Residents of Mid-City gathered earlier this week for a New Orleans community meeting. During the meeting, some interesting news arose regarding the eyesore that is Lindy Boggs Medical Center. In the middle of the booming Mid-City area lies the old and decrepit building, vacant since Katrina. It has been left to crumble for over 13 years, with a fence to “camouflage” it and wood boarding up on the windows.
After Katrina in 2010, St. Margaret’s bought the building for $4.2 million dollars. In 2013, a lawsuit emerged between St. Margaret’s and MCC, which put a halt to further developments of the building. In 2015 another lawsuit between St. Margaret’s and LSU, who wanted to convert the building into a cardiovascular hospital, arose causing another long delay. Since then, Mid-City residents have wondered what was to happen to the building.
Monday night, the #MidCityNOLA community meeting will cover what is happening with the Lindy Boggs Hospital site. Meeting is at Warren Easton HS from 6:30-8PM https://t.co/sCkE9YC9Jz
— Mid-City NOLA (@heartofnola) June 7, 2019
Twitter user Mid-City Messenger live-tweeted during the meeting with what was happening and what was being said. Check out the tweets below.
Aadmodt says developers are still planning for an elderly/assisted living facility in Lindy Boggs. About $1.2 million in remediation is complete – facility is essentially an “empty shell” at the moment.
— Mid-City Messenger (@MidCityMessengr) June 10, 2019
Developers say Parking, always an issue for the neighborhood, won’t be an issue since most residents won’t have cars.
— Mid-City Messenger (@MidCityMessengr) June 11, 2019
Right now, plans call for 116 nursing home beds. Independent & assisted living, plus memory care beds, total potentially 150 beds. So a total of 266 residents, potentially.
— Mid-City Messenger (@MidCityMessengr) June 11, 2019
First step to Lindy Boggs redevelopment: hiring an operator. Aadmodt says there are 3 operators on a short list, with plans to hire within 60 days.
— Mid-City Messenger (@MidCityMessengr) June 11, 2019
On a final note, they hope to complete everything by 2020. “It’s an admiral goal; it’s not probably not going to be achieved, but it’s admirable.” Only time will tell what the future holds for Lindy Boggs, but we hope something is done and soon!
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