OAK CROSSING
Oak crossing is a retail park that currently under construction w/ the first phase just being completed. I emailed the company when the sign was placed on the tract of land that would eventually become the site of this development and ask what kind of businesses we could expect to see. The response I got was they were talking with several medical offices, restaurants, and retail stores. So far the park has four buildings which have been constructed, though the insides are not quite ready yet. The only thing open right now that I know of is the leasing office for the park. However, checking the Facebook page recently, I see that there is plans for expansion to include ten additional buildings. The development is located at the corner of Nelson Road and Ham Reid Road, across from a future charter academy. I hope to see some good mom and pop shops, I'd like to see a coffee and beinget shop open up in there. I digress, but this looks like a nice development. The buildings are actually set up sort of like living quarters minus much windows.
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MORGANFIELD
Morganfield is a TND planned for the southeast part of the city. From what I know, Morganfield is going to be constructed along McNeese Street and Corbina Road once the extension of these two roads is completed. Once the extension is completed, McNeese and Corbina will intersect. The community will be approximately 2000 acres and from the data that I've found out, the first 350-500 acres will be mixed use w/ retail, apartments, live work units and the link, while the remaining acres will be residential. I'm dying to know what kind of architecture we can expect. McNeese Street is complete and the Corbina Road extension is under construction right now. The two streets will intersect at the new roundabout once both are completed.
The three pictures below give us a better view of what to expect in this TND
IMPERIAL POINTE
This medical complex will be built at Nelson Road and Imperial Pointe Boulevard. It's going to be in the same area that the hospital on Imperial Pointe Boulevard is. There will be two new hospitals, medical offices, a bank, a hotel, a cafe, two restaurants, town homes, shops, and retail. IP blvd will ultimately be extended to a town center which will include a nice water feature, leading to some assisted living housing. The company behind this develop is Derek Development based in Lafayette, LA.
http://www.louisianamedicalnews.com/imperial-pointe-merging-medical-retail-and-residential-cms-1898
http://tonycornner.com/pdf/imperialpointe.pdf
