The company is the first large publicly traded home builder to start construction in the city, nearly 10 months after Hurricane Katrina. Obstacles include an uncertain profit outlook and a shortage of building supplies.
Lew Sichelman on possible recourses for a home seller who has fallen prey to a inflated-appraisal scam and for one reader who was snookered out of a property she was to inherit.
The $276 million, 18,000-seat sports complex will help anchor a massive nine-block project. No team has agreed to play there, but officials are taking an 'if you build it they will come' approach.