New Orleans Development Thread

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With all of the residential tower development going on in the New Orleans area, I figured it was about time for the city to have it's own development thread.

I'm going to start working on it right now, and should have quite a bit of developments in here by this evening.

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Trump International Hotel and Tower New Orleans

Height: 67 stories 700+ feet

Location: Downtown New Orleans

Status: Approved

Use: Retail, Condo's, Hotel

[Mith242]

It's actually pretty far away from the central part of The Quarter. You have to go a block down, and then two blocks over across Canal Street, which is like a city block in itself, before you get to the French Quarter.

There is a height limit of 88 feet for buildings in downtown very near The Quarter, and this has been a major obstacle for a recently proposed 320 foot condo tower right next to The Quarter.

Yeah I guess I've gotten too used to Fayetteville's small blocks, especially in the areas I've been taking pics in. The older part of town has some pretty small blocks.

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Yeah I guess I've gotten too used to Fayetteville's small blocks, especially in the areas I've been taking pics in. The older part of town has some pretty small blocks.

Certain older areas of New Orleans are like this, but as you get into the more modern parts of town the blocks become much bigger.

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BTW, I've been working on a New Orleans development map for a couple of weeks now, but I have no idea how to post it on UP. My goal is to make a development map for the entire New Orleans metro area, and then move over to Baton Rouge.

[Mith242]

BTW, I've been working on a New Orleans development map for a couple of weeks now, but I have no idea how to post it on UP. My goal is to make a development map for the entire New Orleans metro area, and then move over to Baton Rouge.

Skirby was making one for Little Rock over in the Arkansas forum too. But he couldn't find a way to post it to UP. He asked but no one else knew either and we suggested he asked Neo. I haven't heard anymore since then.

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Vantage Tower

Height: 25 storeys 250 feet

Status: Approved

Location: Downtown New Orleans

Use: Retail, Condo's

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Harrahs' Casino New Orleans Hotel

Height: 28 storeys 270 feet

Status: Under Construction

Location: Downtown New Orleans

Use: Hotel

Rendering:

Progress:

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The National D-Day Museum Expansion

Status: Under Construction

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L'Ultimate Tower

Height: 22 storeys 225 feet

Status: Approved

Location: Lake Ponchartrain Lakefront-New Orleans

Use: Condo'

[Mith242]

This one seems nice although I can't say I care for the name.

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This one seems nice although I can't say I care for the name.

Yea I think the name is a bit to much.

[tombarnes]

Not bad, though I too think the name is over the top. The building looks like So. Florida instead of New Orleans. Of course, lots of this stuff will be put up on the Coast soon too. I wish there were a way to make these towers more representative of their regions.

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The building looks like So. Florida instead of New Orleans. Of course, lots of this stuff will be put up on the Coast soon too. I wish there were a way to make these towers more representative of their regions.

Yea, it seems like the only way to make a new tower represent the New Orleans area is to put the fake historic architecture on it, which I cant stand. Though most of the towers along the lakefront in New Orleans alreadly look south Florida like.

[ironchapman]

The building's very nice (reminds me of some here in Atlanta ), but the name is kind of cheesy.

That rendering makes it look kind of isolated, like it's in the middle of nowhere as opposed to in a city.

Edited January 22, 2006 by ironchapman

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That rendering makes it look kind of isolated, like it's in the middle of nowhere as opposed to in a city.

Yea I noticed this as well. The tower is located in the Lake Marina neighborhood on the Lake Ponchartrain lakefront, where there are around seven towers between 20-30 storeys proposed, and already quite a few high rise condos.

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Yea I noticed this as well. The tower is located in the Lake Marina neighborhood on the Lake Ponchartrain lakefront, where there are around seven towers between 20-30 storeys proposed, and already quite a few high rise condos.

So, it'll have some to make it look a little less lonely then? That's good to hear.

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So, it'll have some to make it look a little less lonely then? That's good to hear.

Oh yes, it won't look lonely at all on the lakefront.

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HRI Condominiums

Height: Tower 1- 5 storeys, 55 feet Tower 2- 12 storeys 125 feet

Status: Proposed

Location: The Warehouse District-New Orleans

Use: Condo's, Apartments

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Northshore Marina Tower Condominiums

Size: 23 storeys; 240 feet

Status: Approved

Location: Slidell

Use: Condo's

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Lakeshore Towers

Height: Two 26 storey; 275 foot towers.

Status: Approved

Location: Slidell

Use: Condo's

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Maybe it's the green roof (which I really don't mind) or the redering of the surrounding landscape, but the Northshore Marina looks like it could be in Coeur d'Alene instead of Slidell. Nice project though.

Edited January 23, 2006 by tombarnes

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^I agree, I like the overall project.

[TSmith]

I inquired about a condo in the Vanage Tower on Friday. The realtor said that they are indeed selling, and that they expect to meet their pre-construction goal of 60% sold sometime this Summer. Should be interesting to watch.