Stirling Properties Welcomes Northshore’s 1st Whole Foods Market
Stirling Properties Delivers Quality Development &
Retailers to St. Tammany Parish
Welcomes Northshore’s 1st Whole Foods Market
Stirling Properties commercial real estate company welcomes the Northshore’s first Whole Foods Market to Premier Centre, a Stirling Properties development. A formal grand opening ceremony and bread breaking was held today with Honorable Pat Brister, St. Tammany Parish President; Honorable Don Villere, Mandeville Mayor; Rick Findlay, Whole Foods Market Global executive coordinator of grocery; Nona Griesman, Whole Foods Market Southwest Region executive vice president of operations; and Marty Mayer, Stirling Properties President & CEO.
Mandeville Mayor Villere, St. Tammany Parish President Brister, WFM Store Team Leader Damen Williams, Stirling Properties President & CEO Marty Mayer
Stirling Properties continues to deliver quality development and retailers to St. Tammany Parish and South Louisiana. Mandeville’s highly anticipated Whole Foods Market will offer customers a large selection of natural and organic products with features tailored to the local Louisiana community. The high-end grocer is a welcome addition to Premier Centre and will be a regional draw for the City of Mandeville, and a foodie destination for the Northshore community. The store will employ approximately 100-120 team members.
“The Mandeville community and Premier Centre tenants have long awaited the opening of Whole Foods Market, and Stirling Properties is proud to be a part of the celebration! Over a year of cooperative efforts—by the City, Whole Foods Market, the Landlord and Stirling Properties—is finally coming to fruition,” said Donna Taylor, Stirling Properties Sr. Vice President, Asset Management & New Business. “New businesses, such as Whole Foods Market, are such important contributors to our economic growth and quality of life here on the Northshore.”
Rick Findlay, Donna Taylor, Nona Griesman, Marty Mayer
Stirling Properties was instrumental in bringing large-scale retailers—such as Whole Foods Market and Forever 21 Red—to the area, and has been at the forefront of commercial real estate investment, management and development in St. Tammany Parish and surrounding areas of South Louisiana. Premier Centre continues to be a leading regional shopping and restaurant destination, as well as a vital economic contributor to the area.
“We are confident in the future and prosperity of the Northshore. Premier Centre is positioned in an excellent location that is experiencing tremendous growth and attracting new retailers. St. Tammany Parish continues to be one of our most important areas for commercial real estate growth and economic opportunities, and Stirling Properties is proud to call the area home to our Corporate Office,” said Marty Mayer, Stirling Properties President & CEO.
Whole Foods Market has completed the re-tenanting of the former Albertson’s grocery and will occupy 40,000 of the 60,000 square feet. The popular retailer Forever 21 Red occupied the balance of the space next door late last year, and already is a top producer in the chain.
Other tenants, Rack Room Shoes and TJ Maxx recently remodeled their stores, even further solidifying Premier Centre as a top retail destination for the area and marks a re-celebration for the center, just in time for summer festivities followed by Back to School shopping.
Premier Centre is approximately 273,000 square feet and is located at the corner of US Hwy 190 & N. Causeway Blvd. in Mandeville on the Northshore of Lake Pontchartrain in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. This center is ideally situated in the heart of the community, an area that has seen incredible growth and higher than average incomes. Premier Centre has maintained 100% occupancy since opening and the sales per square foot are well above average for the national tenants in the center. Stirling Properties developed Phase I of Premier Centre in 1999, and Phase II in 2000, and currently holds the managing and leasing contract.
Tenants include Whole Foods Market, Forever 21 Red, Stein Mart, Bed Bath & Beyond, T.J.Maxx, Barnes & Noble, Old Navy, Gap/Gap Kids, Rack Room Shoes, Banana Republic, American Eagle Outfitters, Hallmark, LOFT, Victoria’s Secret, Aéropostale, Buckle, Apricot Lane, H.W. Rosenblum, Earthsavers, Bath & Body Works, Motherhood Maternity, Chase, Chili’s Grill & Bar, Romano’s Macaroni Grill, la Madeleine and Pinkberry. Tesla electric car charging stations are also available in the parking lot.
Stirling Properties has developed more than 3.7 million square feet totaling $465 million since 2010, almost exclusively in Louisiana. Other Stirling Properties developments in St. Tammany Parish include Fremaux Town Center (Slidell), Stirling Slidell, The Crossing (Slidell), River Chase (Covington) and Northpark Corporate Center (Covington), just to name a few.
For leasing information, contact Rhonda Sharkawy at (504) 620-8145 or rsharkawy@stirlingprop.com.
Stirling Properties Awarded Management Contract For Fern Marketplace In Shreveport, Louisiana
Stirling Properties commercial real estate company was recently awarded the management contract for Fern Marketplace in Shreveport, Louisiana. Stirling Properties handles leasing opportunities for the center and will now take on daily management.
Fern Marketplace is a 29-acre retail project anchored by Whole Foods Market, consisting of roughly 275,000 square feet. The shopping center is located at the northeast corner of East 70th Street and Fern Avenue, near the intersection of Youree Drive, which is the most heavily populated corridor of retail and services in Shreveport and Northern Louisiana. National retailers located within one mile of this center include Super Target, Belk, Bed Bath & Beyond, Old Navy, JCPenney, Kohl’s, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Barnes & Noble, Lowe’s, Cost Plus, World Market, T.J.Maxx, and Sam’s Club, just to name a few. The area growth rate, high income level and location will be sure to allow the tenants at Fern Marketplace to experience substantial retail sales. Most of the retailers committed to Fern Marketplace are either first-time locations within Shreveport or Louisiana, or both.
Currently, the only business open at the shopping center is GRUB Burger, which opened in January of this year marking its second Louisiana location. Whole Foods Market is scheduled to open in the Fall of 2016. This will be the sixth Louisiana location for the organic food chain store.
Fern Marketplace Phase I consists of roughly 75,000 square feet and tenants include Grub Burger (now open), Lee Nails (opening Spring 2016), Whole Foods Market (opening Fall 2016) and much of the remaining square footage is in different stages of negotiation with announcements to occur over the coming months. Phase II consists of roughly 200,000 square feet of which various type uses will add to the mix of the first phase.
“We are confident in the future and prosperity of this area. Fern Marketplace is positioned in an excellent location that is experiencing tremendous growth and attracting new retailers,” said Donna Taylor, Stirling Properties Senior Vice President-Asset Management & New Business. “We are happy to continue our long and successful brokerage and property management history in the Shreveport/Bossier City market.”
Stirling Properties has been at the forefront of commercial real estate management, investment and development in Shreveport/Bossier City and surrounding areas of North Louisiana, and is committed to bringing quality development and retailers to the area. At completion, Fern Marketplace is expected to be a premier regional shopping and entertainment destination, as well as a vital economic contributor to the area.
Stirling Properties currently manages almost 17 million square feet of property, with 81 million square feet of property and land for sale or lease, almost exclusively in Louisiana. Other Stirling Properties management and development projects in Shreveport/Bossier City include, Stirling Bossier Shopping Center, Eastgate Shopping Center and Old River Marketplace, just to name a few.
For more information, please visit stirlingprop.com.
For leasing or sales information, contact Rhonda Sharkawy at (504) 620-8145 or rsharkawy@stirlingprop.com. For asset management information, contact Donna Taylor at (985) 898-2022 or dtaylor@stirlingprop.com.
Update on Whole Foods’ Mandeville Location and Addition of Forever 21 Red
While no small feat, we are inching closer to the opening of Whole Foods in a portion of the former Albertson’s grocery at Premier Centre! The anticipated opening date is late April 2016. We are equally as excited at the newest addition to Premier Centre with Forever 21 Red occupying the balance of the space with an amazing pre-Thanksgiving Holiday opening to the public.
This will be the first Whole Foods and second Forever 21 Red on the Northshore occupying a total of 60,000 square feet.
Premier Centre, a 273,000-square-foot shopping center near the intersection of U.S. 190 and North Causeway Boulevard in Mandeville, Louisiana, opened in 1998. Whole Foods and Forever 21 Red will join Stein Mart, Bed Bath & Beyond, T.J. Maxx, Barnes & Noble, Old Navy and other national and local retailers in the shopping center.
Whole Foods Market coming to Stirling Properties’ Premier Centre in Mandeville, La.
First Whole Foods Market location for Northshore New Orleans
Stirling Properties announces the addition of Whole Foods Market® to the tenant lineup at Premier Centre, a 273,000-square-foot shopping center near the intersection of U.S. Highway 190 and North Causeway Boulevard in Mandeville, Louisiana.
The approximately 40,000-square-foot Whole Foods Market store, the first for Northshore of New Orleans, will offer customers a large selection of natural and organic products with features tailored to the local Louisiana community.
“We are excited to bring such an in-demand, high-caliber retailer to the Northshore community,” said Donna Taylor, Stirling Properties’ Senior Vice President of Asset Management and New Business. “Whole Foods Market is a welcome addition to Premier Centre and will be a regional draw for the city of Mandeville.”
“On behalf of the city of Mandeville, we welcome the announcement that Whole Foods will be locating in Mandeville,” Mandeville Mayor Donald Villere said. “As mayor I have had requests for years to get Whole Foods to become a part of the city. I believe their opening will be the start of a long lasting relationship with the citizens of Mandeville.”
Whole Foods Market, projected to open in the first quarter of 2016, will be located in a portion of the space currently occupied by Albertsons. Twenty thousand square feet of adjacent space is available for lease. Premier Centre is situated in the heart of the Mandeville community on the Northshore of Lake Pontchartrain in St. Tammany Parish. This center has maintained 100 percent occupancy since opening in 1998, and sales per square foot are well above average for the national tenants in the center. Whole Foods Market joins Stein Mart, Bed Bath & Beyond, T.J.Maxx, Barnes & Noble, Old Navy and many other national retailers.
For more information, email dtaylor@stirlingprop.com or call (985) 898-2022.
For information about the adjacent 20,000 square feet available for lease email rsharkawy@stirlingprop.com or call (985) 898-2022.
