Real estate recap: Juban Crossing details begin to emerge

Work should start soon on Livingston development: Juban Crossing developer Stephen Keller says the first phase of Livingston Parish’s largest retail and residential development will break ground within three months and will include up to 450,000 square feet of retail space, a 16-screen movie theater, a minimum of four national chain restaurants, the first of four 120-room hotels, a drugstore, two banks and a gas station. Keller, of Creekstone Companies, also says two national retailers have signed letters of intent to anchor the development. “We are in various stages of negotiations on letters of intent with several others at this time,” says Keller, who declined to name the retailers. Parish President Mike Grimmer has said a number of the retailers will likely mirror those seen at Creekstone’s Towne Center development in Baton Rouge, which includes Whole Foods, the Gap, Books-A-Million and P.F. Changs. To be built in three phases, the $350 million project is also expected to include up to 1,000 residents when complete.