Projects Since 1987
Additional INFO
Public & Private Sector Investment
Projects in Planning or Under Construction

Expansion of the River Center
Planning		 16.0 Million
River Place Condominiums
Planning		 70.0 Million
II City Plaza
Under Construction 		70.0 Million
DeSoto Park
Planning		 11.0 Million
Levee Bike Path
Planning		 1.0 Million
Causey Building Renovation
Under Construction 		Budget N/A
19th Judicial Courthouse
Under Construction 		113.0 Million
Capitol Park Amphitheatre
Planning		 2.0 Million
North Boulevard Town Square
Planning		 4.5 Million
Oneleven – Shaw Center
Under Construction 		3.5 Million
Stroube’s Building – Shaw Center
Under Construction 		1.5 Million
Belle of Baton Rouge Parking Garage
Under Construction 		12.0 Million
Brownstones
Planning		 11.5 Million
Kress at Third & Main
Under Construction 		18.0 Million
State Welcome Center Garage
Under Construction 		5.7 Million
Green Light Project
Under Construction 		10.25 Million
River Park
Planning		 600.0 Million
423 Third Street
Under Construction 		Budget N/A
BREC Park (Seventh & Convention)
Planning		 Budget N/A
TOTAL: 949.95 Million
Completed Projects

Levee Bike Path 2.0 Million
Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Park 70.0 Million
Gordon’s Jewelers Building Budget N/A
Shaw Center (LSU Museum and Performing Arts Center) 53.0 Million
Expansion of the River Center 30.0 Million
Third Street Garage 7.6 Million
Roux House Budget N/A
Happy’s Budget N/A
Schlittz & Giggles Budget N/A
Boudreaux’s & Thibodeaux Budget N/A
D’Agostinos Budget N/A
Little Village Budget N/A
St. James Episcopal Expansion 8.0 Million
YMCA Expansion .5 Million
SOGO Live Budget N/A
KEANS the Cleaners Budget N/A
Piccadilly Building Budget N/A
Jackson Building Budget N/A
LASM Planetarium & Space Theatre 18.0 Million
Beauregard Gallery Budget N/A
Lottery Corporation Building 6.0 Million
St. Joseph Street – Cossas Antiquas Residential Renovations Budget N/A
Golden Dome Budget N/A
Casino Rouge – Capitol Bistro/Pavilion 4.4 Million
Remson & Haley Architects Budget N/A
E. Eric Guirard Building Budget N/A
Fuqua Building 1.0 Million
Baton Rouge Bar Association Budget N/A
Avoyelles Café – Commercial Renovation Budget N/A
George Jenne Custom Builders – Residential Renovations Budget N/A
631 Main Street Building – Varsity Shop Budget N/A
Subway Expansion (One American Place) .150 Million
Baton Rouge Sheraton Convention Hotel 20.0 Million
Baton Rouge Landing (City Dock)
The dock is utilized monthly by the following riverboat vessels:
  • The American Queen
  • The Delta Queen
  • The Mississippi Queen
 1.6 Million
Riverfront Development Plan – Phase One Implementation
  • 3,000 linear feet of specialty paving promenade
 3.2 Million
Federal Court House 20.0 Million
Postal Encoding Center 1.5 Million
Capitol Park  
Revenue & Taxation – LaSalle Building 32.0 Million
Revenue & Taxation Parking Garage – LaSalle Garage 14.7 Million
First Circuit Court of Appeals 6.5 Million
House Committee Room Addition – Data Processing Center 9.5 Million
Central Plant 8.2 Million
State Library Renovation and Expansion 6.4 Million
Department of Administration – Claiborne Building 60.0 Million
DEQ Parking Garage – Galvez Garage 15.0 Million
Department of Justice – Livingston Building 16.0 Million
DEQ – Galvez Building 38.0 Million
State Insurance Building – Poydras Building 12.0 Million
DNR - D’Iberville Building 30.0 Million
State Welcome Center 2.7 Million
State Museum 13.5 Million
Education - Bienville Building 30.0 Million
City Club Renovation .75 Million
Old State Capitol Renovation 12.5 Million
Center for Political and Governmental History  
City Court House 12.0 Million
Joey’s Java Expansion  
Catfish Town Redevelopment 100.0 Million
Louisiana Casino Cruises, Inc. 70.0 Million
City Parish Credit Union .8 Million
USS KIDD Museum (Number one naval reunion site in the United States) 12.5 Million
Old Governor’s Mansion 3.5 Million
First United Methodist addition and renovation 3.5 Million
First Baptist renovation 1.0 Million
St. Joseph’s Cathedral renovation 1.0 Million
First Presbyterian Dunham Chapel .75 Million
First Presbyterian Church Renovation 1.5 Million
First Presbyterian expansion 1.1 Million
Residential Development
  • River Palms (Renovation)
  • New Richmond Place Apartments (Renovation)
  • Capitol View Apartments (Renovation)
  • Catholic –Presbyterian Apartments (Renovation)
  • Lake Shore Place (Previously Capitol Lake Apartments)
  • New market rate residential development by Rick Caraway
  • Beauregard Town – (Sold new home November 98)
 10.5 Million
Private Development Projects with investment figures unavailable:
  • Belisle Building (Renovation)
  • Roumain Building (Renovation)
  • State National Life Building (Renovation)
  • Lyceum Dean (Renovation)
  • Dean Plaza (Renovation)
  • 525 Florida Street (Renovation)
  • Doiron Building (Renovation)
  • St. Charles House (Renovation)
  • Petroleum Inc. (Renovation)
  • Pal Productions (Renovation)
  • Louisiana Home Builders Assoc. (Renovation)
  • Ryder Building (Renovation)
  • Baton Rouge Area Foundation (Renovation)
  • Fonville Building (Renovation)
  • Tabby’s – State National Life Building
  
TOTAL COMPLETED PROJECTS: 772.85 Million*
1987 – 2008 INVESTMENT: 1.722 Billion*

*NOTE: FIGURE DOES NOT REFLECT ALL PRIVATE CAPITAL INVESTMENT WITHIN THE DISTRICT
Downtown Development District