The Salmen Estate

"This 6,000+ Acre Estate sits ideally less than 2 miles from the I-12, I-10 and I-59 interchange leading to New Orleans, Atlanta, and Mobile. It also falls directly between two main north and south Louisiana Highways (Hwy 434 and Hwy 11). With a strong local work force, excellent quality of life, rails to trails, and top ranked school system, this waterfront community within St Tammany Parish sets itself apart in the region. The proximity to a large city, accessibility from surrounding roadways, frontage along the interstate and size make this Estate Property a rare find. 

From a development and opportunity perspective, St. Tammany Parish stands as a prime location for business relocation and growth as regional higher-education entities and major corporations continue to partner together for the benefit of local workforce development. The Parish has been one of the fastest growing in the state for more nearly 20 years straight adding over 60,000 residences since 2000. Additionally, as one of the fastest growing airports in the nation offering over 150 daily flights and eight international connections, the state-of-the-art Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans creates global intermodal connectivity and increasing opportunities for future land use and demand.

Further, St. Tammany Parish stands as a prime location for business relocation and growth. The school systems lead the state, and coupled with regional higher-education partnerships with major corporations and the influx of new corporate headquarters (such as Smoothie King and DXC), This location and potential development is primed to support a diversity of future users. Situated between two major NASA facilities with significant utility and rail proposed, to support logistics and transportation enterprises.

The State of Louisiana has selected and named an area within this 6,000+ Acre site as its primary opportunity for a mega-site advanced manufacturing facility.  Louisiana Economic Development is continuing to work towards this opportunity that will have a major impact on the region and more directly the remaining Salmen Estate property.  Bilten Park, as the mega-site opportunity has been coined, presents all the characteristics that a quality development park demands. Less than 45 miles from New Orleans’ central business district, and boasting 3.5 linear miles of frontage along I-12, and its connectivity to three interstate thoroughfares (I-10, I-12, and I-59) Bilten features exceptional connectivity to major metropolitan destinations such as Atlanta, Kansas City and Houston, to name a few. Louisiana's 6 national rail services, and the connectivity to the port of New Orleans help ensure expedient freight transportation. Possessing both deep and shallow drafts, the port of New Orleans and other regional ports open access to worldwide service to the park. Additionally, as one of the fastest growing airports in the nation offering over 150 daily flights and eight international connections, the Louis Armstrong international airport in New Orleans creates global intermodal connectivity."