Roger Ogden has been a leader in the development and acquisition of more than $450 million in commercial real estate, including shopping centers, hotels, and office properties.
Ogden is co-founder of Stirling Properties where for 20 years he led the company as principal and CEO in the development and acquisition of a $200 million portfolio of shopping centers. He is a past trustee of the International Council of Shopping Centers and served as Vice President for the Southern Division.
In 1996, Ogden developed the Wyndham Riverfront Hotel, a $43 million project that pioneered development on Convention Center Boulevard in New Orleans. The project has been widely recognized for its unique design, marrying the historic architecture of the Warehouse District with the Contemporary Riverfront.
In 2000, Ogden and his joint venture partner, Darryl Berger, completed the acquisition of the Shops at Canal Place, a 295,000 square foot five-star mall featuring Saks Fifth Avenue, Brooks Brothers, Anthropologie, the luxury moviehouse and restaurant The Theatres at Canal Place and others, with an attached 1,650 space commercial garage.
In 2003, Ogden completed the $70 million Loews New Orleans Hotel on Poydras Street and the restoration of the adjacent Piazza d'Italia. This project involved the creative adaptive re-use of the former Lykes Steamship Office Building.
In 2008, Ogden was part of a partnership that acquired the Royal Orleans Hotel in the French Quarter.