The organization was founded in 1946, and merged with International House in 1968, when it was renamed to World Trade Center New Orleans.
In 1968, the WTCNO moved into a purpose-built 33-story building at 2 Canal Street, designed by architect Edward Durell Stone.
[4] In 2018, the city announced that the building would be redeveloped into a hotel and apartment complex, set to open in 2021.
[5] The World Trade Center New Orleans organization has offices in a nearby building, One Canal Place.
The mart satisfied a longstanding ambition for an institution that could exhibit commodities and could provide a setting where buyer and seller could meet easily in New Orleans.