The French Market Corporation, which operates six blocks of city-owned land in the French Quarter, voted to replace three longtime tenants during a heated meeting Wednesday that followed months of controversy around the corporation’s new leasing process.
Members of French Market Corporation’s board cast their votes after hearing final pitches from the existing tenants at the hour-and-a-half-long meeting, which was marked by occasional loud outbursts. The board had delayed their vote at last month’s meeting after clashes between tenants, corporation management and city leaders.
All three businesses being replaced have been in their spaces for more than a decade…