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CBD Building to Be Revived as Apartments
"Developer Marc Blumbery of Atlanta says he goes after the markets that exist now, not the ones years down the road...
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Tensions High Over Woolworth Condo Tower.
"In what would be the largest proposed construction project in the area since before Hurricane Katrina, local developers say...Blanco Lifts Ban on Evictions - Landlords said it delayed repairs
""Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Thursday she will not extend a ban that effectively prevents landlords in the New Orleans area from evicting the estimated 20,000 tenants who...
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Housing Space Race Develops
"John Crosby, president of Crosby Development Co. of Mandeville, was in no hurry before Hurricane Katrina to start on two apartment buildings planned as an addition to his Mandeville Lake Apartments.But now, ...
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Landlords Say Blanco Order Worsens Housing Shortage
"Landlords in the New Orleans area say they have thousands of apartments that could be rented to meet the crying need for housing in the region, but ..
Get the Whole Story... Local Rents Expected to Skyrocket
"Rents in metro New Orleans will go in some cases by as much as 10 percent, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, real estate specialists say...
Get the Whole Story...Hurricanes Destroy 10,000 apartments, expert says
"As many as 10,000 professionally-managed apartment units in the metro New Orleans area seem to have been totally destroyed...The Local Housing Market is Booming. Condo Development is rampant. But Apartment Dwellers are Holding Their Own, and Occupancy Rates are Climbing.
"The apartment occupancy rate in the New Orleans metropolitan area, which had dipped to an unusually low point last fall, climbed to what one expert called...St. Charles Ave. complex joins in N.O. condo craze
"Continuing the condominium craze, a local developer plans to...