Real estate professionals expand into New Orleans

Local commercial real estate professionals Joe Mann, Jr. and John Moss have partnered with Retail Specialists, Inc., a commercial real estate company based in Birmingham, Alabama, to open an office in New Orleans. This expansion comes at a key time, with much of the firm’s activity centered on the rebuilding of New Orleans, south Louisiana and the Gulf Coast. “We are thrilled to establish RSI in New Orleans,” says Mann, Principal and Managing Broker. “Having an office in the Louisiana/Gulf Coast region will allow us to better assist, represent and focus on existing and future clients in the region.” Mann and Moss already have key projects under way. In addition to the College Row at Northgate development in Baton Rouge near the LSU campus, they are leasing the Marketplace 21 shopping center in Covington, which is anchored by a 53,000 square foot Winn-Dixie, a new prototype in their chain. The Winn-Dixie, which opened February 3, will bring over 125 new full and part time jobs to St. Tammany Parish. In addition to Winn-Dixie, the team is actively working on new development opportunities for retailers such as Five Guys Burgers and Fries, PJ’s Coffee, Buffalo Wild Wings, Massage Envy and others across the south east region.