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Canal Street Retail Attraction & Support

Resources
Canal Street Development Strategy (DDD & Canal Street Development Corporation, 2004)
Downtown Demographics Research Report (GCR & Associates, 2010)
DDD Facade Improvement Matching Grants

Staff & Consultants
Ryan Bordenave, DDD Retail Attraction Specialist

Shelly Wills, Shelly Wills & Associates

Recent Retail Successes
Anthropologie
Pinkberry
IHOP Restaurant
CVS Pharmacy
PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans
The Optical Shop
Serenity Spa

Recent Residential & Hotel Successes
The Maritime
The Saratoga
930 Poydras
Union Lofts
1201 Canal Condos and Apartments
200 Carondelet Apartments
The Roosevelt New Orleans
The Audubon Hotel


Retail Task Force
The following business and community leaders are members of the DDD Retail Task Force and act as an official welcome team during visits by major retail prospects:

Jade Brown Russell: Chair, DDD Board of Commissioners; Legal Counsel, Harrah's New Orleans
Carla Major, DDD Board of Commissioners
Karyn Kearney: DDD Board of Commissioners; Vice President, Audubon Institute Aquarium of the Americas
Tod Chambers: DDD Board of Commissioners; General Manager, The Roosevelt New Orleans Hotel                                       
Dickie Brennan: Managing Partner, Dickie Brennan Restaurant Group
Aimee Quirk: Deputy Mayor of Economic Development, City of New Orleans
Kenneth Purcell: President and CEO of iSeatz
David Rubenstein: Managing Partner/President, Rubenstein’s
Steve Perry: President, New Orleans Convention Visitor’s Bureau
Steve Molnar: Senior Economic Development Executive, Entergy New Orleans

In the News
Through a $45 million stimulus grant, the City of New Orleans will extend streetcar service from the Union Passenger Terminal to Canal Street, using Loyola Avenue.  The 1.5 mile project will intersect Canal Street at the intersections of Elk-Basin and Rampart Streets.

The $38.8 million reconstruction of the Saenger Theatre, including performance, patron and office space, is underway.  The project is coordinated by the Canal Street Development Corporation and the property's longtime private owner-managers, Saenger Theatre Partnership of Houston.  Once completed, the 2,800 seat theatre will feature 80 shows per year and expects to sell 100,000 tickets annually.

Retail opportunities exist in the 500, 700, 800 and 900 blocks of Canal Street.  For more information on available space, or additional information on any of the topics listed above, contact Ryan Bordenave, Retail Attraction Specialist for the DDD at 504-561-8927 or rbordenave@neworleansdowntown.com

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