Scraps

The LSU Footprint looked like this from afar yesterday - McDonogh No. 11 School surrounded by a smattering of remaining historic homes set for moving and a number of other buildings - the former Southern Electronics site, the former Blood Center building, and a former Cox warehouse building off on the right.

Watch the Land - Henry Herdman's Properties

A slew of property transfers for the LSU Footprint went through between March 10 and 15 of this year.  I've excerpted, from Nola.com, the ones that pertain to the proposed hospital site below.  Note the preponderance of Henry Herdman Properties:

NEW ORLEANS REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Saturday, April 02, 2011

NEW ORLEANS

Transfers filed March 10-15

1ST DISTRICT

Canal St. 1830-32-34: Henry Herdman Properties LLC to LSU Board of Supervisors A&M College and Division of Administration, Office of the Governor Division, $279,657.

Cleveland Ave. 1716: Dixie International Tours Inc. to LSU Board of Supervisors A&M College and Division of Administration Office of the Governor, $135,000.

Cleveland Ave. 1800, 1804: Henry Herdman Properties LLC to LSU Board of Supervisors A&M College and Division of Administration, Office of the Governor Division, $41,000.

Cleveland Ave. 1805-07-09-11: Henry Herdman Properties LLC to LSU Board of Supervisors A&M College and Division of Administration, Office of the Governor Division, $55,000.

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Property Acquisition Surges in LSU Footprint

The LSU Board of Supervisors continued expropriations in the LSU Footprint in February and March (records show two parcels were expropriated on March 1, 2011). 

Transfers of parcels increased in February after a long lull, due in part to the title records crisis at CDC.

The LSU Board and "Division of Administration Office of the Governor" paid the following prices for properties (it's not clear if these were expropriations or mere sales), according to a listing of transfers between Feb. 17-23:

1905-07 Cleveland Avenue - $198,260

2024 Cleveland Avenue - $164,000

2038-40 Cleveland Avenue - $120,000

1827 Palmyra Street - $138,000

1915-17 Palmyra Street - $200,000

2127 Palmyra Street - $171,800

1809 Tulane Avenue - $65,000