SLIDELL, La. (AP) — The owner of a delayed subdivision development in Slidell is pouring the foundation for a $17 million marina he hopes will increase its appeal. It will add 170 boat slips to a segment of the North Shore real estate market that is trying to figure out how to stay afloat.

Developer Robert Torres plans the Lakeshore Estates marina to eventually have 500 boat slips, dry boat storage, a fueling dock and restaurant. The marina has been planned since before Hurricane Katrina as part of a $200 million residential project Torres has been building just outside Slidell.

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