John Delgado’s decision to close his last remaining downtown establishment, Huey’s Bar, means two adjacent properties are now vacant on a prime strip of Third Street.
In August, the attorney and former Metro Councilman shut down his 1913 nightclub after facing numerous citations from the parish Alcoholic Beverage Control. The nightclub was next door to Huey’s, which closed on Dec. 12.
But what’s the best use for the properties, and does the closure of two neighboring bars in less than six months suggest the downtown entertainment corridor is changing? Those are questions downtown property owners, business owners and real estate agents are trying to answer.
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“We’ve had a lot of interest,” says George Kurz of Kurz & Hebert Commercial Real Estate, who is marketing the 6,000-square-foot space that was formerly home to 1913. “But we haven’t been able to come to a deal with anyone.”
Kurz says the 1913 space likely has more options than Huey’s because before Delgado put his nightclub there, the building was renovated by owner Gordon “Skeet” Leblanc and has several unique architectural features, including a second-floor balcony overlooking an open ground-floor space.
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