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[NCB]

Perkins Rowe Town Center

Here is a fantastic looking new development currently under construction in suburban Baton Rouge.
The Perkins Rowe Town Center will include residential buildings, office towers, street level retail, and a medical center.

I really like the looks of this project.

Vermilion Building


TownCenter Hotel


TownCenter


Project Images




Project Website
http://www.ddg-usa.c...we/Project.html

[tombarnes]

Is this somewhere off Perkins Road?  Looks interesting.  Of course, I'd much rather see it built downtown or in immediate proximity to LSU.

Edited by tombarnes, 21 December 2005 - 07:09 PM.

[NCB]

Article on the Perkins Rowe Town Center project  
Article from Southeast Real Estate Business.com

[BRPJ]

NCB, on Dec 21 2005, 06:57 PM, said:

Article on the Perkins Rowe Town Center project  
Article from Southeast Real Estate Business.com

The perkins rowe project is going to be a mammouth retail center in south baton rouge.  Hopefully they complete expansion on perkins road into a 5 lane highway soon, the traffic in that arear is already desperate!

NCB  do you know the status of the river place condominiums!?!
I thought they were supposed to break ground by now.  By far that was the most exciting project in my opinion











http://www.riverplac...batonRouge.html

Edited by BRPJ, 21 December 2005 - 07:04 PM.

[BRPJ]

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Developer close to building new office tower in downtown
Developer and property owner Mike Wampold has long planned a huge tower on what is currently the parking lot at his City Plaza building, on Fifth and Florida streets downtown. He has been trying to line up tenants for several years. Now, he says he is in discussions with a two big tenants that could make it happen, and deals might start closing as soon as the end of this year. The tower would be 12 to 14 stories over five floors of parking, making it roughly the same scale as the former Bank One towers. It would be between 260,000 and 280,000 square feet and cost about $52 million. Wampold is finalizing his selection of architects (Washer Hill Lipscomb did the preliminary designs several years back), and he says, under the best-case scenario, the building could break ground as early as June.

http://www.businessr...hiveResults.cfm

[Mith242]

Nice renderings Nate.  I like the look of it too.  Looks like a great development.  I look forward to seeing some more info and some updates Nate.  

[NCB]

BRPJ, on Dec 21 2005, 07:03 PM, said:

NCB  do you know the status of the river place condominiums!?!

Yep!
Construction on Riverplace Condominuims is supposed to start in January. I was a Baton Rouge last week, and the site looked like it was getting underway for construction in the next few weeks.

BTW, welcome to the forum BRPJ!
The "BR" in your username may be somewhat obvious, but are you from Baton Rouge!?

Edited by NCB, 21 December 2005 - 07:21 PM.

[NCB]

Here is a great webiste from the Baton Rouge Downtown Development District. It lists all projects and plans going on in downtown Baton Rouge.
Website

BTW, it says that it is from March 2005, but I believe the site was updated in late November.

[NCB]

Galvez Building  

The recently completed Galvez Building


Another major building in Capitol Park is the 12-story Galvez Building. The Department of Environmental Quality is housed on Floors 1-10 while the Public Service Commission is on Floors 11-12. It features a one-story Conference Center and an area for vending machines, breaks and dining.

Groundbreaking occurred on Thursday, February 15, 2003 on the Galvez Building, which houses 950 state employees. The cost was $35.7 million, with construction time just over two years.

The new building is named for Spaniard Bernardo de Galvez, one of Louisiana's most colorful governors. When Spain owned most of Louisiana, Galvez drove the British from Baton Rouge in 1779.

The 6-story Galvez Garage includes 1,900 parking spaces plus the Main Street Market, with 22 retail spaces for restaurants, produce, food, and other goods. The cost of this structure was $15.6 million.

Occupancy occurred in the spring of 2005.

[tombarnes]

That's a nice, solid looking building.  Does anyone know what replaced the old Inn on the Lake/White House Inn/Lakeshore Statler Hilton which was on the lake (riverside)?  It was destroyed in the early 90's.

[NCB]

tombarnes, on Dec 21 2005, 08:43 PM, said:

That's a nice, solid looking building.  Does anyone know what replaced the old Inn on the Lake/White House Inn/Lakeshore Statler Hilton which was on the lake (riverside)?  It was destroyed in the early 90's.

I can't help you on this one, Tom. Maybe BRPJ will know.

[NCB]

Claiborne Building  



The LaSalle Building is only one part of a major project to consolidate much of Louisiana State government into Capitol Park in downtown Baton Rouge.

The Claiborne Building is named after William Charles Cole Claiborne, appointed by Thomas Jefferson as Territorial governor, and elected Governor of the state in 1812.

It is a $54 million, 475,000-square-foot building. A $10 million parking garage for 1,400 vehicles also is included in the project.

[tombarnes]

Actually, the Claiborne Building might just be what replaced the Inn on the Lake.  The river and lake positioning would suggest it.  If so, it is a marked improvement over the hotel.

[BRPJ]

NCB, on Dec 21 2005, 07:19 PM, said:

Yep!
Construction on Riverplace Condominuims is supposed to start in January. I was a Baton Rouge last week, and the site looked like it was getting underway for construction in the next few weeks.

BTW, welcome to the forum BRPJ!
The "BR" in your username may be somewhat obvious, but are you from Baton Rouge!?

thanks! i been viewing the board for months and finally have been succesful in creating an acount, lol
yes i am from baton rouge.  I am currently living in dallas texas.

[NCB]

^Well it's great to have a forumer here who is from Baton Rouge!

[NCB]

Baton Rouge ranked as 24th most sprawling city in America.  
This is an old article, but it is still interesting.
Article

[NCB]

State Museum



The new $13.4 million, 71,000-square-foot Louisiana State Museum is located at the corner of Spanish Town Road and Fourth Street. Groundbreaking occurred on March 21, 2003, and the museum was completed in mid-2005.

[Mith242]

NCB, on Dec 22 2005, 12:54 PM, said:

State Museum



The new $13.4 million, 71,000-square-foot Louisiana State Museum is located at the corner of Spanish Town Road and Fourth Street. Groundbreaking occurred on March 21, 2003, and the museum was completed in mid-2005.

After you get your camera maybe you can take some pics for us.  

[NCB]

Mith242, on Dec 22 2005, 01:10 PM, said:

After you get your camera maybe you can take some pics for us.  

Sure thing, Rod!

[NCB]

Julian Poydras Building



This 100,000 square foot building, named after Julian Poydras (1740-1824) president of Louisiana’s first constitutional convention, houses the Department of Insurance.