SHREVEPORT'S FIRE PIT--OAK MEADOWS APARTMENTS--HAS NEW OWNER

The Oak Meadows Apartments on Centenary Boulevard is Shreveport's fire pit. The Shreveport Fire Department has responded to 9 fires at these apartments this year--4 of them this month.

On April 3, the apartments changed hands. Oak Meadow Apartments LLC. purchased the 7.9 acres tract with municipal number 1901 Centenary Boulevard.

The purchase price was $850,000.

The manager and owner/member of the limited liability company that purchased the complex is James Villarroel of Fort Lauderdale, Florida