Kimble Development is in the process of bringing a shopping center to a vacant corner of the heavily trafficked intersection of Hoo Shoo Too Road and Jefferson Highway, with construction set to begin in February.
Developers filed an application for the project with the City Parish Planning Commission this morning. The commission is set to take up the request at its Feb. 23 meeting, as well as other applications filed by today’s deadline to make it on that meeting’s agenda.
The 2.13-acre site would house 20,000 square feet of retail space broken into roughly 10 storefronts, depending on arrangements made with potential retailers, according to Grey Mullins, who is handling leasing for the development.
Mullins says he already is in conversations with numerous retailers interested in leasing space at the new development. He expects the lineup of retailers potentially to include dining options, clothing boutiques, a fitness studio, a hair salon and a dry cleaner.
“Options that would conventionally be found in a neighborhood shopping center,” Mullins says.
Negotiations are still underway, Mullins says, but he hopes to announce finalized deals soon.
“It’s surrounded by well-established neighborhoods that are underserved retail-wise, and it receives a tremendous amount of daily commuter traffic from Prairieville. That makes it a good site to develop a neighborhood shopping center,” Mullins says.
A separate application was filed today for a 125-unit assisted living facility at 9394 Siegen Lane. Florida-based Concordis Senior Living wants to develop the facility on a nearly 4.5-acre plot. Representatives from Concordis could not be reached by this afternoon’s deadline for additional details.
Another application was filed for the newest Dantin Bruce office park, The Offices at Towne Square. Brian Dantin told Daily Report in December that the nearly 5-acre complex will be home to eight or nine buildings. The park’s first office will be built for Cypress Title. —Kelly Connelly
