LOFT18 Is Coming to Mandeville, Louisiana
Stirling Properties serving as brokerage tenant rep in company expansion.
Stirling Properties announces LOFT18, an interactive sports bar and lounge, is coming to Mandeville, Louisiana. Stirling Properties is serving as the brokerage representative for LOFT18 in its regional expansion efforts.
LOFT18, founded in New Orleans, Louisiana, is an innovative, interactive golf and multi-sport concept featuring custom-built, state-of-the-art Full Swing Golf simulators. It showcases games & championship courses to deliver precision play at its finest to golfers of all experience levels. And for non-golfers, LOFT18’s full-service bar and restaurant offers gastro-pub fare, craft beer and cocktails, and New Orleans’ famous service and hospitality.
This marks the third retail location for LOFT18. The company recently closed on the purchase of property located at the corner of St. Ann Drive and N. Causeway Blvd. (Hwy. 190 Frontage Road) in Mandeville to construct a ground-up 10,000-square-foot restaurant and bar with outdoor dining space. The new location will feature five simulators and one VIP room with a private simulator for parties of 20-30 people. The contractor on the development is Cassesi Scully Commercial Construction and the architect is Sizeler, Thompson & Brown Architects. Construction is expected to begin soon, with an anticipated opening in September-November 2022.
“We are thrilled to announce our newest LOFT18 location in Mandeville and to deliver the ultimate indoor golf, entertainment, and hospitality experience for the entire Northshore community,” said Greg Whitman, president/owner of LOFT18. “Mandeville’s vibrant, high-growth market is a perfect fit for LOFT18. We look forward to being a part of this community and serving its families, foodies, and, of course, golfers.”
Thomas Bryan and Lauren Ryan, commercial real estate advisors with Stirling Properties, represented LOFT18 in securing the location. “Lauren and I are very proud to represent Loft18 in their expansion efforts and are excited about their new location coming to the Northshore,” said Bryan. “LOFT18 was the first locally-owned golf simulation and entertainment concept in the New Orleans area, and they are setting the course for a unique entertainment and restaurant experience that will be highly successful in this market.”
The LOFT18 concept was dreamt-up by three long-time friends with backgrounds in entertainment, sales and hospitality and a fervent love for the game of golf. Seeing a niche in the hospitality industry, the group opened its first “flagship” location in Metairie in 2017 and its second location in Houston, Texas, in 2019. LOFT18 is currently working on expansion efforts in other major markets.
For leasing information, contact Lauren Ryan at lryan@stirlingprop.com / (504) 620-8124 or Thomas Bryan at tbryan@stirlingprop.com / (504) 620-8138.
Stirling Properties Hires Veteran Real Estate Broker Austin Earhart as Senior Advisor
Stirling Properties announces that veteran real estate broker Austin Earhart has joined its commercial team as Senior Advisor. He will work from the company’s Baton Rouge office located at 6160 Perkins Road, Suite 200.
With over 20 years of experience in commercial real estate, Earhart has become one of the region’s foremost retail experts specializing in tenant and landlord representation, lease negotiation, site selection, and dispositions for local and national retailers. He has been a multi-million-dollar producer in Louisiana, and regularly closes deals in all aspects of commercial properties including industrial, office, land, and investment sales.
Earhart’s landlord representation includes institutional and local owners with retail portfolios ranging from 5,000 square feet up to major power centers. He has worked with many of the nation’s leading retailers including Walmart, Lowe’s, Whitney National Bank, AmSouth Bank, MidSouth Bank, FedEx Kinko’s, Starbucks, Xerox, Best Buy, Eatel, Rally’s/Checkers, Walgreens, Papa John’s, Nextel, and Hobby Lobby.
Before joining Stirling Properties, Earhart was an agent with Beau Box Commercial Real Estate company, where he served the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, community for 12 years.
Earhart attended the University of Mississippi and is a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) candidate. He is affiliated with ICSC (International Council of Shopping Centers) and the National Association of Realtors (NAR). He is also an active member of the Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors (GBRAR), where he serves on the Trends Retail Board Committee and is a past board member of the Commercial Investment Division (CID). He is a regularly published writer as a retail expert in national trade magazines.
“I’m excited to join Stirling Properties. Their excellent reputation, national reach, and comprehensive industry knowledge are attractive—and evident in the more than $1.64 billion worth of third-party transactions they have closed in the last five years alone,” said Earhart. “I look forward to better serving the real estate needs of my clients—not only in brokerage but by utilizing the full gamut of commercial services available through Stirling Properties.”
“Stirling Properties is thrilled to welcome Austin Earhart to our team of commercial advisors. His extensive experience and market insight will help us continue to grow our services in the Greater Baton Rouge region and across the Gulf South, and further position us as a leader in the market,” said Chris Abadie, Vice President and Manager of Commercial Brokerage with Stirling Properties.
Austin Earhart can be reached at aearhart@stirlingprop.com or (225) 926-4481.
HOTWORX is heating up across the country
Early last year, Stirling Properties was selected to exclusively represent HOTWORX, a new-to-market fitness concept, in its aggressive expansion efforts across the U.S.
To date, Stirling Properties is excited to announce that 40 HOTWORX locations have been leased, and 50 more are expected by the end of the year. Our brokers are anticipating more than 100 new locations in the pipeline per year over the next five years!
Joe Gardner, CCIM, and Thomas Bryan, Stirling Properties’ Sales and Leasing Executives, are the exclusive national tenant rep brokers for HOTWORX. Utilizing the Retail Brokers Network (RBN) and the local knowledge of individual brokers across the country, this dynamic duo is working diligently to secure the perfect national retail locations for the new fitness concept—the ideal space required is between 1,500-2,500 square feet.
HOTWORX—founded in New Orleans, LA—is revolutionizing the fitness industry by providing the ultimate hot exercise experience and is the first to launch a 24/7 business franchise model through the use of its proprietary patent-pending technology. It is a virtually instructed exercise program created for users to experience the many benefits of infrared heat absorption, while completing a 30-minute isometric workout or 15-min high-intensity interval training (HIIT) session. As the infrared heat penetrates the body, the isometric postures further accelerate detoxification by physically removing toxins from organs through muscle contraction.
Currently, the company has locations in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas. Future studio sites also include locations in the greater New Orleans area and surrounding Gulf Coast region. For a complete list of HOTWORX stores, click here.
“Our HOTWORX fitness concept is rapidly expanding. We are happy to continue our partnership with Stirling Properties, a proven leader in the real estate industry, to grow our business across the nation. We are still seeking franchisees for various business opportunities and will be announcing new HOTWORX locations soon,” said Stephen Smith, HOTWORX CEO.
“Stirling Properties is proud of our successful partnership with HOTWORX—a company that was founded right here in New Orleans. This unique concept is growing in popularity across the nation and is quickly becoming a leading fitness provider,” said Bryan. “Landlords and property owners are attracted to this type of tenant, not only for its ability to backfill empty retail space but also for its ability to drive traffic to neighboring stores. We look forward to announcing many more locations in communities across the U.S.”
For more information on HOTWORX and franchise opportunities, visit www.hotworx.net.
