KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- 58-key boutique lodge opening on St. Charles Ave. in late 2026
- Developed by Verdad Actual Property, its first hospitality mission
- Meals and beverage program by CureCo. and chef Andrew Zimmerman
- Design impressed by Streamline Moderne, led by EskewDumezRipple and Jamie Bush & Co.
A brand new 58-key, boutique lodge is coming to St. Charles Ave., full with a restaurant and poolside lounge. The Warbler Lodge shall be six tales and 42,000 square-feet, with a deliberate opening in late 2026, in line with a information launch. The constructing is positioned on the nook of St. Charles Ave. and St. Andrew St. within the former web site of the Trolley Cease Café, which closed in 2021.
The lodge is being developed by Verdad Actual Property Improvement, led by Principal Joe Mann, and would be the agency’s first hospitality mission. Verdad Actual Property is a New Orleans-based actual property growth group that was established in 2009. With over 600 build-to-suit tasks throughout 36 states, totaling over $1.5 billion in transactions, the group is understood for working with retail manufacturers. Verdad additionally has plans for a further mixed-use growth in New Orleans.
“As a workforce of native New Orleanians, we see a chance to reimagine this hall of St. Charles Ave. with an area that displays the heat and convivial spirit that defines New Orleans,” says Joe Mann, Principal, Verdad.
The meals and beverage program is being developed with CureCo., the hospitality group led by Neal Bodenheimer and Kirk Estopinal. Andrew Zimmerman of the Michelin-starred Chicago restaurant Sepia will work alongside CureCo. on culinary choices.
“With The Warbler, Kirk and I have been drawn to New Orleans’ storied European heritage, and spotlighting extra of that affect by the lodge’s meals and beverage expertise,” says Neal Bodenheimer, managing accomplice, CureCo.
In keeping with a information launch, the design of the lodge was “impressed by the daring geometries and fluid traces of the Streamline Moderne design motion, The Warbler’s wealthy, graphic interiors evoke the gracious service and unbridled revelry of that period’s social golf equipment.”
EskewDumezRipple and Los Angeles-based inside design studio Jamie Bush & Co. are teaming as much as design the lodge. Lark Hospitality will deal with lodge administration.
The lodge shall be positioned at 1923 St. Charles Ave. For extra data to www.warblerhotel.com and @thewarblerhotel.
