These announcements add up over time:
51 new Health IT jobs created and will be located in downtown New Orleans.
Clinic operator to add software center in CBD
POSTED: 03:03 PM Wednesday, September 25, 2013
BY: Maria Clark, Reporter
TAGS: ChenMed, healthcare, Louisiana Economic Development, New Orleans, software development
ChenMed, a privately owned health care company, will establish a new software development center in the Central Business District.
According to a statement from the company and Gov. Bobby Jindal, ChenTech will create
50 new jobs at the center with an average salary of $83,000 a year. The Louisiana Economic Development estimates that project will
additionally create another
51 indirect jobs.
Read more:
http://neworleanscitybusiness.com/bl...#ixzz2fwf7PPvJ
Another huge addition to the BioDistrict. Tulane's vision of a interdisciplinary to work space will increase the amount of new innovation and spur the growth of the Innovation Economy within New Orleans.
TULANE UNIVERSITY – TO OPEN NEW $13 MILLION LABS THIS FALL
Tulane University will soon complete a sweeping $13.5 million renovation of laboratory spaces in the J. Bennett Johnston Health and Environmental Research Building, setting the stage for a vibrant hub of interdisciplinary research on Tulane Avenue. The project will represent the first major research space to bring together the schools of Science and Engineering, Medicine, and Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
The project called the “The Ballroom” transformed traditional, compartmentalized lab space on three floors of the building — roughly 37,500 square feet — into five large, open areas capable of accommodating multiple researchers from different schools into “ballroom labs.”
The ultimate goal is to enhance the Tulane’s medical research output through interdisciplinary research projects involving the physical sciences, engineering and public health into working groups that will cross-pollinate between ideas and concepts through an open innovation process.
Artspace reimagines Bell Junior High School campus
BY JAQUETTA WHITE
jwhite@theadvocate.com
September 25, 2013
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The sprawling Treme campus of the former Andrew J. Bell Junior High School, anchored by an imposing Gothic structure, moved a step closer Tuesday to becoming a place for artists to live and work.
The city Planning Commission granted approval of a zoning and use change for the abandoned school at 1010 N. Galvez St. that would allow a Minneapolis company to convert it into mixed-income apartments and studios for artists and their families. The final decision is up to the City Council.
http://theadvocate.com/news/7144913-...t-former-treme
Aquarium of the Americas undergoing $8 million in renovations
The Audubon Aquarium of the Americas is undergoing more than $8 million in renovations, repairs and additions that will re-envision both the interior and exterior of the 23-year old attraction, Karyn Kearney, the aquarium's managing director and executive vice president said.
The largest portion of the project is a $1.7 million refurbishment of the aquarium's plaza that includes repairs to the bricks and slates on the ground, restoration of the kiosks, the installation of a 90-foot long interactive fountain similar to the one at the Shaw Center for the Arts in Baton Rouge, and the addition of 35 palm trees that will serve as an extension of the palm promenade on Canal Street, Kearney said.
The exterior improvements include repairs to the wharf and restoration of several sculptures along the Moonwalk.
Audubon is spending $2 million in FEMA funds repairing the aquarium's roof and is spending $400,000 in refinanced bonds replacing the interior lighting system that hasn't been updated since the building opened in 1990.
Audubon also is ready to put out for bid a $420,000 project that involves the restoration of the Moonwalk bricks up to the Capital One Pavilion, and repair of the aquarium's signage and public restroom.
Kearney said she is most excited about a new $1 million exhibit called the Great Mayan Reef that, when completed in March, will take visitors underwater to a lost Mayan city.
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