Taken together, these completely different retail projects demonstrate a new confidence by outside developers and retailers in New Orleans's post-Katrina economic strength.
Rickey is also credited with bringing fashion nous to Portas's various retail projects.
Mantri, which is based in Bangalore, builds residential, office and retail projects.
It is also a lead developer of ambitious residential-restaurant-retail projects in Boston, Dallas and Birmingham, Mich.
Others are hedging their bets by diversifying into commercial or retail projects.
Although none has a retail component, the company has had experience with retail projects in other states, Mr. Kamedulski said.
Forest City is known primarily for its office and retail projects, including the Metrotech office complex in downtown Brooklyn.
JEMB Realty is a family business controlled by Joseph Jerome and his father-in-law, Morris Bailey, and has a portfolio of hotels, offices and retail projects.
According to Daniel Hurtado, executive director of the Central Market Community Benefit District, planned retail projects in the area will soon force out two artworks.
When it came time to open a second store, Mr. Janusiak said, it made sense to keep retail projects classified as subsets of No. 8.
Retail projects are in favor by investors nationally, as the office and industrial markets have softened, said Andrew J. Merin, an executive vice president of Cushman & Wakefield.
