Sale of paper streets for airport-area hotel development
Kenner
Summary
The council sold two never-built street segments near the airport so a developer can assemble land for a new hotel, with the developer building and re-dedicating the rest of Lexington Street. One councilmember worried about selling a street behind an existing hotel and fire access.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 1
- Last 30 days
- 0
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 1, 2026.
Impact analysis
The city gets $137,326 for the land, plus future property, sales and hotel-motel taxes from the new hotel.
Developer Pnu Patel gains the land needed for his hotel project, and the city gains tax base near the airport.
The adjacent motel owner, who wanted to buy the streets himself, loses the opportunity and disputed the city's title theory.
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