Redevelopment

OCAI works to redevelop vacant City-owned properties into community-serving uses, including affordable housing. Click below to learn more about our past and ongoing redevelopment.

• Redevelopment Framework
  • OCAI established a working group comprised of internal partners, which provide guidance on the redevelopment of underutilized City properties. Properties best positioned to meet the City’s housing, economic development, and community development needs are leased to the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA). The City then works with NORA to design a rigorous solicitation process for developers to transform underutilized and neglected city-owned properties into neighborhood-serving assets and affordable housing for our residents.
• City Owned Property Dashboard
  • ​​OCAI assisted the Department of Property Management in establishing a City Owned Property Map, which shows properties under the management of DPM, and where possible, provide photographs of the property, and also convey any particular plans for the properties in terms of re-purposing, or sale or demolition.
• 1141 Esplanade Avenue
  • ​OCAI and the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) guided 1141 Esplanade Avenue, a vacant City-owned parcel, through the Redevelopment Framework. HRI Communities and New Orleans Restoration Properties are developing the site into 50 one and two-bed apartment units, 37 of which are planned to be afforable and the remainder workforce housing. There will also be two ground floor commericial bays.
• Louisiana Avenue Firehouse
  • ​OCAI and the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) guided 2312 Louisiana Avenue, a former firehouse, through the Redevelopment Framework. People's Housing+ and Alembic Community Development are developing the site into seven affordable, senior apartment units and an early childhood center.