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Luxury Warehouse Development Granaio Lofts Wins City Council Approval

Luxury Warehouse Development Granaio Lofts Wins City Council Approval Josh Bruno’s Warehouse District luxury development Granaio Lofts has finally been approved by City Council after over a year. The project received a 6-0 favorable vote in addition to the council members commending the team on the updated design. “The meeting couldn’t have gone much better,”

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New Orleans Developer Announces New National Acquisitions

New Orleans Developer Announces New National Acquisitions New Orleans-based Bruno, Inc., run by developer Joshua Bruno, has announced two additional commercial acquisitions to add to its national portfolio: Circle K convenience store and gas station located at 2302 W. Market Street in Bloomington, IL and Circle K convenience store and gas station located at 1685

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Saint Ann Square Apartments Update

We are past the 80% mark on Construction on our latest development in the up and coming neighbor Treme area on New Orleans.  Saint Ann Square Apartments, which is a 44 unit apartment complex with a planned lush courtyard, off street parking, all stain concrete floors, and even views of the beautiful New Orleans Sky

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1937 St. Ann Square Apartments Groundbreaking

Downtown Development Group (DDG), headed by New Orleans developer Joshua Bruno, has begun construction on a new low to moderate income housing facility located at 1937 St. Ann Street in Treme.  The former Rainbow Hotel is being renovated into St. Ann Square Apartments; forty 1, 2, & 3 bedroom units.  The apartment development will feature

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Riverview Apartments Grand Opening 1039 Third Street, Kenner, LA.

New Orleans developer Joshua Bruno of Downtown Development Group is proud to announce the Grand Opening of his newest apartment community, Riverview Apartments located in Kenner’s historic Rivertown. These luxury apartments have wrap around balconies, lush landscaping, enclosed courtyards, gated parking and endless views of the river is the first development that Mr. Bruno has

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Downtown Development Group to Re-develop Former LSU Medical Office Site into Medical Services Building

(New Orleans, LA) Downtown Development Group (DDG), headed by New Orleans developer Joshua Bruno, has signed a purchase agreement for the 124,000 square foot, 14-story UNO Technology Enterprises office building at 1600 Canal Street (corner of South Robertson) —formerly leased by LSU Health Sciences—and plans to redevelop it into a Class A, mixed-use medical &

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Downtown Development Group to Re-Develop Treme’s Rainbow Hotel into Apartment Units

(New Orleans, LA) Downtown Development Group (DDG), headed by New Orleans developer Joshua Bruno, has signed an agreement to purchase the 58-unit Rainbow Hotel at 1937 St. Ann Street in Treme for $320,000—and plans to redevelop the hotel into 40 low- to moderate- income apartments. Construction on The St. Ann Square Apartments that will include

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Downtown Development Group to Build $1.75 Million Riverview Apartments in Rivertown

(New Orleans, LA) Downtown Development Group (DDG), headed by New Orleans developer Joshua Bruno, has begun construction on a 45-unit, $1.75 million apartment community—Riverview Apartments—at 1039 Third Street in South Kenner in the Rivertown Neighborhood.   DDG is redeveloping four buildings on the two-acre site that formerly housed an assisted-living facility and hospital into a middle-

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Pre-leasing Under Way at $20.2M Century Park Class, A Office/Retail Complex in Slidell

(New Orleans, LA) New Orleans developer Joshua Bruno of Downtown Development Group and OceanView Development Group of  New Orleans and California, are pre-leasing space in the new $20.2M Century Park Class A, Office and Retail Park located on 2.4 acres along the I-10 service road and Fremeaux Interchange—adjacent to the planned 400-acre UNO Research and

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