2025 Development Toolkit

The Downtown Development District (DDD) has released the 2025 Development Toolkit, a comprehensive publication presenting the most up-to-date data and insights on downtown over the past year.

The 2025 Development Toolkit serves as a resource to attract future investors, business owners and developers to Downtown Baton Rouge. It includes statistics such as investment numbers, safety, occupancy rates, tourism, events, economic impact and more.

Here are a few highlighted statistics:

94% CBD Residential Occupancy

84% Office Occupancy Rate

660K Monthly Visitors

23M Central Green Space Investment

1,000+ Events

140,000 + attended Spanish Town Mardi Gras parade

$125M Economic Impact US Bowling Congress Association

2.4% BRPD calls originate from 5th District (Downtown)

To view the entire Toolkit, click here.