The sale is complete on the 343,543 square foot, 21-story Louisiana Tower at 401 Edwards Street. Real Estate developer R.D. Sharma of Atlanta, Georgia, was the high bidder at $7.5m.; he told the DDA he owns properties in multiple states including George, Illinois, Mississippi, New Jersey, and more recently, Louisiana. Sharma’s plans are to enhance […]
Crews at the soon-to-open Phoenix Downtown are working as hard as elves in Santa’s workshop to get the thousand details sorted out by tomorrow evening at 9 pm. December 23rd is the ‘soft’ opening of 400 Commerce Street, the rebirth of the former Phoenix Underground into Phoenix Downtown. For the last few months, the buildout […]
It’s been a wonderfully weird and mostly fun year for Jim Malsch, the owner of 717 Crockett Street. His rehab of the former Andress Ford into the Andress Artist and Entrepreneur Center was smooth and seamless, made easier with the talented design and construction professionals he had hired to turn the former blighted building into […]
Realtor Trent Siskron is beginning to wonder if he has a tiger by the tail. This past week, he listed 710 Crockett, the ‘Salvation Army Lofts’ and already, the listing is going viral. “I haven’t seen anything like this on any other listing I have had,” he told me this morning. It’s not a surprise […]
The worker bees are swarming at the Lee Hardware apartments at 719 Edwards. Owner HRI of New Orleans is investing close to $8m to rehab the Lee Hardware and United Jewelers at 301 Crockett St. Construction crews are changing out lighting to modern LED, fitting out full size washers and dryers in each unit, adding […]
When the Antlers Hotel opened in 1911, the area known as ‘Five Points’ was a happening place. The intersection where Texas Street, Texas Avenue, Common and Milam Streets converged in five points of the compass was filled with buildings and commerce. The Antlers, which would become the ‘New’ Creswell Hotel in 1917 and the Creswell […]
In 2012, the State of Louisiana hired a commercial real estate/property investment company named Jones Lang LaSalle to research the answer to a question that was becoming more and more important- the feasibility of consolidating state office buildings in Shreveport into one facility in downtown Shreveport. The answer seemed like it would be a no […]
We have long believed that the patio and deck behind the Shreveport Aquarium is the —hands down— prettiest place in the area to hold an event. Now, it is even better. The view of the river and Texas Street bridge has always been beautiful, and soon, with the LED lighting of the bridge, will be […]
The morning I called Drayden Dunn, he was at the pediatrician with son Christian, a brand new 1st grader fighting a fever and stomach bug. Wife Brittney Dunn was calling him, too, asking him to come back inside. It was gearing up to be another busy day in the Dunn household. It’s a rare day […]
Downtown’s UrgentEMS, our new quick care facility that also offers the FDA-approved Pfizer Covid vaccine and Covid testing, has been approved for Covid monoclodal antibody treatments. The goal of this therapy is to help prevent hospitalizations, reduce viral loads and lessen symptom severity. For those seeking a Covid vaccination, the Pfizer shot has been approved […]
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