SMG - subsidiary of ASM Global - manages $450 million renovation of Caesars Superdome in partnership with the State of Louisiana, Louisiana Stadium, Exposition District & the New Orleans Saints
SMG, a subsidiary of ASM Global, manages $450 million multli-phase, mutli-year renovation of the Caesars Superdome in partnership with the State of Louisiana, the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District and the New Orleans Saints. The renovation will be complete before the 2025 Super Bowl is hosted at the Superdome. Funding includes LSED funds, state capital outlay dollars and private funding from the Saints (including NFL G4 funding). Megan Riess represents SMG on the transaction.
SMG - subsidiary of ASM Global - finalizes project development agreement for the New Orleans Saints locker room renovation at the Caesars Superdome
SMG, a subsidiary of ASM Global, finalizes a project development agreement for the renovation of the New Orleans Saints locker room at the Caesars Superdome. Attorneys Megan Riess and Chelsea Fitzgerald are outside general counsel to SMG on all matters related to the management and operation of the Caesars Superdome and Smoothie King Center.
Home Bank acts as construction, mini-perm & bridge lender - financing the historic redevelopment of 714 Canal Place in New Orleans, LA
Home Bank acts as construction, mini-perm and bridge lender, financing the historic redevelopment of 714 Canal Place with retail commercial tenants and professionally managed short term rentals. Upon completion the project will contribute to the rejuvenation of historic canal street in New Orleans, Louisiana. Chris Wootten was lender counsel on the transaction financing, which also included historic tax credits.
Home Bank, NORA, and Stonehenge Capital -collaborate in redevelopment of the historic Dew Drop Inn - located in New Orleans, LA
Dew Drop Inn: Home Bank, the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority and Stonehenge Capital collaborate in the redevelopment of the historic Dew Drop Inn. Acting as lender and tax credit investor counsel, Megan Riess and Chris Wootten handled the transaction, which utilized state and federal new markets, state and federal historics, Community Development Block Grants and commercial bridge and permanent debt.
Longwell Riess Client - GCHP - partners with Crescent Care for historic redevelopment of 2515 Canal Street property in New Orleans, LA
Longwell Riess client Gulf Coast Housing Partnership partners with Crescent Care as project borrower and non-profit sponsor in the historic redevelopment of property located at 2515 Canal Street, New Orleans. The $22,000,000 project was financed with federal new markets tax credits, federal and state historic tax credits, and a novel HHS loan product. Upon completion, the project will expand the clinical capacity and medical services offered by the Crescent Care organization. Kelly Longwell and Chris Wootten handled the transaction.
Longwell Riess Client - GCHP - continues Housing + Health developments at The Pearl in Jackson, MS
Longwell Riess client Gulf Coast Housing Partnership continues its housing + health developments at The Pearl in Jackson, Mississippi. The $28 million project utilized low-income housing tax credits and new markets take credits for an affordable housing and health care facility for seniors. Kelly Longwell, Ben Guider and Chris Wootten represent GCHP on the transaction.
Longwell Riess Client - SBP Inc. - St. Claude Gardens Project in New Orleans, LA
Longwell Riess client SBP Inc. receives award of tax-exempt bonds and 4% low-income housing tax credits for its second phase of the St. Claude gardens project in the Lower Ninth Ward neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana. The project is a 39-unit scattered site affordable housing development using Road Home properties, LIHTCs, tax-exempt bonds, HOME funds and solar investment tax credits. Megan Riess and Chelsea Fitzgerald represent SBP in the transaction.
Longwell Riess Client - GCHP- partners to develop $80 million commercial project of old Brown’s Dairy site in New Orleans, LA
Longwell Riess client Gulf Coast Housing Partnership partners with Alembic Community Development to develop an $80 million residential and commercial project on the site of the old Brown's Dairy in New Orleans, Louisiana. The development will include 192 units of affordable housing as well as a health care and community facilities. Financing included low-income housing tax credits, new markets tax credits, community development loans and commercial debt. Kelly Longwell, Megan Riess, and Ben Guider represented the developer in the transaction.