Stirling Properties’ Chris Abadie and Dick Cyr Now Hold ICSC Professional Certifications
Chris Abadie
Dick Cyr
Stirling Properties is pleased to announce that Chris Abadie, Vice President and Manager of Commercial Brokerage, and Dick Cyr, Senior Project Manager, are now International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) Certified professionals. Mr. Abadie is now an ICSC Certified Leasing Specialist (CLS) and Mr. Cyr is now an ICSC Certified Development, Design and Construction Professional (CDP).
ICSC estimates that less than 10% of industry professionals have achieved this important status, setting Mr. Abadie and Mr. Cyr, as well as Stirling Properties, apart from the rest.
With over 6,000 designees in 55 countries, ICSC certification programs are a mark of excellence. Certifications focus on raising industry professional standards worldwide and give special recognition to shopping center professionals who demonstrate the highest levels of competency in their industry through professional education, experience, ethics, and by passing a rigorous examination.
Stirling Properties’ Commercial Agents among Top Producers at Annual CID Awards Ceremony
Stirling Properties’ commercial agents were honored during the New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors Commercial Investment Division’s 20th annual awards banquet held Friday, April 5, 2013 at the New Orleans Country Club.
Leading the way was Rhonda Sharkawy, who received the F. Poche Waguespack Award for having the highest volume of sales and leases in the marketplace for the year. Rhonda’s volume for 2012 included 72 deals and totaled more than $25 million. This is her third consecutive year to receive this honor and one of only a handful of women to achieve it since it was created back in 1964.
In addition to celebrating the top producers and transactions of 2012, the awards ceremony also recognized commercial agents who passed the $2 million mark in sales. Also recognized was Gaines Seaman who received the Overall Top Office Producer Award with more than $18 million in volume and Joe Gardner who eclipsed the $2 million for the first time with a volume of $4.6 million.
Stirling Properties Announces New Tenant & Expansion at Clearview Mall
Stirling Properties is pleased to announce the addition of Twin Peaks Restaurant and the expansion of Blue Cliff College at Clearview Mall.
Twin Peaks has leased 7,910 square-feet of restaurant space at Clearview Mall and will offer customers made-from-scratch food and ice-cold draft beer in a mountain sports lodge setting. Twin Peaks opened their first Louisiana location in Baton Rouge in 2011 and the second Louisiana location will be in Houma opening in early May. Clearview Mall will be their first location in the New Orleans area and is anticipated to open in the Fall of 2013.
Blue Cliff, which currently occupies 9,800 square-feet for their Massage School, will be expanding their first floor by 2,763 square-feet to include their Cosmetology School. The Cosmetology School is being relocated from its current location on Cleary Avenue in Metairie.
Spaces are available for lease ranging from 720 to 12,976 square-feet at Clearview Mall. In addition, office space ranging from 10,000 to 50,000 square-feet is also available for lease. For information about retail leasing opportunities contact Rhonda Sharkawy, Retail Leasing & Development Executive for Stirling Properties, at rsharkawy@stirlingprop.com or call (504) 523-4481. For information about the Offices at Clearview Mall contact Rick Skelding, Senior Broker Associate for Stirling Properties, at rskelding@stirlingprop.com or call (504) 620-8126.
Successful Grand Opening of New Walgreens Marquee Store on Magazine Street
Pictured Left to Right – Lewis W. Stirling III (Executive Vice President, Stirling Properties), Peter Aamodt (Vice President of Development, Stirling Properties), Kim Treece (Market Vice President, Walgreens), Troy Menard (District Manager, Walgreens), Councilwoman Susan Guidry, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Chris Sperling (Store Manager, Walgreens)
Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Councilwoman Susan Guidry, area retailers, members of Stirling Properties and representatives of American Legion Post #307 recently participated in a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Walgreens marquee store at 5518 Magazine Street. The site is the original home of the Ed Brauner American Legion Post #307 and portions of the building date back to 1947. After a full renovation, the new 13,000 square-foot store has a drive-thru window, full-service pharmacy and a Look Boutique specializing in high-end cosmetics.
“The way we’re going to make the best city in the world is through partnerships,” emphasized Mayor Landrieu, in reference to the community involvement in the planning of the new marquee store.
As developer for the project, Stirling Properties worked closely with Magazine street business owners, neighborhood associations, and World War II Veterans to create a vision of what this distressed building could become. “This project was a group effort from start to finish, and because of this approach everyone involved deserves a great deal of credit and can be proud of the finished product”, stated Peter Aamodt, Vice President of Development for Stirling Properties.
To pay homage to War Veterans and the building’s former use as a meeting spot for them, several American Legion images and symbols were incorporated into the new store’s design. Following the Grand Opening, the Veterans in attendance unveiled a bronze plaque in tribute to the American Legion Post #307.
Bill Detweiler, the Past National Commander of the American Legion and Local Post #307 and the Veteran’s representative on the project team, thanked Stirling Properties for their recognition of the building’s history. Mr. Detweiler mentioned that he and fellow Veterans wanted a good, productive neighbor for the Uptown community…”A business who would take care of this building.”
The design of the new building was achieved after numerous meetings with the design team, local retailers, area residents and the City of New Orleans. The front and rear facades of the building were replaced and the interior fully demolished. The new design features large windows to showcase the building’s interior, a pedestrian entrance on Magazine Street, and a rear parking lot with a drive-thru window.
See below for before & after pictures:
Walgreens Magazine Before & After – Front Facade
Walgreens Magazine Before & After – Rear Facade
Walgreens Magazine Before & After – American Legion Tile
Walgreens Magazine Before & After – Interior
Walgreens Magazine Before & After – Interior
Walgreens Magazine Before & After – Interior
Grand Opening of New Walgreens Marquee Store on Magazine Street
Magazine St. Frontage
NEW ORLEANS, LA – March 21, 2013 – Stirling Properties is pleased to announce the grand opening of a new full-service, Walgreens drugstore in New Orleans on historic Magazine Street. The new Walgreens is a full renovation of the former American Legion building located at 5518 Magazine Street. The 13,000 square-foot marquee store will have a drive-thru window, full-service pharmacy and a Look Boutique that will specialize in high-end cosmetics. The store will open at 8 a.m. Friday, March 22 with a ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony at 10 a.m.
The site is the original home of the Ed Brauner American Legion Post #307 and portions of the building date back to 1947. The design of the new building was achieved after numerous meetings with our design team, local retailers, area residents and the City of New Orleans. The front and rear facades of the building were replaced and the interior fully demolished. The new design features large windows to showcase the building’s interior, a pedestrian entrance on Magazine Street, and a rear parking lot with a drive-thru window. To pay homage to war veterans and the building’s former use as a meeting spot for them, several American Legion images and symbols were incorporated into the new design.
“This adaptive reuse project represents a true cooperative effort between Stirling Properties, Walgreens, the City of New Orleans, local retailers, and surrounding neighborhoods. Without public input and citizen participation we could never have achieved this level of success. We are proud to bring a once distressed but historically significant property back to prominence once again”, said Peter Aamodt, Vice President of Development for Stirling Properties.
Stirling Properties has a long-standing relationship with the retailer. Construction is currently underway on two other Stirling Properties Walgreens developments located in Terrytown on the Westbank of New Orleans, and on Pass Road in Gulfport, Mississippi.
Mid-City Market – March Update
Below, please find a series of photos showing site progress conditions from the week of March 4, 2013.
Since last month’s update, we have moved forward rapidly in the site and building construction at Mid-City Market. At Winn-Dixie, the roof has fully dried in which allows us to release significant interior work including drywall, sheathing, and mechanical/electrical work. We have completed exterior brick work on approximately two-thirds of the building. Currently, we are moving on to the main front entry of the building and will begin to prepare the parking area for paving in the next four weeks.
At the former retail building we are renovating, we have completed the exterior wall stucco, interior wall framing, and the exterior masonry on the front of the building. Before the end of the month, we will begin paving work at the parking area in front of the building. We will be turning both this building and the Pei Wei building over to tenants for their interior buildouts at the beginning of April. The two small-shop buildings fronting N. Carrollton are progressing quickly as well. Roofing work on these buildings is currently being completed. Additionally, the block wall around the street front buildings on the entire site are being poured and formed. Over the next month, we will be working on the courtyards, sidewalks, and storefronts of these buildings, which will be turned over to tenants for their interior buildouts in May.
Masonry of Winn-Dixie Building – 3/7/2013
Masonry going up on Retail Building C – 3/7/2013
Pei Wei Building / Block Wall Construction – 3/7/2013
Aerial of Mid-City Market Under Construction – 3/6/2013
Aerial of Mid-City Market Under Construction – 3/6/2013
