Broussard Plaza Tenants Open

As Broussard continues to grow into a bona-fide suburb, a new shopping center on Highway 90 at Morgan Street is ready to give new residents those city comforts. A number of tenants at Broussard Plaza are now open, or will open soon. Signs up so far include Quiznos, New Orleans Daiquiris, Edward Jones, Jagged Edge Hair Salon and Sushi Roxx.

Those names account for about half of the center's available space. When I did a story on this project when it was first announced, the developer told me he'd like to lease space for some medical offices.

It's so strange to think that just a few years ago the only retail options along Hwy. 90 between Lafayette and New Iberia were a few gas stations. That first started to change with the Albertson's-anchored center on Hwy. 182, and the area's retail stature was bumped up again when Wal-Mart and The Home Depot opened last year across the street.

The new Ambassador Caffery extension will hit Hwy. 90 just south of Wal-Mart / Albertson's, near the Zoo of Acadiana. Expect that intersection, and that entire 6 + mile stretch of roadway to eventually become one long retail corridor.