Dominion tower deal to close soon with Benson. Very interesting idea in the article that I've never heard before is actually demolishing the shopping mall and develop a large open space with multi-media screens ect. I think this would be a great idea since a mall in that area is not going to do that well except for gamedays. They are also asking for multiple developers to submit different plans and renderings.
"The initial idea, Thornton said, is to demolish the mall to create an open space with giant multimedia screens that could be used for festivities at Saints and Hornets games, special sports events such as the Final Four, and the Essence Music Festival.
The former Macy's department building at the mall would be left in tact and used as a flexible space for temporary retail or corporate hospitality events."
http://blog.nola.com/tpmoney/2009/07...on_to_com.html