Walgreens on Magazine – Update 3/11/13
Magazine St. Frontage
Last full week of work at the Magazine Street Walgreens in New Orleans and it is a flurry of activity inside and out. With one week left, both the Contractor and Walgreens have their work cut out for them, including finishing the front sidewalk and canopy, landscaping and painting the exterior and all the interior shelve stocking and setup. This is a big week and the push is on. By early next week we will have all of our final inspections done and the store opening team will be setting up for a store opening and ribbon cutting.
Walgreens on Magazine – Update 3/4/13
The building is humming with activity. At this point Walgreens has been inside the building for almost three weeks setting up shelving and placing fixtures inside the store in anticipation of the late March opening. The scaffolding has been removed from the front of the building and the new sidewalk work and front canopy is the next work tasks in line. The rear of the store is complete except for the installation of the windows, rear entry canopy work, final painting on fence and landscaping.
Things are happening fast, stay tuned for more soon!
Mid-City Market – February Update
Masonry, Roofing, and Sheeting – Winn Dixie
Storefront Sheeting and Elements – Retail Building C
Since last month’s update, we have moved forward rapidly in the site and building construction at Mid-City Market in New Orleans. At Winn-Dixie, we have finished standing the exterior walls, begun sheeting the walls, have set the roof curbs, and finished installing the re-steel. We have set masonry along the rear wall on the N. Solomon Street side and plan to finish wall sheeting in the next couple of weeks.
At the former retail building we are renovating, we have completed the exterior wall sheeting, interior wall framing, and are sheeting the interior walls. We plan to finish the wall work and finish setting brick for the exterior walls in the next couple of weeks. We will be turning the building over to tenants for their interior buildouts the first week of April. The two small-shop buildings fronting Carrollton are progressing quickly as well. Over the next week, we will be finishing all of the exterior wall framing for these buildings and begin laying the retaining walls. These buildings will be turned over to tenants for their interior buildouts in May, many of these tenants have shorter build out periods. We will be delivering the Pei Wei building the last week of March to Pei Wei for their interior build out work.
Mid-City Market – January Update
Framing Walls and Slab at Winn-Dixie – 1/12/13
Steel Framing, Slab, Site Work at Retail A/B – 1/8/13
Since last month’s update, we have moved forward rapidly in the site and building construction at Mid-City Market. At Winn-Dixie, despite the rainy weather, we have poured almost all of the concrete slab for the building with the remainder to be poured this week. We have constructed two of the exterior load bearing metal stud framing walls and after the third wall is constructed, we will be erecting structural steel on the outside of the building.
At the former retail building we are renovating, we have completed the metal stud work at the perimeter entrances. We are finalizing the preparation for roof work which will be underway this month. The two small-shop buildings fronting Carrollton are progressing quickly as well. The “Retail B” building slab was poured Saturday and the “Retail A” building slab will be poured by the end of this week. Over the next two weeks the metal stud framing of the walls in both buildings will take place and be immediately followed by structural steel.
We are excited to announce that we have executed a lease with LA Nail Spa for 1,551 square feet in one of the small shop buildings. We are seeing strong leasing activity for the remaining space and are working towards opening 100% occupied, while seeking the right tenant mix for long-term success.
Walgreens on Magazine – Update 12/26/12
With the holidays upon us, Magazine Street is buzzing and so is the Walgreens construction site. The interior work now revolves around finalizing all the sheetrock work, floor preparation for italian tile, electrical services and the placement of the American Legion Medallion Logo. When we first looked at the development of this building it was clear from the beginning that the heritage of the American Legion Post should be maintained in the final form of our new store. One piece of the original building is the old terrazzo floor medallion that was carefully lifted out of the floor, and is now being prepared to be repositioned near the rear entrance of the parking lot. This will be a striking feature as you enter the building and will highlight the high level of standard of our Nation’s Armed Services. The frontage along Magazine Street is now complete with the brick vineer and precast stonework and will now see the final detail work of stucco. It will not be long before the scaffolding is down and it will be a beautiful sight.
Mid-City Market – December Update
Foundation, Standing Columns, and Joist Girders at Winn-Dixie – 12/5/12
Steel Tower Elements at Building Under Renovation – 12/5/12
We have moved forward rapidly in the site and building construction at Mid-City Market in New Orleans. At Winn-Dixie, structural steel arrived on site and we have erected the standing up columns and joist girders within the interior footprint of the 53,000 square-foot building. We have completed underground plumbing and electrical work in all the areas with the steel overhead. In the next two weeks, we will be constructing the exterior load bearing metal stud framing walls and following immediately thereafter will be structural steel at the exterior. We will be completing underground plumbing and electrical work in exterior areas within two weeks, and beginning concrete pours of the slab at Winn-Dixie on December 21st.
At the existing building under renovation, we have erected the steel tower elements for the entrances of the stores which will include Office Depot, Jefferson Feed, Panera, and Pizza Hut. The changes to the rear wall and repairs for the masonry are approximately 90% completed, and within the next two weeks the front curbs for the storefronts will be poured. We have begun the prep work and plan for the repairs for the roofing and decking to be replaced as well. The two small-shop buildings fronting Carrollton are progressing quickly as well – we are progressing with the underground work, expecting structural steel on site within the next two weeks, and aim to complete the slab pours by the end of the year.
