Grand Opening of Mid-City Market
Stirling Properties’ largest ground-up Retail Development in New Orleans
Today, Stirling Properties celebrates the grand opening of Mid-City Market, located at North Carrollton Avenue and Bienville Street in New Orleans. The 108,763 square-foot shopping center, anchored by a 54,390 square-foot Winn-Dixie, represents one the of the most significant retail developments in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina. This highly anticipated urban development brings new retailers to an established, historical neighborhood. The Honorable Mayor Mitch Landrieu commented that, “Mid-City Market is proof that New Orleans is building back better than before. This project took once blighted and vacant properties and transformed them into a retail and restaurant hub for the community. It’s another example of a strong public-private partnership delivering new jobs, new tax revenue and new energy to this important corridor. The project also will nicely complement the nearby Lafitte Greenway, the linear park that will link neighborhoods and spur activity and redevelopment across the city.” Mid-City Market is a result of over $40 Million in private investment, illustrating Stirling’s continued commitment to the market. The center creates over 500 new jobs in the area. Mid-City Market was designed to complement and address the proposed Lafitte Greenway pedestrian and bicycle pathway that is scheduled to begin construction later this year and will border the shopping center. “We have been diligently pursuing this development for the better part of 4 years. Completing this project is the culmination of a great deal of work by many people. It is extremely gratifying for us all to see the fruits of our labor, this project is very exciting for the future of the City of New Orleans and the Mid-City neighborhood,” states Townsend Underhill, Senior Vice President of Development at Stirling Properties. To commemorate the Grand Opening, special guests Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Councilwoman Susan Guidry, and Winn-Dixie’s Regional Vice President Karena Niblett will attend. Stirling Properties’ President and CEO Marty Mayer and Senior Vice President of Development Townsend Underhill will address the audience at the event.
Tenants Now Open Winn-Dixie Office Depot Jefferson Feed Pet & Garden Center Panera Bread Pizza Hut LA Nails Spa
Tenants Opening Soon Verizon Wireless Felipe’s Taqueria Five Guys Burgers and Fries Pei Wei Asian Diner Ochsner Urgent Care Clinic Pinkberry GNC
For development inquires, contact Townsend Underhill, Senior Vice President of Development for Stirling Properties, at tunderhill@stirlingprop.com or by phone at 985-246-3785. For information about leasing opportunities, contact Rick Skelding, Senior Broker Associate, at rskelding@stirlingprop.com or by phone at 504-620-8126.
Mid-City Market AFTER
Mid-City Market AFTER – Winn-Dixie and Plaza Buildings
Mid-City Market AFTER – Winn-Dixie
Stirling Communities Update: Tiger Manor Improvements Completed!
Since our last Stirling Communities update, Tiger Manor has come a long way and the renovations are 100% complete! The $1.4 Million in renovations were completed a couple months ago and included these major renovations:
- Complete exterior repaint of all buildings
- New primary entrance road off E. State Street
- Card Access Security Gate Systems
- New management office
- Pool Renovations
- Landscaping and Irrigation
- Parking Lot Repairs
Tiger Manor is currently experiencing a strong summer lease-up season with 5% rental increases on average on the new leases being signed.
Mobile, Alabama Garners International Attention
I wanted to share this article from Mobile’s Press-Register, “Mobile Chamber President: Area Must Capitalize on ‘Great Window of Opportunity’ after 2013 Paris Air Show,” that highlights how Mobile is now seen internationally as a new center for aviation and aerospace.
It is a great article about the surging Mobile, Alabama market and it underscores the reasons why Stirling is opening an office there this year. This office will not only serve this growing economy, but also anchor the eastern side of the Interstate 10 corridor for us.
Will Barrois, our Vice President and Regional Manager for Alabama and Florida added, “The future of Mobile is bright and the area is poised for growth. Our active customer base is looking forward to us expanding our presence there.”
Stirling Properties Hosts Tour of Mid-City Market Development Under Construction
Last week, Stirling Properties and VergesRome Architects hosted a building and site construction tour of Mid-City Market in New Orleans for the Urban Land Institute (ULI) of Louisiana, prior to the center opening to the public. Approximately 50 people attended the event, ranging from real estate professionals, designers, and developers to interested neighbors and residents. The event gave ULI members and non-members the opportunity to hear from the project team related to design, construction, deal structure, tenancy, and many other items related to the collaborative urban neighborhood development process.
Architects Chip Verges and Michael Roussel of VergesRome Architects discuss design themes and architectural challenges associated with the Mid-City Market development in New Orleans.
Located at the northwest corner of North Carrollton Avenue and Bienville Street in Mid-City New Orleans, Mid-City Market is a 107,000 square-foot, grocery-anchored urban infill shopping center. Stirling broke ground on the project in March 2012 and will be opening the project to the public with Winn-Dixie in late July. Prior to Stirling’s acquisition and development of the roughly $35 million project, the 6.5 acre site sat vacant and blighted since Hurricane Katrina. Designed by Mid-City architecture firm VergesRome Architects, the building and site design incorporate extensive pedestrian features, contextual urban and adaptive reuse architecture, and will complement the future Lafitte Greenway adjacent to the site.
Stirling Properties is a proud sponsor of the Urban Land Institute and is pleased to be involved with its activities in Louisiana. For more information about the Mid-City Market development or Stirling Properties, contact Jordi Goodman, Development Manager, at 985-898-2022 or at jgoodman@stirlingprop.com. For leasing information, contact Henry Spain, Sales and Leasing Agent at 504-620-8147 or at hspain@stirlingprop.com.
Stirling Stewardship Event Raises $25,000!
This past Friday, employees and agents gathered for the first-ever Stirling Properties Office Olympics, an event hosted by the Stirling Stewardship Committee to raise money for charitable causes. The event was a HUGE SUCCESS and a total of $25,000 was raised! Over 50 employees and agents were divided into 8 teams with each team choosing their team name, team colors, team song, and charity to contribute donations and winnings. Charities selected by the teams included March of Dimes, Red Cross, St. Francis Animal Sanctuary, St. Tammany Hospital Foundation (in honor of Lee de la Houssaye), American Cancer Society, Alzheimer’s Association, St. Jude’s, and Children’s Advocacy Center/Hope House. Teams collected over $20,000 of the total raised through personal donations and attaining sponsors for their team. Congratulations to our teams! Teams were able to earn points the week leading up to the Olympics by correctly answering Stirling Employee Trivia or the ever-popular “Where’s Marty’s Bobblehead” questions. Special points were also given to the team that raised the most money and the Most Unique Team. On the day of the Olympics, teams competed in 8 events – Golf Chipping, Fish Casting Contest, Wii Bowling, Trash Can Basketball, Shooting Contest, Hula Hoop, Root Beer Pong and a Tricycle Relay Race. Scores were tallied at the end of the day and medals were give to the top overall teams. The Gold Medal overall went to Team Nerdy…congratulations to Paul Mastio, Beezie Landry, Karen Bachemin, Courtney Lehman, Monica Milazzo and Judy McKee! Extra money was donated to their charity by the Stirling Stewardship Committee! Congratulations also goes to Jeff Marshall, Chris Abadie, Samantha Marshall, Peggy Sayler, Sharon Amacker and Nancy Stallings of Snail Team 6 who earned the Silver Medal. Townsend Underhill, Joseph Koon, Cyndie Quave, Jeanne Taravella, Amanda Pfeil, Dina Moran and Angelique Bates of Arrested Development took home the Bronze Medal. At the end of the day, in an effort to raise even more money, the ownership team volunteered to have pies thrown in their faces, but employees and agents had to outbid them for the right to throw the pie. Pies were smashed in all but one owner’s face. Employees were obviously motivated to smash a pie in an owner’s face as over $4,500 was collected toward the overall total. One pie even went for $1,200! A special thanks to the Stirling Stewardship Committee for all their hard work on organizing the event and making it happen. A fun day was had by all and we look forward to more events like this in the future!
Louisiana Tops Nation for Most Engaged Workers
There is not only a very interesting, but very important article about a Gallup study which was recently published.
Louisiana ranked #1 in the nation for states whose workers were most engaged in their jobs – meaning they are inolved in and enthusiastic about their work. Not only is this a feel-good story, but it also has significant underlying implications for new businesses looking to locate here. Worker satisfaction, engagement, and quality of life tied to the cost of living makes our state a very desirable place to do business. When you add this accolade to the many others that have come out lately, we are definitely a place of the future .
From a personal point of view, I know that our team at Stirling is actively engaged and contributing at the highest levels on all fronts.
