Downtown New Orleans

With a collection of some of the best retail options in Greater New Orleans, Downtown lets you get your shopping done steps from your work or home. Explore this section to learn about the development of retail spaces Downtown.

Resources
Canal Street Development Strategy
Downtown Demographics Research Report
Facade Improvement Grant
Facade Improvement Micro Grant

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 Saint Hotel (Audubon Building)

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
• Rod Miller, CEO, New Orleans Business Alliance

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 500-1200 blocks of Canal Street.