{"id":1004122760,"date":"2015-07-08T06:40:05","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T14:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/?p=354779"},"modified":"2020-05-18T00:26:11","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T08:26:11","slug":"new-flagship-development-french-quarter-to-city-park-connector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/new-flagship-development-french-quarter-to-city-park-connector\/","title":{"rendered":"New Flagship Development \u2013 French Quarter to City Park Connector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Anca Gagiuc, Associate Editor<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_354780\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 213px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/07\/Sidney-D.-Torres-IV.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-354780\" title=\"Sidney D. Torres, IV\" src=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/07\/Sidney-D.-Torres-IV.jpg\" alt=\"Sidney D. Torres, IV\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sidney D. Torres, IV<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As The City That Care Forgot approaches the fatidic date ten years ago when Hurricane Katrina left it 80 percent flooded, a nine-acre plot sale stands as sign of new development.<\/p>\n<p>A local entrepreneur acquired the land along Bayou St. John in Mid-City. With approximately 380,000 square feet adjacent to the Lafitte Greenway, this is one of the most expansive continuous pieces of land readied for construction in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Sidney Torres, owner of venture capital firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdtivcapital.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" >IV Capital<\/a>, signed the largest transfer of mid-city land in decades and plans to turn it into a high-end mixed-use residential and commercial community with apartments and houses, kayaks and paddleboards along the bayou, fire pits on the bank, children\u2019s playgrounds, as well as bike paths, a gymnasium, caf\u00e9, and boutique hotel. The purchase price was not disclosed by Torres and his business partners.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_354786\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 310px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/07\/Bayou-St.-John-Aerial.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-354786\" title=\"Bayou St. John Aerial\" src=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/07\/Bayou-St.-John-Aerial.jpg\" alt=\"Bayou St. John Aerial\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bayou St. John Aerial<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Torres is joined by Hicham Khods, owner of Camellia Grill who created the popular Nola restaurant in the French Quarter in collaboration with Emeril Lagasse, and entrepreneur and developer Joe Jaeger, owner of MCC Group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have already been contacted by an experienced builder about developing two 80,000 square-foot parcels into apartments and we encourage people to bring their best ideas to the table,\u201d Torres said. \u201cThis is an entirely new approach to development. If you have a great idea, Bayou St. John is the opportunity you\u2019ve been waiting for.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As The City That Care Forgot approaches the fatidic date ten years ago when Hurricane Katrina left it 80 percent flooded, a nine-acre plot sale stands as sign of new development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":237,"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":[],"class_list":["post-1004122760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-orleans","category-latest"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Flagship Development \u2013 French Quarter to City Park Connector - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/new-flagship-development-french-quarter-to-city-park-connector\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Flagship Development \u2013 French Quarter to City Park Connector\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As The City That Care Forgot approaches the fatidic date ten years ago when Hurricane Katrina left it 80 percent flooded, a nine-acre plot sale stands as sign of new development.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/new-flagship-development-french-quarter-to-city-park-connector\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-07-08T14:40:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-05-18T08:26:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/07\/Sidney-D.-Torres-IV.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Anca Gagiuc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/new-flagship-development-french-quarter-to-city-park-connector\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/new-flagship-development-french-quarter-to-city-park-connector\/\",\"name\":\"New Flagship Development \u2013 French Quarter to City Park Connector - 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