NEW ORLEANS – The Central Business District Historic District Landmarks Commission (HDLC) voted March 11 to approve a recommendation for demolition of the former Sugar Mill site across from the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center along Convention Center Boulevard, clearing an early hurdle for the planned Omni New Orleans headquarters hotel project.
The former Sugar Mill site is named for a historic sugar refinery once operated there by American Sugar Refining Co., known for its Domino Sugar brand, during New Orleans’ 19th-century sugar trade era, though the industrial facilities were demolished decades ago and the parcel has remained largely undeveloped.
In a statement, the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center said the vote marks “an important step forward for the redevelopment of the site into the Omni New Orleans.”…