For almost twenty years, the hulking Lindy Boggs Medical Center in Mid‑City has sat empty, towering over nearby homes as a graffiti‑covered reminder of what used to be Mercy Hospital. Now city officials and the site’s owner say the long‑vacant complex is finally on a real path to demolition and reuse, with a rough timeline emerging and plans forming for a large mixed‑use redevelopment.
City money and a big redevelopment plan
City housing officials and the developers are floating a roughly $100 million mixed‑use project that would bring about 200 housing units plus ground‑floor retail and office space to the old Mercy/Lindy Boggs campus, according to Axios New Orleans. The proposal calls for turning the building’s basement into a neighborhood‑scale…..