Two Proposed Port Container Projects Could Catapult NOLA’s Industrial Sector

The current state of the New Orleans industrial real estate market can best be described as “dichotomic.” On the one hand, New Orleans has the stability of a mature market featuring one of the largest and oldest ports in North America, traditionally serving heavy industry that continues to perform. On the other, you have two new proposed container port projects that could significantly alter the landscape of the industrial real estate market for the foreseeable future.Like so many other …

December 28, 2021Industrial, Louisiana, Market Reports, Southeast, Southeast Market Reports

NOLA’s Apartment Market Remains Stable as Occupancy Gains Momentum

Like the rest of the country, metro New Orleans is slowly coming out of the COVID-19 fog. The uncertainty of these uncharted waters caused a lot of anxiety for multifamily owner and operators. Although there were some challenges, the market has survived the pandemic surprisingly well.The overall vacancy factor for the city is in the 5 to 6 percent range and should compress further given the modest pipeline of new inventory coming on line. The highest vacancy rates reported are in Algiers …

December 21, 2021Louisiana, Market Reports, Multifamily, Southeast, Southeast Market Reports

New Orleans Lays Ground Work for a Return to a ‘Wonderful World’

“I see friends shaking hands, saying how do you do…”Like many urban city centers, New Orleans has faced unprecedented challenges from COVID-19 over the past 19 months. The metro area lost more than 85,000 jobs between second-quarter 2019 and second-quarter 2020. In an economy heavily reliant on tourism, Orleans Parish was the most impacted with over 41,000 jobs lost, predominantly in the hospitality sector.Retailers — and their employees — depend on the large boosts of …

December 14, 2021Hospitality, Louisiana, Market Reports, Retail, Southeast, Southeast Market Reports

New Orleans Office Sector is in Rightsizing Mode as Tenants Downsize Footprints

With the recent influx of young talent, combined with the area’s thriving economy and renowned vibrant culture, the Greater New Orleans region is poised for growth. Although the office market sector is slow to show any significant gains, this signifies a potential undervalued opportunity for users. The metro area has nearly 20 million square feet of office space, including over 11 million square feet of Class A space with a published occupancy rate exceeding 87 percent. The predominant …

December 16, 2019Louisiana, Market Reports, Office, Southeast, Southeast Market Reports

Tight Multifamily Occupancy in New Orleans Leads to 2,285 Units in the Pipeline

New Orleans (also known as Crescent City, The Big Easy and NOLA) is unique in many ways. The cuisine, architecture and music all set the city apart, but for the real estate industry, the geography is most important. In fact, it’s uniqueness among the great Southern cities is that the Mississippi River, Lake Pontchartrain and the wetlands to the east and west have created a barrier to entry unlike any other multifamily market in the country. These factors have limited development to a select …

December 9, 2019Louisiana, Market Reports, Multifamily, Southeast, Southeast Market Reports

New Orleans Adds Another Chapter to its 300-Year History Book 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 the wealthy Baroness Michaela Pontalba, the iconic apartment’s crown molding, sconces, iron railings and balconies are now synonymous with New …

January 21, 2019Louisiana, Market Reports, Multifamily, Southeast, Southeast Market Reports

Adaptive Reuse in Core New Orleans Pushes Industrial Activity Westward

When real estate professionals think of the New Orleans industrial market, oil companies, the Port of New Orleans (recently rebranded Port NOLA) and distribution companies come to mind. That thought is currently undergoing an evolution.The historically industrial areas of New Orleans are being absorbed seemingly daily by an insurgence of retail and entertainment-based business. As traditional retail in American shopping and strip malls is on the decline, developers are rushing to buy …

January 14, 2019Industrial, Louisiana, Market Reports, Southeast, Southeast Market Reports

New Orleans’ Suburban Class A Office Space Still Outperforms U.S. Average

The greater metropolitan New Orleans office market contains approximately 15 million square feet of office space segregated into five distinct submarkets. Two major submarkets, the Central Business District (CBD) and Metairie (a suburban market), represent 94 percent of the total square footage. The occupancy rates of Class A properties in these two markets are 87.7 percent and 88.7 percent, respectively. These rates are 1.56 percent lower and 3.01 percent higher than the respective downtown …

December 25, 2017Louisiana, Market Reports, Office, Southeast, Southeast Market Reports

Restaurants Prove to be New Orleans Retail Market’s Bread and Butter

Take a look at the current retail landscape, not only in New Orleans, but far beyond the Big Easy, and you will find this sector has changed drastically over the past decade. Some argue retail is dead, while others cling to the notion that every market goes through cycles, and this has been going on long before the dawn of any Tricentennial festivities.Somewhere between these two extremes is the confluence of trends, data, outliers, gossip and pontificating cries, that when carefully …

December 18, 2017Louisiana, Market Reports, Restaurant, Retail, Southeast, Southeast Market Reports

Multifamily Investors, Developers Find Hidden Opportunities in New Orleans

Sometimes there is a “herding” mentality in real estate investment activity, but markets that do not make the headlines of news stories or appear on the top market lists are the ones investors should focus on.New Orleans is one such market, and while it might not be on everyone’s radar, it has the fundamentals and dynamics that are attracting investors’ attention. With a total inventory of approximately 55,000 units, demand for multifamily acquisitions in New Orleans and the Gulf …

December 11, 2017Louisiana, Market Reports, Multifamily, Southeast, Southeast Market Reports