15.42 acres of prime development property just off of the booming US Highway 90 (Future I-49) Energy Corridor on LA Highway 316! The tract has elevations up to 6.7’ with the tract in current Flood Zone C & A and almost entirely in proposed Flood Zone X.

Situated at a high visibility corner, this tract is a perfect location for commercial or industrial use, a strip retail center, food franchise, hotel, convenience store/gas station, or office building! If additional acreage is needed, the same sellers currently have another 6+ acre tract on the north of US Highway 90 (see photos/map or Catylist ID: #29725219).

Residential development within a 2-mile radius includes Highland Oaks (239 residential lots being developed), Wallace J. Thibodaux Estates (final phase of 74 residential lots being developed to the 178 existing, developed lots), Northpark Subdivision (67 residential lots in Phase 1 developed), and Williamsburg Subdivision (68 residential lots in Phase 1 developed).

Nearby commercial/Industrial development at US Hwy 90 interchanges includes a new corporate headquarters for Danos, a 60-acre complex for Schlumberger, light industrial office parks with dozens of new buildings, a new plant and offices for K+B Machine and also Hunting off of Hwy 311, and a new office for Laborde Marine.

The Houma-Thibodaux MSA consistently has one of the lowest unemployment rates in Louisiana and has an 8 Parish retail draw of almost 450,000 people. It was recently ranked #6 of all nationwide mid-sized MSA’s by Area Development Magazine (May 2013) and was #24 overall out of 380 MSA’s in the U.S. This follows a January 2013 article in Forbes magazine naming Louisiana “America’s New Frontier for Business Opportunity”. In 2014, Houma was ranked as the 2nd Happiest Place to live in the U.S. and Louisiana was ranked #1 in Business Climate by Business Facilities Magazine. That same year, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce named LA the #1 export state, the #1 state in export growth, and the #2 state for income growth per capita. Most recently in 2015, Site Selection Magazine ranked LA #4 in Business Climate, its 6th straight Top 10 ranking. The magazine also awarded LA their Silver Shovel award in 2015 for the 6th consecutive year while ranking our economic development efforts #2 in the nation. Chief Executive magazine placed LA #7 in its "Best States for Business" in 2015.

For additional information, please contact the listing agent, Hank Babin at 985-804-9991.