Shopping center will revitilize dormant Bohn Ford site on North Carrollton Avenue
Developers and city officials will break ground this morning on the last dead zone along an otherwise bustling North Carrollton Avenue commercial strip. Mayor Mitch Landrieu and City Councilwoman Susan Guidry, along with Stirling Properties President Marty Mayer, are expected to attend an 11:30 a.m. ceremony marking the start of efforts to turn the Old Bohn Ford site at Bienville Street into the Mid-City Market.
Work on the new Mid-City Market on North Carrollton Avenue is set to begin. It will be anchored by a Winn-Dixie store patterned after one on Louisiana 21 in Covington.A Winn-Dixie grocery will anchor the $38 million shopping center project, which is expected to open early next year.
Other businesses that have signed on as tenants are Office Depot, Neighborhood Pet Market by Jefferson Feed, Felipe's Taqueria, Pinkberry frozen yogurt, Five Guys burgers and fries and Pei Wei Asian diner.
About a month ago, developers said about 80 percent of the 107,000 square feet of space at the site had been leased.
When fully operational, the development is projected to generate more than $60 million in annual retail sales. Underhill said the project will create about 365 permanent jobs and employ 275 construction workers.