The Forum updates the latest on the Camp Forbing Marketplace development
January 19, 2015
By Susan Reeks
In December, the Shreveport City Council adopted the zoning amendment that will permit NewQuest Properties to purchase the tax-exempted property from the YMCA. The closing is scheduled at the end of March 2015.
Camp Forbing Marketplace will be NewQuest Properties’ first development outside of Texas. The mixed-use project will be anchored by a 120,000-square-foot high-end national chain grocery store and will also feature a 24-hour fitness facility, a coffee shop and other retail and commercial businesses. Shreveport’s position as the third largest city in Louisiana and its location at the center of the Ark-La-Tex region where Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas meet are other carrots for pulling potential new businesses to the area.
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