The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk

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The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk
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The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk
Location Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Opening dateAugust 29, 1986 (as Riverwalk Marketplace)
May 2014 (as The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk)
Developer The Rouse Company
OwnerRockStep Capital (building)
Port of New Orleans (land)
No. of stores and services75
Total retail floor area 250,000 square feet (23,000 m2)
No. of floors3
Website riverwalkneworleans.com

The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk, previously known as Riverwalk Marketplace until 2014, is an outlet mall located in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana. It is located along the Mississippi River waterfront, stretching from the base of Canal Street, upriver to the New Orleans Morial Convention Center, and is connected to the adjacent Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel. It is owned by RockStep Capital, on land leased from the Port of New Orleans.

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History

By the start of the 1980s, increased use of containers in shipping made some of the older riverfront wharves less useful, so the Poydras Street Wharf and the Julia Street Wharf were demolished, and the land was used as part of the 1984 World's Fair. After the fair, this section was redeveloped by the Rouse Company as the Riverwalk, an upscale mall intended to attract both tourists and locals. It opened on August 28, 1986. [1]

On the afternoon of Saturday, December 14, 1996, the MV Bright Field freightliner/bulk cargo vessel slammed into the mall. No one was killed in the accident, although approximately 66 were injured; fifteen shops were damaged. Damage to the mall, including the pier, condominium properties, shops, and hotel totaled an estimated $15 million (US). [2] Physical damage to the Bright Field was calculated at $1,857,952 (US). The Bright Field was unable to be removed from the crash site until January 6, 1997.[ citation needed ] The spot where the Bright Field collided with the Riverwalk is marked on site with a plaque.

The mall closed for a few months after Hurricane Katrina, due to extensive wind and looting damage. It reopened in early December 2005, in hopes that Christmas shopping would jump-start the area's recovery. Only a small number of shops were able to open at first. Additional businesses slowly opened over the next several years, eventually bringing the mall back to near 100% occupancy.

In 2014, the mall closed temporarily and underwent an $82 million renovation. It reopened in May 2014 as The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk, becoming a outlet center, with shops which include a Coach, Inc., outlet and Neiman-Marcus Last Call Studio outlet. [3]

In 2022, Houston-based investment firm RockStep Capital bought the mall from the Howard Hughes Corporation for $34 million. [4] [5]

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