After about a decade, a neighborhood development off River Road is starting its third phase of construction.
Pointe-Marie, a mixed-use community on the southern edge of the parish, is expanding its residential Village Estates District with 59 lots, prepped for homebuilding. The development spans 120 acres with a commercial district along River Road and three residential neighborhoods that span to Nicholson Drive.
Pointe-Marie is a traditional neighborhood development, an increasingly popular type of community that joins residential and commercial components with walkable streets and sometimes anchored by grocery stores or includes a school. Other traditional neighborhood developments locally include Engquist Development’s Rouzan, anchored by Sprouts Farmers Market, the Settlement at Willow Grove, developed by Richard Carmouche, and the Rouses-anchored Long Farm Village…