| By DREW BROACH | Deputy metro editor |
BESTHOFF BLOCK: The Besthoff family has big plans for the intersection of St. Charles and Louisiana avenues in New Orleans, where they have bought up most of the block that once was the site of one of their K&B drugstores. The project calls for two apartment buildings — one four stories with 94 units, the other three stories with 20 units — several ground-floor retail spaces totaling 18,000 square feet and a new street that will bisect the block. Want more stories like this? Sign up for our NOLA Business Insider newsletter, emailed weekday mornings. It's free. LESS IS MORE? Ash Wednesday is the deadline for organizers to produce enough signatures for a referendum to recall New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell. Now it seems that the number of signatures needed is lower -- by thousands -- than the organizers previously estimated. Here’s why. CAMMING IT UP: Cam Jordan is not just one of the New Orleans Saints’ best players but one of the team’s biggest hams. Further evidence of the latter came this week when Jordan, with a microphone and a pair of backup singers on the NFL Honors show, performed a paean to Sean Payton. Welcome to the weekend. Stay up to date with the latest news all day on NOLA.com. D.B. | 