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The Big Easy, Not so Easy

Case

Reference no. 9-208-068

Subject category: Finance, Accounting and Control

Authors: Nicolas P Retsinas (Harvard Business School); Arthur I Segel (Harvard Business School); Ben Creo (Harvard Business School)

Published by: Harvard Business Publishing

Originally published in: 2008

Version: 14 May 2012

Revision date: 4-Jul-2012

Length: 24 pages

Data source: Field research

Topics: Project management; Emerging markets; Cross functional management; Reputations; Risk management; Risk mitigation; Community development; Natural disasters

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Abstract

Enterprise Community Partners must determine whether to rebuild the Lafitte housing projects in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans, and if so, how to mitigate the risks. Set in January 2007, more than a year after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, the case examines how Enterprise has a number of environmental, contractual, reputational, and legal risks to overcome in making the project a success. Given these risks, Enterprise is unsure whether to rebuild in New Orleans at all, and whether to renovate the site or redevelop it into a mixed-income community.

Industries:

Residential construction; Real estate, rental & leasing

Size:

USD130 million

Other setting(s):

2007