Old Sara Mayo Hospital site in New Orleans to open next year as high-end apartment complex

A multi-million-dollar renovation is underway at the old Sara Mayo Hospital on Jackson Avenue, promising to bring new life to a site that has been a vacant eyesore in the Lower Garden District for more than two decades. Metairie-based developer Kailas Companies is converting the 2.3-acre property — an entire city block bounded by Jackson Avenue, Chippewa Street, Josephine Street, and St. Thomas Street — into a mixed-use apartment complex with more than 200 units, office and retail space, a parking garage, recreational area and a park. The renovation is...