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Courtesy of Urban Land Institute - Louisiana
Editor, Darren Sumner
Dec. 28, 2010
CHARITY HOSPITAL ADAPTIVE REUSE
MEETING NOTIFICATION :
Jacobs Engineering has been contracted by the State of Louisiana to develop an RFP for the Adaptive Reuse of the former Charity Hospital Building.
Jacobs and the State are seeking input from industry professionals at a meeting to be held on January 12th, 2011 at the Regional Planning Commission, 10 Veterans Memorial Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70124 at 9:00 a.m.
- The goal of the meeting to raise awareness of the project in the development / design / land use / construction community, while soliciting input for improvements.
- The format will be a brief presentation of the process to date, progress on the RFP; and process moving forward.
- At the conclusion of the presentation, Jacobs Engineering will answer questions from the attendees and take input on the RFP.
Ultimately, Jacobs will be looking to solicit proposals from developers who will pull together teams to compete to present the State with the best proposal. Services represented could likely include development, leasing, project management, architecture, civil and structural engineering, M.E.P. engineering, communications, banking/finance, sustainability, etc.
Email RSVP to :
Jacobs Global Buildings NA
Sr. Consultant, Aaron W. Bilyeu, AIA, LEED AP
aaron.bilyeu@jacobs.com
History:
Charity Hospital was one of two teaching hospitals which were part of the Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans (MCLNO). Three weeks after the events of Hurricane Katrina, then Governor Kathleen Blanco said that Charity Hospital would not reopen, even though the military had scrubbed the building to medical-ready standards. TheLouisiana State University System, which owns the building, has stated that it has no plans for reconstruction.
The Charity Hospital building is located in the New Orleans Hospital District. It is on the opposite side of I-10 from the LSU Health Sciences Center. The address is 1532 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112-1352.
See link for images of Charity Hospital:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/niels_olson/38241289/
www.louisiana.uli.org
revised 1.1.2011