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Lightstone Value Plus REIT II in Venture Seeking Hotels
Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff Report A venture that includes Lightstone Value Plus REIT II and Terrapin Investment Management has agreed to acquire a New Orleans-area hotel with 125 rooms in what's expected to be the first of several hotel ...
New Orleans Office Sells for $65Mln
Stirling Properties has paid $65 million for 601 Poydras St., a 684,027-square-foot office building in New Orleans that is also known as the Pan-American Life Center building, according to the Wall Street Journal.Stirling purchased the 28-story building, which includes a ...
601 Poydras St.
A 50 million loan against the building that Equastone had borrowed form Wells Fargo Bank had come due last year, but was extended for two years.
New Orleans’ Poydras Tower on Sales Block
New Orleans Times-PicayuneHertz Investment Group is interested in selling the 453,255-square-foot Poydras Tower in New Orleans. The Santa Monica, Calif., company said it is "testing the market" for the 27-story office property at 650 Poydras St. It is hitting the ...
New Orleans Hotels See Pick Up in Occupancy
New Orleans Times-PicayuneHotels in New Orleans had an increase in occupancy during the first quarter, to 71.2 percent from 62.5 percent a year ago, according to Smith Travel Research. New Orleans was the only city among Smith Travel's top-25 markets ...
Orient-Express Sells New Orleans Hotel for $44.25Mln
Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. sold the 432-room Windsor Court Hotel in downtown New Orleans for $44.25 million.A partnership of the Berger Cos. and Crow Holdings bought property, which had been encumbered by $37 million of debt that was ultimately extinguished.In 2008, ...
La. Land Bought for Industrial Project
New Orleans Times-PicayuneThe Port of South Louisiana plans to pay the Triche family $1 million for 48.5 acres of land in Hahnville, La., that will be used for an industrial business park. The port hopes to acquire another 250 acres ...
Shuttered New Orleans Hotel Encounters Another Setback
New Orleans Times-PicayunePoydras Properties has had difficulty selling tax exempt bonds needed to repair the shuttered Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Orleans, yet another setback for the 1,184-room property. The bonds would be Gulf Opportunity Zone, or GoZone bonds, which ...
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