New Life for Petroleum Tower: $30 Million Redevelopment Investment Announced for Downtown Landmark Shreveport DDA Executive Director Cedric B. Glover announced today that thanks to the visionary leadership of Mayor Tom Arceneaux and the Shreveport City Council, a long empty downtown tower that legendary mid-century Shreveport developer, N.O. Thomas, once crowned as “Shreveport’s Best Address”, […]
It’s the week before Christmas and all through the house at 431 Crockett Street creatures have been stirring – paint, that is- and climbing ladders and painting. Boy, have they been painting. “Yesterday I spent 16 hours painting,” said a weary-looking Chris Rhodes, one of the owners of the soon-to-open Crockett Street Trading Company. “We […]
Several new apartment spaces have come up downtown this week, so jump on them quickly if you are interested! The first has a beautiful view the Millennium Mural, and is on the second floor of a two story historic building within easy walking distance to restaurants, shopping, attractions and office buildings. The high ceilings and […]
One of the first buildings that anyone sees entering downtown on Spring Street is the office building that sits at the edge of Festival Plaza, 800 Spring Street, Spring Street Plaza. You now have multiple opportunities to either own or lease space in the building that is easy to access and that has a large […]
One of downtown’s most striking Art Moderne buildings at 525 Cotton Street has sold, and space inside is available for office, retail, or light manufacturing uses. At present some 3500-5000 SF is available, but depending on what your goals are, more space could be. The building is 22,760 SF total, and features 15″ clear heights […]
Note: New Northwest Louisiana State Office Building Updates Are Imminent As the Louisiana Legislature approaches Sine Die, important updates expected soon regarding the new downtown state office building. In the meantime, catch up on the history of the project with this series articles by former DDA Executive Director Liz Swaine. Sometimes it takes a […]
For $7SF per year, a cool $12,833 per month, the former Arlington Hotel which is now but a shell, can be yours to lease. Sadly, the owners of the building who at one time had intended to turn the property into the highly-anticipated Every Man a King Distillery, have decided that is no longer an […]
Downtown is full of remarkable spaces, and 616 Texas definitely counts as one of them. By 1926 when the building at 616-618 Texas Street was constructed, Zodiag’s had already been a Shreveport institution for 52 years. On September 14th at 7:30 pm., the windows of the ‘new’ Zodiag’s at 616 Texas- filled with ‘Fall Merchandise […]
Can Music Help Define Shreveport? Each year, visitors by the thousands trek to the Chaffee Crossing neighborhood in Fort Smith, Ark., to see the small building where Elvis Presley got his first Army haircut in 1958. Elvis is so popular there that Fort Smith also hosts a yearly Elvis Haircut Day that attracts people from […]
A turnkey restaurant space is currently available in the heart of the Central Business District at 605 Texas Street. The space, which was most recently home to Shababy’s Cajun Cooking, was sadly vacated after medical issues forced Shababy’s popular Mandy and husband and helper Mike to slow down and take a breath. (We wish them […]
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