Going up: As Performance Contractors continues to see steady growth, the company is now adding a four-story parking garage to its corporate office on Pecue Lane. According to a permit application filed with the parish Planning Commission, an existing lot at 9901 Pecue Lane will be transformed to a 159,000-square-foot parking garage to accommodate the small planned unit development under construction. The plans call for 332 total parking spots for vehicles, including six handicapped spots and seven spots for bicycles. Art Favre with Performance Contractors says the Planning Commission has already approved the parking garage and construction will begin as soon as the plans are done. He estimates it will take about one year to complete.
Opening soon: Renovations have begun on a former clothing store on Bluebonnet Boulevard that will soon house Java Mama, a café designed for parents to work while their children play in a safe, supervised area. The business will sell drinks, sandwiches, coffee from New Orleans-based French Truck and other café items, in addition to offering a 6-foot tall play structure and educational toys for the children. Melissa Oubre, a local attorney and licensee for the café, says her contractor began working over the weekend after a permit was approved late last week. She hopes to have the renovations of the 2,500-square-foot space completed in time for a late October opening. As previously reported, it will be first Java Mama location in Louisiana.
In the zone: The AutoZone store at 8268 Airline Highway is set to expand to nearly double its current size. According to a permit filed with the city-parish Planning Commission on Monday, workers will add about 11,000 square feet to the existing 16,000-square-foot store. The renovations will cost $919,000, according to the filing. Texas Alliance Group Inc. out of Houston is listed as the contractor. Attempts to reach a spokesman for AutoZone to ask about their plans for the store were unsuccessful. The Airline location is one of a dozen Autozone stores in the Capital Region.
