Your team's early involvement during the design phase and flexibility during the construction phase was instrumental in the final quality product we have now. Gibb has, again, met our expectations of quality work that we can be proud of. We look forward to yet another opportunity to work together in the future.
Lynne Fournier - Housing Horizons, LLC
Renaissance Arts Hotel, a New Orleans boutique hotel located in the historic Warehouse District nestled on the Mississippi riverfront, was an adaptive reuse project of the former Hurwitz Mintz furniture warehouse, whose building dates back to 1910.
Gibbs’s involvement in this lump sum contract with 700 Tchoupitoulas, LLC began in the design phase with preconstruction services. The adaptive reuse of this vintage poured-in-place masonry structure required coordination and planning to restore this building to conform with the National Park Service requirements, which qualified for federal historic tax credits.
The four-story 170,000-square-foot warehouse transformed into a 225-room four-star hotel. Two 12,000-square-foot atriums were carved out of the existing building to showcase an on-site art gallery and indoor sculpture gallery. Gibbs also built out the former La Cote Brasserie, a fine dining restaurant on the street level, as well as, 5,000 square feet of meeting and event space, a rooftop pool, a fitness center, and a full-service laundry facility.
Upon completion of construction, the New Orleans Renaissance Arts Hotel portrays the body of a full-service hospitality experience with the soul of a boutique hotel.
Project Facts
Type
Renovation, Addition
Budget
$22.5M
Size
193,000 sf
Owner
700 Tchoupitoulas LLC
Architect
Lyons and Hudson Architects Ltd.
Completion
2003
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