Courtesy of InvadeNOLA : “St. Joe Lofts: Where Artists Live & Work” Nestled within the historic Warehouse District in the heart of New Orleans lies somewhat of an anomaly – a building that is at the same time a residence and an art gallery. St Joe Lofts is a place that can only be described as one thing: an artist community. St Joe Lofts is a housing complex that invites any local with an art form
Courtesy of Landis Construction Co., LLC : Landis has recently completed a multi-unit, historic restoration project located in the Warehouse District of New Orleans, St. Joe Lofts. The relationship with the developer created a design-assist process, beginning with the feasibility study and carrying it through construction. Landis worked with a compressed construction schedule due to unavoidable delays in Owner financing, therefore an eleven-month project schedule became a nine-month schedule. The project included 61 units which equaled 36,000
Courtesy of NolaVie : “Artists Find a Home in the Arts District” After moving from Austin about a year ago, multi-media artist Chriselda Pacheco thought she’d found the perfect New Orleans apartment, situated in a 200-year-old building on Dumaine Street, across from a witchcraft shop. “It was everything you think of when you think of New Orleans … a statue of Venus in the courtyard, gaslights on the balcony,” she said. Just as her lease
Courtesy of Times-Picayune via Nola.com : “New Kind of Housing for Artists in the Arts District” A new condo complex in the Warehouse District is attracting creative types from across the Crescent City. Fifty units in the 61-unit St. Joe Lofts are reserved at discount prices for artists. “In a way, the idea is art itself,” says one tenant. The complex is the brainchild of Erik Beelman, who put plenty of personal blood, sweat and tears