevard, Phase I includes a Class-A, two-story, 45,000-square-foot office building located on 3.5 acres. It is accessible from both the …

President’s Message: The Death Knell of Retail Real Estate Is Exaggerated

I am sure you have all read attention-grabbing news headlines such as these and share the same concerns regarding the future of retail real estate. In this new era of constant access to millions of digital media streams, dramatic headlines cut through the clutter and generate more attention. Drama sells. But despite all the negativity …

Walk-On’s Coming to River Chase in Covington, Louisiana!

Stirling Properties, NAI Latter & Blum and Greenleaf Architects announce Walk-On’s Bistreaux & Bar is coming to River Chase mixed-use development in Covington, Louisiana. This will mark the 1st Northshore location for the highly anticipated sports restaurant and bar. This week, the company closed on the purchase of 1.82 acres of property located on the …

Mid-City Market 100% Leased!

Addition of new retail & restaurant tenants Stirling Properties commercial real estate company welcomes new tenants to Mid-City Market in New Orleans, Louisiana, and is pleased to announce that the center is 100% leased. ASI Federal Credit Union will occupy the last remaining 2,541 square feet of space. Build-out of the space is underway, and …

Stirling Properties and Dorsey Development Announce New Tenants At Gentilly Retail Center In New Orleans

Stirling Properties and Dorsey Development announce new retail and restaurant tenants at the newly developed Gentilly Retail Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dollar Tree, a popular discount retail chain that sells items for $1 or less, will occupy 10,000 square feet. rue21 specialty discount retailer of young men and women’s casual apparel and accessories will …

Stirling Properties Announces New Tenants to Offices at Mid-City Market in New Orleans

Stirling Properties is pleased to announce new tenants Sola Salon and Billes Partners to the Offices at Mid-City Market in New Orleans, Louisiana. Billes Partners–a planning, project development, architecture, interior design, and graphic design firm–will occupy roughly 3,000 square feet and plans to open by early-March 2016. Sola Salon Studios, a 4,295-square-foot franchise hair salon plans to open this …

Stirling Properties Announces Largest Retail Acquisition in Company History

Stirling Properties is pleased to announce the purchase of Turtle Creek Crossing shopping center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on Friday January 22nd, 2016, at a purchase price of $48.1 million. Turtle Creek Crossing is the largest retail acquisition by Stirling Properties in its 40-year history. Completed in 2007, the 295,000-square-foot shopping center is located on US …

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 …

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 …