Work begins on $14.4M renovation of Bohn Motor Co. building

The former Bohn Motor Co. building in the Broad Avenue corridor is set to undergo a historic renovation and expansion.

Designed by New Orleans architect Emile Weil, who designed the Saenger Theater and Dixie Brewery, the 1920s-era structure at 2700 S. Broad Ave. served as a car dealership but has sat vacant for years. It has been part of a longtime plan to revive the Broad Avenue corridor.

The $14.4 million project broke ground Monday. The new 41,000-square-foot facility will be the new site of Odyssey House Louisiana, an organization that provides low-cost medical and behavioral health care to thousands of New Orleanians.

The project will create 45 new permanent jobs, a news release said.

Gulf Coast Housing Partnership and Rhodes Commercial Development supported the project, with Enterprise Community Investment and Goldman Sachs providing New Market Tax Credit allocations.

Financing was provided by the Louisiana Office of Community Development, the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority, and the Reinvestment Fund, with a New Market Tax Credit equity investment through Goldman Sachs and historic tax credit equity investments through Twain Financial Partners.

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