Gerald Billes

Experience

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  Billes Partners, LLC

  Jun 2003 - now

  Principal/CEO

  A Planning, Architecture, and Interior Design firm based in New Orleans and practicing currently in the southern states of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. Our projects include the the icons of the Superdome, the Aquarium, the Convention Center, but also include the French Market Revitalization, the House of Blues, the Arabella Whole Foods Market, and most recently the New Orleans African American Museum renovations and additions, Artspace Artist Housing, and Hattiesburg MS Twin Forks Rising Redevelopment Plan. Billes Partners, LLC has been selected as one of the 6 architectural/Urban Design and P3 firms to work with the Bio-District on different types of projects within the boundaries of the Bio-District. Billes Partners was one of 13 architects in the country chosen to work on the Make-It-Right (Tom Darden and Brad Pitt) project where every home has a LEED platinum rating located in the lower 9th ward of New Orleans. These homes taken together have become one of the most sustainable communities in the country. Show less

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  Strategic Development Partners, LLC

  Jan 2011 - now

  Principal/Chief Creative Officer

  Have begun a real estate development company with several others who have financial and development skills to continue my interest in the resurgence of New Orleans and the region with community based smart growth philosophy. Strategic Development Partners (SDP) has expanded its project range to include Austin TX where mixed-use projects are being developed, some of which include a skilled nursing component, retail, and affordable housing.