Louisiana Rising in the National Rankings

As the International Council of Shopping Center’s (ICSC’s) State Director for Louisiana, I recently contributed an article for the July 2013 edition of our Quarterly Membership Newsletter that I’d like to share: As the returning ICSC State Director, I am extremely excited about the progress that we are making in the State of Louisiana on …

Grand Opening of Mid-City Market

Stirling Properties’ largest ground-up Retail Development in New Orleans Today, Stirling Properties celebrates the grand opening of Mid-City Market, located at North Carrollton Avenue and Bienville Street in New Orleans. The 108,763 square-foot shopping center, anchored by a 54,390 square-foot Winn-Dixie, represents one the of the most significant retail developments in New Orleans since Hurricane …

Stirling Properties Hosts Tour of Mid-City Market Development Under Construction

Last week, Stirling Properties and VergesRome Architects hosted a building and site construction tour of Mid-City Market in New Orleans for the Urban Land Institute (ULI) of Louisiana, prior to the center opening to the public.  Approximately 50 people attended the event, ranging from real estate professionals, designers, and developers to interested neighbors and residents.  …

Mid-City Market – May Update

Below, please find a series of photos showing site progress conditions from the week of May 13, 2013. Since our last update, the construction activities at Mid-City Market have accelerated considerably and we are seeing the finish line ahead.  We have turned over all 11 spaces to tenants, including since the last update Ochsner Medical Center, Verizon Wireless, Five …

Stirling Properties Hires Ryan Juneau as Project Manager

Stirling Properties is pleased to announce the addition of Ryan Juneau as Project Manager. In this position, Mr. Juneau will work in the Development Division overseeing new development, renovation and tenant build out projects, including construction management, tenant coordination, due diligence coordination and entitlement work amongst other duties. Mr. Juneau brings with him over 10 …

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. and Stirling Properties Announce Dillard’s to Anchor Phase II of Fremaux Town Center in Slidell, LA

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. & COVINGTON, La. – May 9, 2013 – CBL & Associates Properties, Inc., (NYSE: CBL) and Stirling Properties today announced that Dillard’s (Dillard’s, Inc. NYSE: DDS) will anchor the fashion-oriented Phase II of Fremaux Town Center in Slidell, Louisiana. Phase I of the project is currently under construction with approximately 330,000 square feet …

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, …

Louisiana Well Positioned for Growth in 2013

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.  Read the article below about how well the State of Louisiana has been performing compared to the nation: It is hard to believe that 2012 is already more than a …

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. …

Mid-City Market – January Update

Since last month’s update, we have moved forward rapidly in the site and building construction at Mid-City Market.  At Winn-Dixie, despite the rainy weather, we have poured almost all of the concrete slab for the building with the remainder to be poured this week.  We have constructed two of the exterior load bearing metal stud …