Shreveport, Louisiana / Multifamily Residential

Shreveport Residential Community

Turning an agricultural property into a viable multifamily community through successful rezoning, master planning, and architectural design.

The Project

The first design challenge was not the buildings. It was unlocking the site.

Paper Plane Architecture successfully completed the rezoning of the property from agricultural use to residential apartments, establishing the land-use framework for a new multifamily community in Shreveport.

LocationShreveport, Louisiana

ProjectMultifamily Residential Community

EntitlementAgricultural → Residential Apartments

ScopeRezoning, Master Planning, Architectural Design

StatusRezoning Successfully Completed

The Challenge

Creating a path from agricultural land to residential development.

The property’s agricultural zoning did not support the Owner’s vision for a multifamily residential community. The project therefore began at the entitlement level: defining a credible development plan and demonstrating how apartments, circulation, parking, landscape, and shared amenities could be organized as a cohesive community.

The rezoning was successfully completed, allowing the project to advance from land-use strategy into a coordinated residential master plan. Architecture and planning were developed together so the entitlement strategy was supported by a clear physical vision for the property.

The Community

Density organized around a shared center.

The master plan places residential buildings around an interconnected circulation system and central amenity zone, giving the larger development a recognizable heart while maintaining clear access, parking, pedestrian routes, and landscaped gathering areas.

Central amenity area and apartment buildings — Central community and amenity zone

Landscaped pergola gathering space — Outdoor gathering spaces

Internal residential street — Internal streetscape

Clubhouse, pool and play area — Clubhouse, pool and recreation

Architecture

A consistent identity across the development.

The apartment buildings use a coordinated palette of light and dark wall planes, masonry accents, recessed balconies, and varied roof forms. Repetition creates efficiency while changes in massing and façade composition help break down the scale of the community.

Multifamily apartment building corner view — Residential building study

Apartment balconies and facade — Facade and balcony articulation

Master Planning

The rezoning made tangible.

The site plan translates the land-use change into a complete development framework: apartment buildings, parking, internal drives, pedestrian connections, management functions, clubhouse, pool, play areas, and landscaped community spaces.

Shreveport residential community site plan

Illustrative master plan

Building A floor plan

Building B floor plan

Clubhouse + management floor plans

The Outcome

A successful rezoning that transformed the development potential of the property.

By moving the site from agricultural zoning to residential apartment use, the project established the regulatory foundation for a complete multifamily community—and demonstrated how early planning decisions can unlock what a property can become.