New Orleans developer is now leasing site for future hotel and retail building
Courtesy of HRI, ESa
Plans remain for a mixed-use tower to be located on a downtown site owned by Christ Church Cathedral, with its construction start — like those of some other prospective local projects — having been delayed by COVID-19.
New Orleans-based HRI Properties continues to eye the 23-story high-rise, which will offer two hotels and retail space and rise on a surface parking lot at
Michael Coolidge, HRI's president, told the
Post Friday the company was prepared to break ground in 2020 but is now monitoring the hotel industry, due to virus considerations, before deciding on a possible start. Coolidge declined to offer a groundbreaking date but said HRI’s land lease with property owner Christ Church Cathedral took effect last fall.