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prokowave · #**11021** Posted **Jun 14, 2016, 7:02 PM**

Demolition is moving full speed ahead at the Torres Bayou St. John site - warehouses being torn down and slabs being cleared.

Don't see much going on at 1031 Canal, The Standard, or the Parkway Apartments. I don't know whether there's some holdup at 1031 Canal, but they may be waiting for the streetcar work to finish - it seems to be pretty done except for the repaving of Rampart.

typo86 · #**11022** Posted **Jun 14, 2016, 9:04 PM**

Deuce just posted this yesterday:

https://twitter.com/dmcallister26/st...562688/photo/1

tennis1400 · #**11023** Posted **Jun 14, 2016, 9:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by prokowave

Demolition is moving full speed ahead at the Torres Bayou St. John site - warehouses being torn down and slabs being cleared.

Don't see much going on at 1031 Canal, The Standard, or the Parkway Apartments. I don't know whether there's some holdup at 1031 Canal, but they may be waiting for the streetcar work to finish - it seems to be pretty done except for the repaving of Rampart.

Cant confirm for sure but Im hearing 1031 is going to be hotel now. Not sure on brand but Hard Rock would like it I bet! As to whether they would use existing design Im not sure. There would need to be modifications but overall it could easily translate to hotel.

Also this bit of information is interesting. Wonder what the city has planned here?

101 Iberville St·Property Disposition · Project #16-1290 ·Ref Code: WJRY6M
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Type:
Property Disposition
Applicant:
City Of New Orleans
Status:
Draft Application
Date Filed:
6/14/2016
Closed:
No
Description
City would like to swap a parcel of land with adjacent property owner for a parcel of land.

City to Reopen Canal Street Following Repairs to Tunnel and Street

JUNE 14, 2016
Following emergency declaration, City expedited repairs to
tunnel wall underneath Canal Street

NEW ORLEANS – TODAY, Mayor Mitch Landrieu will join City and State officials to reopen Canal Street. On April 15, the lake bound lanes of Canal Street were closed when a partial collapse was discovered in one of the tunnel walls constructed as part of the 1966 Rivergate Expressway Tunnel project. Then on April 29, 2016, the roadway collapsed into the tunnel, damaging major and minor drain lines. The New Orleans City Council approved an emergency declaration to expedite repairs, which began on May 6, 2016. Construction was completed safely, ahead of schedule and within the $5M budget.

WHO: Mayor Mitch Landrieu

City Officials

State Officials

Contractors

Stakeholders

WHAT: Reopen lake bound lanes of Canal Street following repairs to collapsed tunnel

WHEN: TODAY, June 14, 2016
2 p.m.

WHERE: Canal Street at Convention Center Blvd.

New townhouse development proposed near Bayou St John:

3701 Bienville Ave·Stormwater Management, Design Review · Project #16-1281 / SW022-16 ·Ref Code: 8VL7TA
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Type:
Stormwater Management, Design Review
Applicant:
VPG Mid City LLC
Status:
Completeness Review
Date Filed:
6/13/2016
Closed:
No
Description
Applicant is requesting a design and stormwater management review in order to construct a new townhome development of over 40,000 sq. ft.

ardecila · #**11024** Posted **Jun 15, 2016, 12:54 AM**

What's with the "private access drive" on that townhouse project? Seems like it serves no purpose when they could just access the drive aisle from Cortez directly, but means the site will be 100% paved.

Usually in a townhouse project that sort of area is reserved for a green walkway or private front yards.

Also, what's going on the lakeside half of the site? Phase 2?

tennis1400 · #**11025** Posted **Jun 15, 2016, 1:04 AM**

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Originally Posted by ardecila

What's with the "private access drive" on that townhouse project? Seems like it serves no purpose when they could just access the drive aisle from Cortez directly, but means the site will be 100% paved.

Usually in a townhouse project that sort of area is reserved for a green walkway or private front yards.

Also, what's going on the lakeside half of the site? Phase 2?

Guess its to service the units on bienville. Since I dont know what phase 2 is I cant comment but as is it is seems overkill; however, given the expense of putting in drives I imagine there is a reason for it for phase 2.

nolafan · #**11026** Posted **Jun 15, 2016, 12:14 PM**

[QUOTE=tennis1400;7474233]Cant confirm for sure but Im hearing 1031 is going to be hotel now. Not sure on brand but Hard Rock would like it I bet! As to whether they would use existing design Im not sure. There would need to be modifications but overall it could easily translate to hotel.

This would be very interesting considering the fight they went through over the design. Also, I called the Kailas Company to get details and got no answers. Very shady situation.

tennis1400 · #**11027** Posted **Jun 15, 2016, 12:44 PM**

This Childrens Museum Complex in City Park is going to be quite impressive:

heres the layout from their stormwater management plan:

socigradstudent · #**11028** Posted **Jun 15, 2016, 6:35 PM**

Mr.Ed's Oyster bar planned to replace Pei Wei in Mid City.
http://www.nola.com/dining/index.ssf...river_home_pop

Also, any update on the opening of Trader Joe's?

jjslonaker · #**11029** Posted **Jun 15, 2016, 9:06 PM**

Who's the architect for this? I remember seeing great renderings on someone locals website a few years ago.. Maybe Eskew?

tennis1400 · #**11030** Posted **Jun 16, 2016, 1:07 AM**

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Originally Posted by jjslonaker

Who's the architect for this? I remember seeing great renderings on someone locals website a few years ago.. Maybe Eskew?

Montgomery Roth is on the plans

http://www.montgomeryroth.com/

tennis1400 · #**11031** Posted **Jun 16, 2016, 1:10 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by socigradstudent

Mr.Ed's Oyster bar planned to replace Pei Wei in Mid City.
http://www.nola.com/dining/index.ssf...river_home_pop

Also, any update on the opening of Trader Joe's?

Glad to see a crap chain restaurant replaced by something local.

tennis1400 · #**11032** Posted **Jun 16, 2016, 1:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by socigradstudent

Mr.Ed's Oyster bar planned to replace Pei Wei in Mid City.
http://www.nola.com/dining/index.ssf...river_home_pop

Also, any update on the opening of Trader Joe's?

I thought I remember trader joes being early fall.

prokowave · #**11033** Posted **Jun 16, 2016, 4:38 AM**

Bayou St. John will be buzzing if those townhouses go forward along with the Torres project. It does seem like a rather inefficient use of space and fairly low density compared to what is planned across the street. I am curious to see how the stormwater management requirements will affect projects like this.

tylerbydesign · #**11034** Posted **Jun 16, 2016, 3:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by tennis1400

Montgomery Roth is on the plans

http://www.montgomeryroth.com/

Architects are Mithun from Seattle, with Waggonner and Ball as the local AOR.

http://mithun.com/

typo86 · #**11035** Posted **Jun 16, 2016, 10:40 PM**

John Bel Edwards signs Four Seasons World Trade Center bill into law
http://www.nola.com/business/index.s...r_orleans_news

Gov. John Bel Edwards signed into law Thursday (June 16) changes that could speed up litigation delaying a proposed Four Seasons hotel and condo development at the vacant World Trade Center building.

Edwards signed the bill in a ceremony with a group that included Richard Friedman of Carpenter & Co. and Paul Flower of Woodward Interests -- the lead developers behind the $360 million Four Seasons proposal -- and Cindy Connick, executive director of the Canal Street Development Corp., who was on the selection committee that picked the Four Seasons plan among five competitors vying to lease the city-owned World Trade Center...

ardecila · #**11036** Posted **Jun 16, 2016, 11:00 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by prokowave

Bayou St. John will be buzzing if those townhouses go forward along with the Torres project. It does seem like a rather inefficient use of space and fairly low density compared to what is planned across the street. I am curious to see how the stormwater management requirements will affect projects like this.

I'm fine with townhouses. It's still denser than the typical Mid-City block... Bayou St. John is a weird location of a neighborhood of solid apartments anyway.

It would make more sense to build that stuff continuously along Tulane Ave. Good access to the CBD and the possibility for better transit service later...

York1 · #**11037** Posted **Jun 17, 2016, 2:39 PM**

Just returned from New Orleans -- first trip home to NO in five years.

1. Ate at Mr. Ed's original place on Metairie's Live Oak. I think it's great it will have a location at Bienville and Carrollton.

2. Was amazed at new buildings. I've kept up on this forum, but I was still wowed by the huge number of new and rehabbed buildings.

On the downside:
I know that roads have never been good due to soil issues.

However, I was amazed at how bad the roads have gotten. There were parts of my old neighborhood, Lakeview, that were nearly undriveable even with my SUV. Even driving uptown was hazardous.

Loved seeing the city, and I appreciate all of you keeping us expatriates up-to-date!

socigradstudent · #**11038** Posted **Jun 17, 2016, 4:25 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by ardecila

I'm fine with townhouses. It's still denser than the typical Mid-City block... Bayou St. John is a weird location of a neighborhood of solid apartments anyway.

It would make more sense to build that stuff continuously along Tulane Ave. Good access to the CBD and the possibility for better transit service later...

100000% agree. wholeheartedly. love the project.

prokowave · #**11039** Posted **Jun 17, 2016, 8:43 PM**

Most of Mid City is low density residential, but this area is surrounded by large buildings such as the American Can, old Lindy Boggs Medical Center and a bunch of big box retail on Carrollton, so if there is any place to build higher density, this is it. Mid-City and Bayou St. John in particular is hot right now.

Regarding the streets, a lot of things are being held back with the massive set of uptown drainage projects on Louisiana, Napoleon, and Jefferson Avenues and the streetcar work on Rampart/St. Claude. I imagine there is a backlog of projects in those areas that will begin once the main arteries have cleared up. The real problem with roads is that the SWB and Entergy do a terrible job of replacing pavement after they do underground work. That being said, there is supposedly $1+ billion of work coming down the pipeline.

ardecila · #**11040** Posted **Jun 18, 2016, 12:50 AM**

^ I wouldn't want this to be a bunch of solid apartments. Apparently the only kind of apartment developers can build is a "Texas donut", and I really don't want a whole neighborhood full of those.

If we were talking a more diverse mix of smaller apartment buildings, or even something a little more modernist I'd be all for it. But the large parcels here are always going to produce massive, monotonous apartment complexes, which are the last thing I want built right along the crown jewel Bayou St John.