Baton Rouge-based Campus Federal Credit Union to build medical corridor building in New Orleans

Baton Rouge-based Campus Federal Credit Union plans to build a three-story office building on Tulane Avenue that will be home to its second New Orleans branch.

Ron Moreau, chief development officer for the credit union, said Campus Federal is finalizing the permits needed for construction of the roughly 15,000-square-foot building at the corner of Tulane Avenue and South Galvez Street. The credit union purchased the land in 2012 for $1.5 million from New Orleans physician Dr. Jack Castrogiovanni.

Moreau said the project still needs a minor zoning variance to allow 35 parking spaces at the site. Once...