Does the project make sense, and what would it take to make it real?

Scottmoore is rooted in New Orleans East, a part of the city that knows what storms and floods take. Working here shapes how the firm sees a building: as part of how a community holds on, and worth keeping in use when it can be.

That commitment shows up in the work. Scottmoore worked on a proposal to designate the Lake Forest Boulevard commercial corridor a Louisiana State Certified Cultural District, an effort aimed at opening the Louisiana historic rehabilitation tax credit to qualifying commercial buildings there. The firm has also studied townhome development in the neighborhood, testing density, zoning strategy, and feasibility.

Scottmoore was established in Louisiana in 2018. In 2020, when the pandemic stopped its hospitality work, the firm partnered with a general contractor on design-build projects at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda. That partnership grew into the federal practice Scottmoore carries today at NIH, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, and Marine Barracks Washington.

Scottmoore is licensed as both architect and general contractor. Having both in the firm means the people designing a building are already thinking about how it will be built, priced, and permitted.

Architecture

Programming, design, and permit-ready drawings for commercial, institutional, federal, and residential clients, with engineering coordinated through the set.

Construction management

Construction management and general contracting on Louisiana projects, keeping the built result tied to the design.

Design + build strategy

One team from early design into construction, so cost, permit, and field issues surface while they are still cheap to fix.

Feasibility and highest and best use

Early studies of what a site can hold: zoning, density, code, program, and development feasibility, before a client commits to a design.

Permitting and regulatory coordination

Working through approvals with the jurisdiction when it fits the scope.

The project index lists 44 Scottmoore projects across Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia, Washington, DC, North Carolina, New Jersey, and Jamaica. Earlier work from prior firms is listed separately.

• 20 Federal View Laboratory renovations, mechanical replacements, office renovations, and airfield infrastructure for the National Institutes of Health, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, and Marine Barracks Washington.
• 14 Commercial View Restaurants and cafes, a medical clinic, offices, a sports facility, a banquet hall, and the waterfront conversion of The Public Market at South Shore Harbor.
• 5 Institutional View A church addition and a sanctuary expansion, a council on aging administration building, harbor gazebo improvements, and school library renovations in Jamaica.
• 1 Multifamily View Lotus Village: 116 units of affordable senior housing in Baton Rouge.
• 3 Residential View Private residences and townhome feasibility in New Orleans East.
• 1 Planning View The Lake Forest Boulevard cultural district proposal.

Approximate project cost across the 12 projects with reported costs: $9 million.