Two new hotel projects are now under construction on lower St. Charles Avenue after several years of planning, permitting and delays.
On the site of the former Trolley Stop Café in the 1900 block of St. Charles, work crews began driving piles in late May to support the foundation of what will be a six-story boutique hotel with 58 rooms and a ground-floor restaurant, according to developer Joe Mann.
Down the avenue in the 1300 block, contractors have already driven piles and are getting ready to pour concrete for a five-story pencil building that entrepreneur Curtis Lawrence plans to operate as a hybrid hotel.
In addition to the hotel projects, the long-stalled renovation of the former Jerusalem Temple building in the 1100 block next to the Pontchartrain Expressway has resumed. Mandeville-based Church of the King is…
