The Mandeville City Council heard from the public for the first time on a proposed project to put senior living, a restaurant, hotel and event venue on the lakefront.
Sucette Harbor, located on 15 acres of vacant land adjacent to Mariner’s Village in Mandeville, would contain 200 apartments for seniors ages 55 and up, an 80-room boutique hotel, waterfront restaurant and event venue. It would be built on land donated to the LSU Health Foundation by the Copeland family, with the land being leased to Woodward Interests and 60 percent of the proceeds from the lease would go to cancer research. But some nearby Mariner’s Village residents complain that the scale of the project would hurt their neighborhood.
The council relocated across the street to the Spitzfaden Community Center to handle the crowd of citizens.
Residents who came out to speak brought signs and posters showing their opposition to the project.
The developers also presented their side, calling out misinformation they said has permeated on social media about the project, and noting a traffic study was done that showed no major impacts.
Chairman Rick Danielson of the Mandeville City Council called the meeting the first step in a long process before a final vote is taken.
