| By Drew Broach | Deputy metro editor
UNDER RENOVATION: Joe Jaeger already owns the largest collection of hotels in New Orleans. Now he's added another: the historic Chateau Hotel, a converted 18th-century mansion in the French Quarter. It's closed for renovations, as are all but four of Jaeger's 17 hotels, but he says he expects to reopen all of them by the middle of 2022.
WINDS OF CHANGE: If the experience of Block Island, Rhode Island, is any guide, Louisiana can expect offshore wind farms to cut their power bills, improve deep-sea fishing and reduce air pollution. That's the takeaway from Part 4 of our series on the potential for wind energy in the Gulf of Mexico.
WINLESS: Bob Dean, whose seven nursing homes lost their Louisiana licenses over the shocking way they evacuated residents for Hurricane Ida, might well be allowed to reopen them. In the past 15 years, the state Department of Health has tried to close only three nursing homes on a permanent basis, and has failed every time.
Welcome to the weekend. Keep up all day with everything that's going on in the New Orleans area on NOLA.com. D.B. | 
