METAIRIE, LA. — The Feil Organization has signed engineering firm Ampirical Solutions to a five-year, 9,829-square-foot office lease in Metairie, a suburb of New Orleans. The tenant will occupy space at The Galleria, a 466,110-square-foot office building located at One Galleria Blvd. Amenities at the 22-story property include a fitness center, food service, ATM, car wash service and onsite security and management. Scott Graf of Corporate Realty represented the Feil Organization in the lease negotiations. Celso Eric Hernandez of Nola Living Realty represented the tenant.
SHREVEPORT, LA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Olde Salem Village, a 200-unit apartment community located at 6725 Buncombe Road in Shreveport. John Hamilton, Bryan Sisk and David Dorris of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Continental Foundation Inc., in the transaction. An entity doing business as Thara Properties LLC purchased the community for an undisclosed price. Built in 1984 on 14.5 acres, Olde Salem Village features a clubhouse, pool and a basketball/tennis court.
MANDEVILLE, LA. — National retailers Five Below and Ross Dress for Less have joined Northlake Shopping Center, a 166,371-square-foot retail center located at the intersection of Louisiana Highway 22 and U.S. Route 190 in Mandeville. Situated across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans, Northlake’s tenant roster also includes Fresh Market, Total Wine & More, Office Depot and PetSmart. The landlord, Epic Real Estate Partners, has recently completed exterior renovations to the shopping center. Jonathan Fawer and Austin Lavin of Corporate Realty represented the landlord in the lease negotiations.
METAIRIE, LA. — The Feil Organization has signed personal injury law firm Morris Bart to two leases in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie totaling 11,158 square feet. The tenant will occupy 2,248 square feet on the first floor of Oakwood Corporate Center, as well as 1,644 square feet on the first floor of Three Lakeway and another 7,266 square feet on the building’s 24th floor. Barry Spizer of SRSA Real Estate represented the tenant in both lease deals. Meghan Reed of Property One represented Feil Organization in the Oakwood Corporate Center lease, and Bruce Sossaman of Corporate Realty represented the landlord in the Three Lakeway lease. Morris Bart employs more than 100 attorneys and more than 150 legal professionals across 15 offices in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas.
BOSSIER CITY AND SHREVEPORT, LA. — Reynolds Asset Management has acquired two multifamily properties in the greater Shreveport area. The first property, Preston Place and Port Au Prince in Bossier City, totals 272 apartments in a mix of one- and two-bedroom floorplans, as well as one three-bedroom unit. Stabilized monthly rental rates at the community, which is located at 400 Preston Blvd. and will be renovated and rebranded as Preston Place North and South, range from $880 to $1,265. Reynolds purchased the property in partnership with Devli Real Estate and iintoo. John Hamilton and Josh Jacobs of Marcus & Millichap brokered the transaction. Situated on 17 acres in Shreveport, the second property — Townhomes at South Highlands — comprises 228 apartments in one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. Reynolds acquired the community in partnership with Newport Capital Group. Stabilized monthly rents at the property range from $715 to $1,080. Renovations at the community are currently underway and scheduled for completion in October 2024.
NEW ORLEANS — Gas giant Shell has signed a lease at a 142,000-square-foot office building to be constructed in the 39-acre River District mixed-use neighborhood of New Orleans. Shell’s Gulf of Mexico operations headquarters will occupy the multi-floor property. Cypress Equities and Lauricella Land Co. have formed a joint venture to develop the building, which Gensler is designing. Located on Convention Center Boulevard, the project is scheduled to begin construction in 2024. Tim Relyea and Joe Peddie of Cushman & Wakefield represented Shell in the lease negotiations.
BATON ROUGE, LA. — Go Store It has opened an 86,680-square-foot self-storage facility at 1683 O’Neal Lane in Baton Rouge. Comprising 550 units, the property features 24-hour video surveillance, electronic gate access, climate control and access to Interstate 12.
NEW IBERIA, LA. — First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), an Arizona-based provider of solar panels, has broken ground on a $1.1 billion manufacturing facility in New Iberia, located just southeast of Lafayette in the south-central part of Louisiana. The facility will be located on the grounds of Acadiana Regional Airport and will ultimately encompass more than 2 million square feet. The project, which local community leaders and members of the development team believe is the biggest in the history of the parish, is expected to generate about 700 new permanent manufacturing jobs within the local economy. First Solar anticipates that the plant will be fully operational and able to begin shipping products by the first half of 2026. When that scenario materializes, the company’s total manufacturing capacity will increase from 3.5 gigawatts to approximately 14 gigawatts in the United States and 25 gigawatts globally. At full capacity, the plant will be capable of churning out more than a dozen panels per minute. To secure the project in Iberia Parish, the State of Louisiana offered First Solar an incentives package that includes the workforce solutions of LED FastStart, a Louisiana Economic Development program for training and onboarding workers. Additional incentives include …
METAIRIE, LA. — The Feil Organization has signed Carr, Riggs and Ingram CPAs and Advisors, an accounting and advisory services firm, to a 15,508-square-foot office lease in metro New Orleans. The office building, Two Lakeway, is a 19-story, 449,309-square-foot property located within the three-tower Lakeway Complex in Metairie. The accounting firm, which is headquartered in Enterprise, Ala., signed a 10-year lease to occupy the 14th floor. The company’s office space will include a combination of private offices, open work areas, a wellness room, conference rooms, Zoom rooms with video conferencing capabilities and a recreation area with café-style tables, lounge areas, large-screen TV and ping pong and foosball tables. Bruce Sossaman of Corporate Realty represented Feil Organization in the lease negotiations, and Dale Kahhr of Newmark represented the tenant, which has offices in 12 states and Mexico.
NEW ORLEANS —SRSA Commercial Real Estate has arranged the sale of Algiers Plaza, a 228,000-square-foot shopping center located at 4100 General De Gaulle Drive in New Orleans. Tenants at the property include Winn-Dixie, Walgreens, Ross Dress for Less, T.J. Maxx, Petco, Five Below and Chick-fil-A. Steve Reisig, Kirsten Early and Christopher Robertson Jr. of SRSA, along with Scott DeYoung and Jeff Conover of Faris Lee Investments, represented the seller, N3 Real Estate, in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.