Rouzan development’s first homes going up

The first two homes are under construction in the initial phase of development at the Rouzan TND on Perkins Road, and development manager Tommy Spinosa III says more are on the way. “A third is scheduled to break ground in about two weeks, and two more should be under way by the end of the year,” he says. All told, 16 of 26 lots in the Mimosa District are sold. Homes in the development will range from about $350,000 to $700,000, with square footage varying between 1,500 and 4,000. Spinosa says Rouzan is conducting open house tours on Sundays from 2-4 p.m. In February, the city-parish Planning and Zoning Commission approved a second phase of Rouzan, which consists of a pair of five-story buildings to be used for residential, retail and office space. There is no groundbreaking date set for the second phase, Spinosa says. “We’re just kind of taking it one phase at a time,” he says. —Steve Sanoski