The future of New Orleans’ River District project remains in doubt, though its lead developer says the long-promised riverfront neighborhood can still be built.

Louis Lauricella, head of the River District Neighborhood Investors consortium, said in a statement late Friday that he hopes to resolve the latest rupture with the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center and keep the multibillion-dollar development on track. He said the draft agreement that derailed the deal ahead of the center’s Oct. 30 board meeting required “correction” before it could be finalized, adding that RDNI is “committed to seeing this transformative development built” and that the consortium has “continued our predevelopment work throughout.”

Lauricella's remarks followed RDNI’s abrupt withdrawal from a renegotiated ag

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