February 9, 2010

Rooms to Go seated for growth

PEARL RIVER, La. — Quantifying the economic impact of any given development is impossible. Take the new Rooms To Go distribution center and retail outlet in Pearl River.

Sure, there are some hard numbers: 100 new jobs to start, perhaps another 150 in the future; a $50 million job for White-Spunner Construction Inc. of Mobile, Ala.

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Fleur de Lis work under way in N.O.
NEW ORLEANS - The city has begun the second phase of construction on Fleur de Lis Boulevard, a project that runs from Veterans Memorial Boulevard to 30th Avenue.

Domain leases all Tulane apartments
NEW ORLEANS - The Domain Cos. has fully leased the three mixed-income apartment developments it built along Tulane Avenue after Hurricane Katrina.

MDOT lets $18.7M U.S. 49 road project
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. - An $18.7 million project on U.S. Highway 49 in Madison County has gone out to bid, according to the Mississippi Department of Transportation.