Communal food hall announced in Mid City BR

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An urban gourmet food hall featuring about 10 different food vendors and a full-service bar has been announced as the first tenant in Square 46, the long-awaited mixed-use development at 4646 Government St. in Mid City.

White Star Market, the brainchild of local asset management firm head Clark Gaines, will sit in a 5,900-square-foot space along Government Street. Gaines says the concept is similar to St. Roch Market in New Orleans or the popular Gotham West Market in New York.

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Each vendor will serve different delicacies, with no overlap in cuisine, and customers will have everything from tacos to oysters to choose from, Gaines says. Less than half of the vendor spaces are left for lease. Gaines is leasing the space from Square 46 developer Joshua Hoffpauir, and the vendors will sublease from Gaines.

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The 25,000-square-foot Square 46 development will sit on the site of the old Giamanco’s restaurant and will contain commercial, office and residential space. The project was announced in November 2014, but Hoffpauir held off construction on the project while waiting to see plans for the Government Street “road diet.” Groundbreaking is set to begin in the next few months, and construction is expected to take nine to 12 months.

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