Capitol Park Overview
New Downtown Development
August 2007
 

Riverfront Master Plan

The consulting team of Hargreaves Associates, Eskew+Dumez+Ripple, Remson Haley and the Corps of Engineers have begun the preliminary design process for the Master Plan of future Riverfront Development.

The final design is expected to be complete by the summer of 2006.

Hilton Capitol Center

The transformation of the old Heidelberg Hotel on Lafayette and Convention Streets into a 300-room Hilton Hotel is currently in progress. The windows are being installed and the interior is being framed out. The project completion is expected for late summer 2006. The architects for the project are Robert M. Coleman & Partners Architects. For additional information contact Camm Morton @ 924-7206 or visit www.hiltoncapitolcenter.com

Bienville Building

The Bienville Building has approximately 300,000 sq. ft. of office space. The project is expected to be complete in summer of 2006. The architects for the project are Eskew+Dumez+Ripple and WHL Architects. For additional information contact Billy Wilson @ 219-4815.

D’Iberville Building

One of the last buildings in the Capitol Park project, the D’Iberville Building also houses approximately 300,000 sq. ft. of office space and is expected to be complete by summer 2006. The architects for the project are Holly & Smith Architects. For additional information contact Billy Wilson @ 219-4815.

River Place Condominiums

Baton Rouge’s first high-rise residential tower will give breath taking views of Downtown and the Mississippi River. The project will break ground in 2006 and is expected to take two years to complete. The architects for the project are WHL Architects. For more information contact Richard Preis @ 339-3343.

The new headquarters for the LACAP Credit Union will be located at the corner of 7th and Main Streets and will rise five stories, containing 80,000 sq. ft. of office space. The architect for the project is Brinson Architects. For additional information contact Susan Leake @ 342-5055.

Kress, Welsh & Levy Buildings

Chairman of the DDD Commission, Brace B. Godfrey, will convert these abandoned buildings into multi-story mixed-use buildings; housing residential, retail, and commercial spaces. The project is in its early planning stages and is being designed by Chenevert Architects. Construction on the project should begin by the end of 2006.

Cox Communications is currently running fiber optic lines below the streets and sidewalks downtown in an effort to bring high-speed internet access, cable, and the latest in entertainment technologies to the city center. The project should be completed in the first quarter of 2006.

The redevelopment of 232 Third Street into a mixed-use development (retail, office and residential) should begin in January 2006. Chenevert Architects, the owners and designers for the project will locate offices within the building, moving from a Perkins Road location. The project is expected to take one year to complete. For additional information contact Dyke Nelson @ 757-0955.

Baton Rouge Interior Designer Shelley Landry will move her design studio Dimension in Designs from Perkins Road to Main Street downtown in 2006. While half of the building will be used for the design offices, Landry expects to lease the other half of the building to a retail or restaurant tenant. For additional information contact Shelley Landry at 766-8889.

Renovations of this Third Street Building will include adding a third story and incorporating modern elements with the existing façade. The building will be the new headquarters for MAPP Construction Company, as well as a mixed-use project including retail on the first floor. The architects for the project are Remson Haley Herpin Architects. For additional information contact Mike Polito @ 757-0111.

The city installed the mock up designs for the way finding signage in February 2006. The project is now entering the final design stage with a bid package scheduled for release summer 2006. The project designers are WHL Architects and Sasaki Associates Landscape Architects. For additional information, contact Jeff Fluhr @ 389-5520.

The proposed 18-story tower will be located at the corner of Laurel and Fifth Streets. The project will include up to 10 stories of parking, several floors of commercial office space, as well as several floors of condominiums. The tower also has the potential to serve as a transit station for the city's CATS Transportation Services. The project is in the planning stages and is expected to break ground in 2006. The architects for the project are Robert M. Coleman & Partners Architects. For additional information contact Camm Morton at 924-7206.

19th Judicial Courthouse

The new 19th Judicial Courthouse will be built on the site of the current municipal building parking lot. The building will rise approximately 8 stories above North Boulevard and will be on direct axis with the State Capitol Building on Fourth Street. The building, as designed by Post Architects, will be an illuminated glass and concrete structure that will create a beacon at the foot of Fourth Street. For additional information please contact Jo Bruce at 389-4744.