Entergy is expected to go before the Planning Commission today with a request to rezone 10 acres on Pecue Lane in order to build an office-warehouse development. The complex would be built just off Perkins Road, south of the railroad tracks, near the utility company’s Pecue Lane substation. Entergy plans a two-stage development: The first part would involve parking and laydown areas, and the second phase would involve a 33,200-square-foot office building and 25,150 square feet of warehouse and storage space. Entergy said last year it was considering beefing up the Pecue Substation in order to better serve power needs in that part of the parish. The Planning Commission staff has recommended the rezoning.
The commission is also set to vote on changes to the proposed Highland Market Place development at East Perkins and Highland roads. While plans were to originally anchor the development with a grocery store and other retail, the nearly 183,000-square-foot development will now feature an assisted living facility and a nursing home, along with restaurants and offices. Commissioners are also set to vote on subdividing the 1,147-acre Longwood Plantation tract at Bluebonnet Boulevard extension and Nicholson Drive, into five single-family lots, averaging 229 acres each.
