Will New Orleans get any new, modern skyscrapers soon? (Atlanta: condos, tech jobs)

[sconley9922]

With the influx of new residents and new tech jobs, will new orleans ever be on the cutting edge with up to date city beautifying high rise buildings and condos over 15 to 20 stories tall? We want and need them.

[annie_himself]

If they were needed, they would be built. If they were needed, I'd still rather fill up all the surface lots and empty store fronts in the city. Plus it would be hard to get a new high-rise built that was outside of the CBD.

[sconley9922]

What about the Read blvd area of the east and the industrial park area in the east by NASA? Read already has a few core buildings there , and they could infuse more there and there are a lot of open acres by the industrial park...would look nice for our city

[annie_himself]

Not familiar with the East but I think the area needs a boom before any high rises are built.

[sconley9922]

You mite be right. Hopefully its on the horizon

[cxbrame]

I'm wondering if the demand is there. The charm of the city really is the density created by the close and low (and mid) rise mix of residences, businesses and public spaces. This type of density places like magazine street active, while maintaining the feel of a small town main street. Highrises need a lot of capital and commitment from one major tenant or many tenants. I don't know if that kind of demand is present.

[Chilly Gentilly]

Originally Posted by sconley9922

You mite be right. Hopefully its on the horizon

With the new hospital, Wal Mart, and now Big Lots being built, the East is on its way.

Regarding your OP, I have to agree with cxbrame. Not that a few would hurt, but apart of NOLA's brand is not being a cookie-cutter city with loads of characterless, "shiny" buildings. Plenty of that blandness in Houston, Dallas, and *whispers* Atlanta

[sconley9922]

But that's the thing. We as New Orleanians shouldn't just want to be stagnant and live in the past and only be thought of as only a predominatantly centralized city (ie the french quarter). We should want to broaden our horizons, think bigger , spread outward (develop the east with all the land there) and not just have basically 2 interstates runnin through the city ( honorable mention to I 510) The city could still preserve its french quarter charm and build skyscrapers ...itll just show a city on the move

[sconley9922]

Also, the buildings we do have around town now don't take away from the "charm". In agreeance with you chilly, more wouldn't hurt.....I hope the demand will be in the works for the years to come.

[rburnett]

Originally Posted by sconley9922

But that's the thing. We as New Orleanians shouldn't just want to be stagnant and live in the past and only be thought of as only a predominatantly centralized city (ie the french quarter). We should want to broaden our horizons, think bigger , spread outward (develop the east with all the land there) and not just have basically 2 interstates runnin through the city ( honorable mention to I 510) The city could still preserve its french quarter charm and build skyscrapers ...itll just show a city on the move

New Orleans' urban area is geographically very small compared to the cities you're probably thinking of. I'm not sure why we're judging a city by the number of freeways it has in the first place. Nobody goes to Munich, Germany and says: "Man, where are all the freeways? You guys must really be behind the times." It sounds like you want us to Houston-ify and create low lying sprawl.

There are HUGE infill development opportunities in the CBD and Warehouse District alone, both of which are above sea level. I definitely think we should have more high rises there. We should be making the city more dense and central, not spreading it out. Encourage denser development in areas with higher elevations. The city once had close to 650k people before any development in New Orleans east.