The Historic Carver Theater

2101 Orleans Avenue

New Orleans, LA

Exclusively presented by:

430 Notre Dame Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
Richard Stone, CCIM
Tel 504.569.9319
rstone@latterblum.com
Patrick Egan, CRE
Tel. 504.569.9327
pegan@latterblum.com
Rev 1

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Att: Richard Stone, CCIM
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430 Notre Dame Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
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The Carver Theater

New Orleans, LA

Executive
Summary

The painstaking work performed on the Carver Theater has

met the Secretary of the Interiors Standards for Historic
Restoration, a far more comprehensive process than required
for a typical rehabilitation.
Restoration is defined as the act or process of accurately
depicting the form, features, and character of a property as it
appeared at a particular period of time by means of the
removal of features from other periods in its history and
reconstruction of missing features from the restoration period.
The limited and sensitive upgrading of mechanical, electrical,
and plumbing systems and other code-required work to
make properties functional is appropriate within a restoration
project.
Having been restored to its former grandeur, the theater now
also enjoys modern state-of-the art audio/visual equipment,
fiber optics and superb acoustics.
The main structure is being offered together with six nearby
parcels, including two improved properties and an additional
23,000 SF of unimproved property.
The iconic Carver Theater was built in 1950 as a movie house and
talent show venue. After a nearly ten year effort by the current
ownership, an exhaustive and meticulous restoration was completed
in May 2014, when the Carver reopened as one of New Orleans most
revered music halls and entertainment venues.

This property package is being offered at far below the

acquisition and renovation costs, and represents a
tremendous opportunity to acquire a local landmark with
major historic and cultural significance.

The Faubourg Trem

Area
Executive
Summary
Description

Faubourg is a French term meaning 'suburb' or neighborhood. The

Faubourg Trem, or as it is more frequently referred to, Trem, is not
only America's oldest black neighborhood, but was also the site of
significant economic, cultural, political, social, and legal events that
have shaped the course of events in Black America for the past two
centuries.
New Orleans' Trem neighborhood is geographically the part of the
city that lies between North Rampart and North Broad, and from
Canal Street to St. Bernard Avenue. The area received its namesake
from Claude Trem, a model hat maker and real estate developer
who migrated from Saugivny in Burgundy, France, and settled in
New Orleans in 1783. Trem owned only a small portion of the area
that bore his name and was in possession of it for just a decade.
In later years, free persons of color and eventually those African slaves who obtained, bought, or bargained for their freedom
were able to acquire and own property in Trem. There are hundreds of examples of 18th and early 19th century ownership
of large and small land areas in Faubourg Trem by free persons of color.
The ability to acquire, purchase, and own real property during an era when America was still immersed in slavery was
remarkable and only in New Orleans did this occur with any regularity and consistency.
The Trem is still one of the major hotbeds for live music in New Orleans. This neighborhood invented jazz, and today it is
still dotted with underground music clubs.
Courtesy of NewOrleansOnline.com

Individual Components

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2035 Orleans Avenue Unimproved 9,300 SF lot

2101 Orleans Avenue Main 17,613 SF theater building and attached paved
parking for 24 cars, site area of approximately 24,636 SF

2125 Orleans Avenue Vacant two-story 3,232 SF commercial building on a lot

of approximately 2,418 SF

2130 Orleans Avenue Two-story commercial building containing

approximately 4,020 SF on a lot of approximately 2,506 SF. Property is
under lease through January 31, 2019

2209 Orleans Avenue Unimproved 2,370 SF lot

2200 St. Ann Street Unimproved 1,580 SF lot

2118-32 St. Ann Street Unimproved 9,750 SF lot

Project
Highlights

Salient Facts
Address
2101 Orleans Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70130
Year Constructed
1950 (theater)
Year Renovated
2014 completion
Building Area - theater
First floor:
12,826 SF
Second floor:
4,797 SF
Total:
17,613 SF

Capacity
925 in theater
Zoning
Main theater building:
All other components:

C-1 General Commercial

HU-MU Historic Urban Neighborhood Mixed-Use
District

Historic Status
Theater building entered into the National Register August 20, 1998 (local
level of significance- entertainment/recreation/ethnic heritage)
Restoration Team
Architect
Perez, APC, New Orleans, LA

Site area - theater and parking

24,636 SF

Contractor
Ellis Construction, New Orleans, LA

Total building area (all buildings)

24,865 SF

Acoustical Consultant
BAI, LLC, Austin, TX

Total lot area

52,560 SF

Theater Consultant
Theater Consultants Collaborative, Chapel Hill, NC

Existing designated off-street parking

24 concrete paved spaces

Price
$5,500,000

Main Auditorium

Alternate View

First Floor Bar/Lounge

First Floor Lobby Area

Second Floor Bar/Lounge

Second Floor Office

Second Floor Corridor

Typical Restroom

2130 Orleans Avenue

2125 Orleans Avenue

ORLEANS AVE.
12' - 10 1/2"

28' - 4"
6' - 6 1/2"

CB
CB

PP

CONCRETE SIDEWALK
18' - 11"
6' - 7"

CONCRETE SIDEWALK

13

14

15

TRANSFORMER PAD
W/ WOOD ENCLOSURE

CB

CB

5' WOOD FENCE ENCLOSURE

12

12' ROLLING GATE

LIGHT POLE S1

17

18

CONCRETE SIDEWALK

NIC

N. JOHNSON

16

INLET

4' EVERGREEN SHRUB

HEDGE (SEE SHT. L1.0)

CONCRETE BLOCK & BRICK BLDG.

CONCRETE BLOCK BLDG.

7' HIGH FENCE

AROUND PERIMETER

CONCRETE AND
BRICK BLDG.

CONCRETE SIDEWALK

N. GALVEZ

NOT PART OF
PROJECT AREA

TWO-STORY BRICK
AND VINYL BLDG.

28' - 4"

6' - 6 1/2"

8"
4'
R

19

20

21

10

22

INLET

23

NIC

11

24

EXISTING 1-STORY WOOD HOUSE

EXISTING 2-STORY WOOD HOUSE

TWO-STORY WOOD HOUSE

CB

CONC. SIDEWALK
CONC. SIDEWALK

EXISTING
RAMP

12' - 8 5/8"

PP

CB
PP

POWER POLE
TO BE MOVED

ENTERGY R.O.W.

12' ROLLING GATE

PROPERTY LINE

EXISTING
RAMP

LITTER ABATEMENT
AREA

ST. ANN

CB

Site Layout - Theater

Theater - First Floor

Theater - Second Floor

Theater - Elevations

NEW BUILDING ADDITION

14' - 6 1/4"

8' - 11"

C.J.

STUCCO ON LATH

C.J.

03 T.O.S.
127' - 8"

RENOVATED HISTORIC THEATER

CONTROL JOINTS

02 SECOND FLOOR
114' - 4"
11' - 1"

EQ

EQ

EQ

02 SECOND FLOOR
114' - 4"

EQ

STOREFRONT ENTRY
PERIMETER FENCING W/
STUCCO ON LATH

TICKET BOOTH TO BE BUILT TO THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT

01 FIRST FLOOR
103' - 3"
00 GROUND LEVEL
100' - 0"

3' - 3"

01 FIRST FLOOR
103' - 3"
00 GROUND LEVEL
100' - 0"

CANOPY REFURBISHED /RESTORED BASED ON ORIGINAL NIC.

EQ
1

LIGHTLY PRESSURE WASH ALL EXIST. BRICK

C.J.

5' - 0"

13' - 4"

EXTERIOR LIGHTING TBD.

CONCRETE ADA RAMP BEYOND

REFURBISHED OR REPLACED
WINDOWS BASED ON ORIGINAL
DESIGN

REFURBISHED OR REPLACED
12" x 6" GLAZED TILE

METAL PICKET FENCE

SUBMIT FOR HDLC APPROVAL NIC.

NEW SMOKE HATCHES

SIGN TO MATCH ORIGINAL

NIC.
2

03 ROOF
126' - 9"
EXTERIOR LIGHTING TBD.
REFURBISH EXIST. LOUVER AND SEAL WATER TIGHT
LIGHTLY PRESSURE WASH ALL EXIST. BRICK
CANOPY TO MATCH ORIGINAL
NIC.

12' - 6 1/4"

14' - 9 1/4"

14' - 9 1/4"

14' - 9 1/4"

14' - 9 1/4"

14' - 9 1/4"

14' - 9 1/4"

14' - 9 1/4"

12' - 3 1/4"

4' - 9"

02 SECOND FLOOR
114' - 4"

STAGE
105' - 9"
10' - 0"

REFURBISHED OR REPLACED
12X6 GLAZED TILE
TICKET BOOTH BUILT TO THE
ORIGINAL DOCUMENT

01 FIRST FLOOR
103' - 3"
00 GROUND LEVEL
100' - 0"

INFILL DOOR, BRICK TO MATCH ORIGINAL

430 Notre Dame Street

New Orleans, LA 70130
Richard Stone, CCIM
Tel 504.569.9319
rstone@latterblum.com
Patrick Egan, CRE
Tel. 504.569.9327
pegan@latterblum.com