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by Mary Sparacello, The Times-Picayune John McCusker / The Times-PicayuneKenner’s historic Rivertown has never become the destination spot envisioned when it was redeveloped in 1982. Hopes have always been high for Kenner’s historic Rivertown. The 16-block area of family-friendly museums and shops opened in 1982 under then-mayor and current Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard. His

NEW ORLEANS – Developer Joshua Bruno said there’s a deep need for affordable housing in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans. Hispanic laborers helping rebuild the city and residents still displaced by the hurricane are having a hard time finding such housing, he said. He’s hoping to fill that need with two Central City apartment developments totaling

Officials with New Orleans-based Downtown Development Group say they plan to finish redeveloping 61 low- to moderate-income apartments in the city and in Metairie within 60 days. The buildings are Washington Gardens, 2119 Washington Ave.; Washington Place, 2316 Washington Ave.; and Metairie Heights, 1609 S. Arnoult Road. The apartments are being marketed to returning residents

by Ariella Cohen Staff Writer NEW ORLEANS – Green building is going live. Literally. New Orleans developer Josh Bruno has taken the first step toward creating a vertical ecosystem of hardy climbing plants and lush foliage on the concrete exterior of a Veterans Memorial Boulevard shopping center. The living “bio-walls” will be the first in

by Ariella Cohen A Metairie strip mall is coming alive. A vertical eco-system of hardy climbing vines and lush, flowering plants will soon be scaling the concrete exterior walls of a Veterans Boulevard shopping center. The living “bio-walls” will be the first such planted edifices in the area, bringing Metairie into the ranks of New

by Ariella Cohen James Perry, executive director of the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center, opposes a ban on new multifamily housing construction, such as redeveloping the Redwood Apartment Complex at the intersection of West Esplanade Avenue and Williams Boulevard. <a href=’http://adserver.neworleanscitybusiness.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=aff342ff&amp;cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE’ target=’_blank’><img src=’http://adserver.neworleanscitybusiness.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=10&amp;source=weekly+edition&amp;n=aff342ff’ border=’0′ alt=’’ /></a>A recently instated one-year moratorium on the construction

by Ariella Cohen A 27-year-old real estate developer and former nightclub owner has broken ground on a $1.75-million apartment complex in Kenner’s Rivertown neighborhood, a first sign of progress for Mayor Ed Muniz’s long-brewing plan to create a vibrant downtown in the historic town center. The 45-unit Riverview Apartments community, which will be gated and

South Kenner could have a new 45-unit apartment complex by the first quarter of 2008, said a New Orleans developer. Joshua Bruno, president of Downtown Development Group, said he received permitting two days ago to build Riverview Apartments, a roughly $1.75-million project. <!–more–> The apartments are slated for 1039 Third St., where an assisted- living