The retail level of The Garage looks pretty slick. It looks perfect for a furniture seller or something - Crate & Barrel?
Interesting tidbits from the Planning Commission agendas... Apparently there's an abandoned warehouse on Wilkinson (behind the west Pontalba Building) that is being renovated into apartments... also a building across from the House of Blues on Decatur, same story.
Also...
The Company Burger, coming to Freret Street. Adolfo Garcia is opening the High Hat Cafe (Southern food) and Ancora Pizzeria & Salumeria (pizza and Italian sausages), next door to each other in the blue building that used to be Las Acacias Supermercado. Lastly, there's The Midway, which is the Chicago deep-dish place I mentioned awhile back, opening in the former Friar Tucks. Those should combine to make Freret into one bustling strip in coming years.