National Association of REALTORS® Names Stirling Properties’ Beth Cristina as Regional Vice-President
Stirling Properties’ Senior Broker Associate, Beth Cristina, ALC, has been selected by the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) as 2019 Regional Vice President. She will oversee Region 10 which encompasses Louisiana and Texas.
In her new role as Regional Vice President, Cristina will be responsible for serving as a spokesperson for the association, identifying problems or opportunities within the region, and assisting wherever possible. She will also be accountable for attending state conventions and annual meetings of the National Association and chairing the regional caucus meetings to conduct business affairs and exchange information. Cristina will join 13 other elected individuals who are appointed to administer the work of the National Association in their respective regions.
“I am honored to be elected as the NAR 2019 Regional Vice President for Louisiana and Texas,” said Cristina. “I am very motivated and will continue to be a driving force in all of NAR’s efforts to serve its members.”
Cristina has over thirty-eight years of successful experience in commercial real estate sales, leasing, development, and investments. Her qualifications include retail and office market analysis, tenant/landlord and purchaser/seller representation, marketing sales, leasing strategies, and consulting services. She has earned numerous awards and recognition throughout her career, including Outstanding Achievement in Commercial Real Estate (2011), Realtor of the Year (2010), and Woman of the Year (2005).
She is affiliated with several business and professional organizations, including Realtor Land Institute (RLI); Louisiana Realtors (LR), where she served as 2015 President; New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors (NOMAR), where she served as 2005 President; and Commercial Investment Division (CID) of NOMAR, where she served as President for 2000 and 2008. Most recently, she served as NAR’s 2018 Commercial Committee Chair and assumed the position for one year.
The National Association of REALTORS® is America’s largest trade association, representing over 1.3 million members, including NAR’s institutes, societies, and councils, involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries. Membership is composed of residential and commercial realtors who are brokers, salespeople, property managers, appraisers, counselors, and others engaged in the real estate industry. Members belong to one or more of approximately 1,200 local associations/boards and 54 state and territory associations of REALTORS®.
Beth Cristina can be reached at (504) 620-8127 or bcristina@stirlingprop.com.
Stirling Properties Celebrates Groundbreaking of Dana Incorporated Service and Assembly Center in Slidell, Louisiana
Marks 1st of industrial expansion efforts in Fremaux mixed-use development.
Pictured L to R: Michael Unrein, Dave Hunt, Craig Nichols, Ed Greif, Mayor Greg Cromer, Parish President Pat Brister, Don Shea, Councilman Val Vanney, Councilman Kenny Tamborella, Councilwoman Leslie Denham, Debe Levis, Townsend Underhill
Stirling Properties and St. Tammany Parish community leaders celebrate the groundbreaking of the new Dana Incorporated (NYSE: DAN) Service and Assembly Center at Fremaux Park in Slidell, Louisiana. A formal turning-of-the-dirt ceremony was held with Honorable Pat Brister, St. Tammany Parish President; Honorable Greg Cromer, Mayor of Slidell; Ed Greif, General Manager of Off-highway for the Americas with Dana Incorporated; Don Shea, CEO of East St. Tammany Chamber of Commerce; and Townsend Underhill, President of Development with Stirling Properties. Fremaux Park is the mixed-use property surrounding the Fremaux Town Center retail development.
Stirling Properties is developing the nearly 32,000-square-foot industrial facility located at the corner of Town Center Parkway and Old Spanish Trail for Dana. The new site will house the relocation and expansion of its service and assembly center, which specializes in repairing and refurbishing large-scale industrial gearboxes. The company’s current operations in Slidell will transition to the larger facility to meet the growing demand for industrial gearbox service, repair, and refurbishment.
Construction on the site began in November and is expected to be completed in the summer of 2019. Bradley Cook, Sales & Leasing Executive with Stirling Properties, worked with the company to identify and secure the location.
Bradley Cook, Debe Levis, Marc Bourgeois, Billie Semmes, Townsend Underhill, Cher Levis Hunt, Dick Cyr, Patrick Malik
Dana is a world leader in highly engineered solutions for improving the efficiency, performance, and sustainability of powered vehicles and machinery. Dana supports the passenger vehicle, commercial truck, and off-highway markets, as well as industrial and stationary equipment applications. Founded in 1904, Dana employs more than 30,000 people in 33 countries on six continents.
“Dana in Slidell has a highly experienced team of service and repair professionals who are committed to meeting the needs of our customers,” said Dave Hunt, director of service and manufacturing operations for Dana Off-highway Drive and Motion Technologies. “This new facility will grow our service and repair business, while expanding our capabilities to manufacture gears on-site, reducing lead times for our customers.”
“A project of this scope—with projected growth to double in size and employment—this is a tremendous opportunity for Slidell and the entire parish,” said Greg Cromer, Mayor of Slidell. “Fremaux Park is a great development with retail, residential, and business all combined. It’s what we want to do—live, work, and play in one place. This is exactly how we want to grow our community, and this is how we are going to do it. We thank Dana for helping to lift up our community and becoming a good corporate partner, and we look forward to a long relationship with them.”
“I want to thank Dana Incorporated for choosing Slidell — and St. Tammany Parish, to locate this facility. We know you have a choice and we appreciate you choosing us. We look forward to the economic invigoration and diversity this facility will spur,” said Pat Brister, St. Tammany Parish President. “We appreciate the upcoming employment opportunities for our educated and ready workforce. We look forward to a good working relationship with Dana.”
“Stirling Properties is thrilled to welcome Dana to Fremaux Park and celebrate the groundbreaking of this site,” said Townsend Underhill, President of Development with Stirling Properties. “This is a huge economic win for Slidell and the surrounding greater New Orleans region. Dana is a world-wide company with a global footprint. This new facility will be a unique operation nationally—and the building was designed with ample flex space to allow for future expansion. We look forward to working with Dana and having them as an anchor tenant in the Fremaux Park development.”
Fremaux Park is part of the roughly 350-acre regional mixed-use development located at the southwest corner of Interstate 10 and Fremaux Avenue in Slidell, Louisiana. It includes Retreat at Fremaux Town Center’s 296 luxury residential apartment units, Saltgrass Steak House (coming soon), and Springhill Suites by Marriott soon under construction. Additional phases are coming soon with added residential, retail, industrial, and office park. The adjoining Fremaux Town Center, anchored by Dillard’s, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Kohl’s, and Best Buy, includes more than 640,000 square feet of retail and restaurant options.
For leasing or sales information, contact Ryan Pécot at 337.572.0246 / rpecot@stirlingprop.com or Bradley Cook at 985.246.3720 / bcook@stirlingprop.com.
Excitement Grows As The Fort Moves To Completion
Congratulations to Angie McArthur & Jeff Barnes, leasing agents with Stirling Properties, on the launch of the new container park in Spanish Fort Town Center!
Stirling Properties is so excited, we can’t CONTAIN it! The Fort, a new container park coming to Spanish Fort Town Center, is 100% leased and on-track to open in December. An official opening date and grand opening festivities will be announced soon.
Upon completion, The Fort will consist of approximately eight shipping containers that will be repurposed and transformed into functioning restaurants and shops, and will share a common open-air environment where patrons can sit and dine.
All tenants in the container park have been secured, including Beakers Coffee/Sno Biz, Blues Burger, Deuce Coop, Dickey’s Barbeque Pit, Dragonfly Taco Bar, Happy Pizza, Soul Bowlz, and Tap Station. There will also be a retailer on-site stocked with “The Fort” official merchandise.
Last month, The Spanish Fort City Council approved the new development as an entertainment district, allowing patrons over the age of 21 to openly carry alcoholic beverages outdoors. This is a significant designation for The Fort, making it easier for visitors to move freely through the shared space of restaurants and shops.
Property owners, Dallas-based Cypress Equities, broke ground on the container park in September and the containers arrived on site in October. The Fort was initially expected to open in November of 2018, but construction delays due to inclement weather have pushed the opening back to December.
Angie McArthur, Broker Associate, and Jeff Barnes, Senior Investment Advisor/Broker Associate with Stirling Properties, serve as the leasing team for Cypress Equities and have been working with the overall Spanish Fort Town Center project since 2015.
“The addition of such an innovative concept has already created a new wave of energy and anticipation for Spanish Fort Town Center,” said McArthur. “And all of the excitement around The Fort has translated to new leases within the retail center. It’s thrilling to see the momentum of this project moving into the new year—and as a result, we look forward to welcoming new tenants to the space very soon!”
Spanish Fort Town Center, anchored by Bass Pro Shops, Kohl’s, and JCPenney, is a 230-acre premier master-planned development located at the intersection of Interstate 10 and U.S. Highway 98 in Baldwin County. The center includes 450,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, an apartment community, hotels, banks, and entertainment options.
Over the last year, Stirling Properties has helped to successfully secure more than 44,000 square feet of new leases for the retail center, adding Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park, Beauty World (currently under construction next to Kohl’s), Direct Furniture, Oishi Japanese Bar & Grill, and Tots2Teens Fun Salon to the diverse tenant lineup. McArthur and Barnes are also currently in negotiations with various retailers that will add another 30,000 square feet of shopping and dining options to the center.
In conjunction with the new container park, Spanish Fort Town Center is also launching “The Village,” a unique boutique retail concept that will consist of small and specialty shops such as food options, fitness providers, clothing, gifts, candles, accessories, and salon services. Spanish Fort Village will deliver a pedestrian- and family-friendly, urban environment unlike anything else in the market area. Leasing for space is currently underway. These units are located across from Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park and The Fort.
For Spanish Fort Town Center leasing & sales information, contact Jeff Barnes, CCIM, at (251) 375-2496 / jbarnes@stirlingprop.com or Angie McArthur at (251) 375-2481 / amcarthur@stirlingprop.com.
Come Celebrate Christmas at the Square!
Tis’ the season to celebrate! Join us at Hammond Square for the 6th Annual Christmas at the Square celebration in Hammond, Louisiana, on Saturday, December 8th from 10am-12pm. This FREE event is open to the public and a holly jolly time for all ages!
Santa and Mrs. Claus will be in attendance to help spread the holiday cheer. The celebration will feature a petting zoo, pony rides, face painting, a caricature artist, a live radio remote with Cajun 107.1 and more.
During the event, Hammond Square will also be collecting personal care items for Our Friends Closet, a community based nonprofit organization that provides hygiene and personal care products to low income, homeless and unaccompanied students in need. Please help us make the holidays special for middle and high school students in Tangipahoa Parish by donating items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, body wash, feminine products, laundry pods, face wipes, socks and more. Stop by Our Friends Closet’s booth to drop your items during the event!
So come out and celebrate Christmas at the Square with us…and Santa Claus! While you’re there, don’t forget to visit Hammond Square’s great retail stores and restaurants for all your Christmas shopping and holiday needs.
Visit HammondSquare.com or “like” us on facebook.com/hammondsquare for a complete list of retailers and events.
Hammond Square and Stirling Properties Celebrate Grand Opening of Hammond Square Self Storage
Ribbon cutting ceremony held with community leaders.
Hammond Square, Stirling Properties, the Greater Hammond Chamber of Commerce, and Hammond area community leaders celebrated the Grand Opening of Hammond Square Self Storage. A formal ribbon-cutting ceremony was held with Hammond Mayor Pete Panepinto; Grady Brame, Executive Vice President with Stirling Properties; Jimmy Maurin, founder of Stirling Properties; and Julie Perise, Member Relations Director with Greater Hammond Chamber of Commerce. We would like to give a special thanks to Michael Brumfield, CEO of State Bank & Trust, who served as the lender for the project.
Pictured L to R: Grady Brame, Jimmy Maurin, Bobby Maurin, Mayor Pete Panepinto, Traci Hursey, Sara Simms, Townsend Underhill, Kyle Kent, Brian McLawchlin, Mac Bauer, Ginger Cangelosi, and Lindsey Palmer
Hammond Square Self Storage is a 93,902-square-foot self-storage facility located just off the corner of US Highway 51 (SW Railroad Avenue) and West Minnesota Park Road. The facility is comprised of 626 climate-controlled units and 15 RV / boat storage units, all with gated access. The 3-story building provides extra security and state-of-the-art amenities. Units are currently available for lease with sizes ranging from 5 x 5 feet to 10 x 30 feet. Stirling Properties developed the facility and will handle daily management.
Stirling Properties has been at the forefront of commercial real estate investment and development in Hammond and surrounding areas of Southeast Louisiana for more than 43 years. Tangipahoa Parish is experiencing significant growth, creating a high demand for self-storage services. Hammond Square Self Storage’s strategic location near Hammond Square retail center and I-12 will provide easy access and convenience for customers.
“We are thrilled to welcome everyone to Hammond Square Self Storage, Hammond’s newest storage facility. As you look around this impressive, state-of-the-art building, you can clearly see how far storage facilities have evolved. Hammond Square Self Storage will be a great amenity to serve the growing population of Tangipahoa Parish,” said Maurin.
“Stirling Properties is excited to officially celebrate the grand opening of Hammond Square Self Storage. This project was our first ground-up, climate-controlled storage development, and we are extremely proud of this facility,” said Brame. “We are grateful for the continued cooperation of the City of Hammond and other local area officials who helped us bring this to fruition. And we truly thank the residents of Hammond and surrounding areas of Tangipahoa Parish who support Hammond Square. We are confident that this new storage facility will be a great addition to the property.”
Stirling Properties also redeveloped the neighboring Hammond Square shopping center, located on the northwest corner of Interstate 12 and Hwy. 51 (SW Railroad Ave.) in Hammond, LA. It is the 2nd largest open-air retail center in Louisiana encompassing 902,000 square feet of more than 40 national and local retailers, shops and restaurants, including Dillard’s, Target, The Home Depot, JCPenney, Academy Sports+Outdoors, AMC Theatres, and Old Navy (coming soon).
For more information on Hammond Square Self Storage or leasing inquiries, visit www.hammondsquareselfstorage.com.
5.11 by Karl Malone coming to Metairie, Louisiana
“The Mailman” delivering purpose-built apparel and gear to local market.
5.11 by Karl Malone in Ruston, Louisiana
Stirling Properties commercial real estate company announced that 5.11 by Karl Malone retail store is coming to Lafreniere Plaza Shopping Center in Metairie, Louisiana. This is the second Louisiana retail location for the company.
5.11 by Karl Malone will offer men’s and women’s apparel and clothing, footwear, bags and packs, accessories, and professional gear by 5.11 Tactical, the world’s leading innovator of purpose-built gear. The global brand features superior tactical apparel and gear for law enforcement, first responders, tactical operators and recreational enthusiasts from head to toe.
NBA Hall-of-Famer Karl “The Mailman” Malone will operate the Metairie location. The store will encompass 5,070 square feet of retail space at 6601 Veterans Memorial Boulevard and plans to open by January of 2019. Malone also operates the only other Louisiana franchise in Ruston that opened late last year.
“We are excited to bring 5.11 purpose-built gear to the Metairie market and surrounding New Orleans area,” said Malone. “The 5.11 brand is built on the foundation of durability, quality and value. Our store will be well stocked with the perfect performance clothing and accessories for any professional or recreational mission.”
The FBI training academy adopted the original 5.11® pant as its training pant in 1992, forging a decades-long relationship that drives 5.11®’s commitment to public safety and the first responder community. The company began developing a more extensive law enforcement line in 2003 working with public safety professionals to create gear that meets the needs of real people in the field. In 2012, 5.11 expanded its women’s collection to include premium uniforms, covert clothing, fitness apparel and more. Today, 5.11® is expanding into the outdoor and fitness markets with products like the Vaporlite short and the ABR trainer.
Carly Plotkin, Sales and Leasing Executive with Stirling Properties, is the listing agent for Lafreniere Plaza Shopping Center. Karla Smith of CBRE represented 5.11 by Karl Malone in the lease transaction. The retailer will join co-tenants HomeGoods, T.J.Maxx, Sandro’s Trattoria, State Farm, Subway, Pickleberry Kids, and several others in the center.
For leasing information, contact Carly Plotkin at cplotkin@stirlingprop.com or (504) 620-8120.
