{"id":1004098511,"date":"2014-06-15T21:01:16","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T05:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/?p=268994"},"modified":"2020-04-16T01:34:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T09:34:50","slug":"after-nine-years-walmart-reopens-in-new-orleans-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/after-nine-years-walmart-reopens-in-new-orleans-east\/","title":{"rendered":"After Nine Years, Walmart Reopens in New Orleans East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Eliza Theiss, Associate Editor<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/06\/New-Orleans-East-Walmart-grand-opening.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-268995\" title=\"New Orleans East Walmart grand opening\" src=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/06\/New-Orleans-East-Walmart-grand-opening.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>The Crescent City recently celebrated another milestone in its rebirth, with the opening of New Orleans East Walmart on the former site of the Katrina-ravaged Lakeland Medical Center. \u00a0The newly opened Supercenter at 6000 Bullard Ave. marks the return of the big-box retailer to Eastern New Orleans after nine years of absence, brought on by the 2005 destruction of the previous Eastern New Orleans store at 6901 Bundy Road.<\/p>\n<p>According to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nolaeast.com\/events\/WALMART\/OPENING_DAY\/ribbon-cutting_opening_day.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">nolaeast.com<\/a><\/em>, at 177,000 square feet, the newly opened retail center features one of the largest store sizes in the Walmart construction program. It sells groceries and general merchandise and also features a pharmacy. The new store has created more than 400 full- and part-time jobs, 300 of which are new employment while the rest are transfers from other stores. Twenty-five of the New Orleans East Walmart associates were among the employees of the destroyed Bundy Road facility. Around 65 percent of the new jobs will be filled by New Orleans East residents, Mayor Mitch Landrieu declared at the store\u2019s grand opening.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The opening of this new Walmart not only gives the residents of District E the convenience of shopping nearby, it allows the city of New Orleans to capture sales taxes on the millions that will be spent here every year &#8212; tax money that can be used to replace street lights and pave roads,\u201d said District E Councilmember James Gray II.\u00a0He added that the retail giant acts \u201cas a magnet for development,\u201d with numerous businesses already expressing interest in opening in the surrounding area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe New Orleans East Walmart is yet another example of the retail boom we\u2019re experiencing all across the city of New Orleans,\u201d Mayor Mitch Landrieu commented, adding that \u201cthis is another step in rebuilding our city and restoring quality services in our neighborhoods.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/06\/New-Orleans-East-Walmart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-268996\" title=\"New Orleans East Walmart\" src=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/06\/New-Orleans-East-Walmart.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Even before purchasing the Bullard Road site, Walmart had promised to rebuild in New Orleans East, which was alarmingly underserved retail-wise. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/cities\/new-orleans\/eastern-new-orleans-to-get-walmart\/1004050419.html\" ><em>previously reported<\/em><\/a>, New Orleans East, home to around 70,000 residents &#8212; almost one-fifth of the city\u2019s population &#8212; had remained without a retail center after Hurricane Katrina.<\/p>\n<p>Walmart is also developing a new store in Gentilly, set to open later this year on the former site of the Gentilly Woods Shopping Center. Including the newly opened store, Walmart operates 18 locations in the greater New Orleans area.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.multihousingnews.com\/market-data\/market-snapshot-2013-tightens-new-orleans-apartment-market-projects-rent-growth-for-2014\/1004097148.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here<\/a> for further market data.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of Mayor Mitch Landrieu and Walmart Supercenter New Orleans via Facebook\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another milestone in the Crescent City&rsquo;s rebirth was recently celebrated, with the opening of New Orleans East Walmart on the former site of the Katrina-ravaged Lakeland Medical Center<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1599,21742],"tags":[1815],"class_list":["post-1004098511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-orleans","category-latest","tag-national"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - 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