# Lake Forest Plaza

New Orleans East, LA · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-800713a178` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/la/new-orleans-east-lake-forest-plaza/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-800713a178.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-800713a178.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-800713a178

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | demolished | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | housing, retail, hotel | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | The rest of the complex has been demolished and is being replaced by a Lowe's. | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1974 | reported · Wikipedia |
| Original developer | Sizeler Realty | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Lowe's | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Planning notes | The rest of the site is to be redeveloped into a new 'town center' type of development with free standing stores, garages, hotels, apartments and condos. | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **original_developer**: “The mall was originally developed and managed by Sizeler Realty.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Forest_Plaza
- **after_notes**: “The rest of the complex has been demolished and is being replaced by a Lowe's.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Forest_Plaza
- **status**: “the ruins were demolished in 2007.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Forest_Plaza
- **strategy**: “The rest of the site is to be redeveloped into a new 'town center' type of development with free standing stores, garages, hotels, apartments and condos.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Forest_Plaza
- **demolition_year**: “the ruins were demolished in 2007.” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b

## Anchors

Mervyns, Sears, D.H. Holmes, Maison Blanche

## Parties

- Sizeler Realty — owner (from text) (1974–)
- Gowri Kailas — owner (from text) (1999–)

## Timeline

- 1974: Opened (Wikidata)
- 1974: Opened
- 1999: Sold to Gowri Kailas
- 2007: Demolished

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Lake Forest Plaza was a shopping mall in New Orleans East, Louisiana, United States that opened in 1974. It had been closed before being flooded during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and the ruins were demolished in 2007.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Forest_Plaza

## Sources

- Quoted support for original_developer — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Forest_Plaza

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Lake Forest Plaza, New Orleans East, LA." Record m-800713a178, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/la/new-orleans-east-lake-forest-plaza/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_neworleanseastlakeforestplaza,
  title = {Lake Forest Plaza, New Orleans East, LA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/la/new-orleans-east-lake-forest-plaza/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-800713a178, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.