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Subdivision to Be Built for Post 9/11 Veterans

The 5.5 acre lot that sits at 1917 Mirabeau Ave. in Gentilly which once housed an apartment complex will no longer sit vacant.  Even though the land is now considered a green space, home to beautiful live oak trees, a unique development will take residence there in the near future. Bastion, a nonprofit organization, and […]

Residential Construction Employment Steadily Rising in 2016

As the national employment rate has steadily been dropping because of increases in available jobs nationwide which have also been sporadically been increasing since 2012, jobs in the construction industry have reached a critical level.  For once, this level is critical in a positive way instead of a negative one.  The residential construction employment industry […]

Residential Construction Spending Reflects in Real Estate Sales

Many of the new homes built at The Parks of Plaquemines, located in Belle Chasse and bordered by Timberlane, Terrytown, Algiers, Gretna, and Harvey, are built by either private builders or individual lot buyers who purchase lots in our new home community and qualify as residential construction.  People who buy lots are interested in building […]

Creole Architecture Has Deep Roots in New Orleans

When you hear the word Creole you think of Louisiana. There are many different uses and meanings of the word – one which has many unique facets is Creole architecture.  Known for historical buildings and aesthetic cityscapes, New Orleans is a place where you can find this one-of-a-kind architecture. Creole architecture was derived from adaptation […]