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Metro New Orleans Multi-Family Market Remains Balanced 20 Years Post-Katrina

August 29, 2005 — a day no New Orleanian will forget: Hurricane Katrina. It has been two decades since the levees were breached and fl ood waters took over the city’s streets, homes and businesses. It was an event that changed the trajectory of the city of New Orleans. Twenty years later and the resiliency […]

Dallas firm buys Fat City apartment building for $17.6 million

Sale of The Local on Severn: Audubon, an Atlanta-based rental housing investment company, sold The Local on Severn, a 161-unit apartment complex in Metairie, for $17.6 million to The Medve Group, a Dallas-based firm. Location and Features: The Local on Severn is located two blocks from Lakeside Shopping Center in Fat City and includes studio, […]

Passco Acquires 2 Multifamily Communities in Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS — From Passco Companies

Passco Companies has acquired two luxury multifamily communities totaling 602 units: Canal 1535, a 330-unit asset in downtown New Orleans, and Sawgrass Point, a 272-unit asset in Gonzales, La. Both assets closed at contract pricing despite a volatile capital markets environment.

New Orleans Adds Another Chapter to its 300-Year History of Multifamily Growth

How many cities can boast a multifamily history that goes back 300 years? New Orleans can, as it is celebrating its Tricentennial. New Orleans is home to the first apartment building in the United States. Historians have noted the “oldest continuously rented” multifamily development in the country is the Pontalba Apartments. Built in 1849 by […]