Mid City

[richyb83]

Thanks Mr Bernham!   Yes indeed Antrell...those would look nice & cutting edge for BR

Be sure Get the October 225 Magazine...Very In-Depth  stuff  for Mid-City! Some cool maps too

White Star Market is a game changer...so will Electric Depot on west-edge of Mid City...plenty in-between

Big changes are happening in Baton Rouge’s fastest growing neighborhood—and developers aren’t finished yet

https://www.225batonrouge.com/our-city/big-changes-happening-baton-rouges-fastest-growing-neighborhood-developers-arent-finished-yet

ELECTRIC DEPOT
1509 Government St.

Rendering Courtesy Weinstein Nelson

The former Entergy site will soon be home to a bowling alley, music venue, restaurants, bars and office and retail space. Phase one wraps at the end of this year.

2921-3164 GOVERNMENT ST.

TWINE MARKET AND DELI
2921 Government St.

Photo by Malarie Zaunbrecher

Open here since: 2016
A favorite of those who like to shop local for meat, the deli and butcher shop now also has a meal and grocery delivery program.

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POP SHOP RECORDS
2963 Government St.

Photo by Malarie Zaunbrecher

Open here since: 2018 (originally opened in 2011)
Formerly Atomic Pop Shop, the Government Street record store is under new ownership with the same great record collection.

 

CHECK OUT ALL THE PICS...TOO MANY to POST!

From Electric Depot to Jefferson Hwy...pretty impressive

[Mr. Burnham]

Here's some new renderings for the Brother Berry Student Center being built at CHS. Back in July construction was planned to begin at the end of this year or May of 2019. It's planned to take 15-16 months to build.

Edited October 6, 2018 by mr. bernham

[richyb83]

Nice renderings Mr Bernham

The small empty spaces are filling up with businesses ; & residential projects from Old Goodwood Crossing ; E'tage Gardens & Adelia at Old Goodwood on the East end of Mid City to the Garden District on the West End

Old Goodwood Crossing (Government St. @ Jefferson Hwy)

AND.......

 

Revitalizing residential life in Mid City

https://www.businessreport.com/realestate/mid-city-residential-real-estate-investing-baton-rouge

Don’t call it gentrification, investors say. It’s anything but.

Why? Mostly because, over the past two years, the entire process has been done without pushing anyone out of their homes or out of the neighborhood, since the properties purchased have all been unoccupied, says Ben Fleig, founder of BMF Enterprises, who recently bought three vacant lots in the area.

[Antrell Williams]

Lol that's the textbook definition of gentrification.

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[dan326]

Well, yeah I guess it's technically not "gentrification" since like the article states there mostly adding developments to compliment the existing demographics.

 

 

[Antrell Williams]

Well, yeah I guess it's technically not "gentrification" since like the article states there mostly adding developments to compliment the existing demographics.
 
 

You have a point but it will still effect people outside of that direct area.

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[dan326]

19 hours ago, Antrell Williams said:

You have a point but it will still effect people outside of that direct area.

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Lol! I knew what you meant, I was just being funny. 

[richyb83]

The Government Street corridor in Mid City  is almost qualified as  "Booming"

Baton Rouge couple plans to turn Sarki’s rug building on Government into performing arts space

https://www.businessreport.com/article/baton-rouge-couple-plans-turn-sarkis-rug-building-government-performing-arts-space

[Mr. Burnham]

11 hours ago, richyb83 said:

The Government Street corridor in Mid City  is almost qualified as  "Booming"

Baton Rouge couple plans to turn Sarki’s rug building on Government into performing arts space

https://www.businessreport.com/article/baton-rouge-couple-plans-turn-sarkis-rug-building-government-performing-arts-space

That building would make a fantastic performing arts space.

[richyb83]

WHERE is the "LIKE" button...??   Had to do THANKS instead Mr.Bernham...Yes what Mid City is doing is becoming a Hip District....Food Hall at Square 46/ Electric Depot/ new Performing Arts Space ; restaurants ; etc..

NITRO COFFEE??     Need to get an updated pic on the progress!

City Roots coffee concept joins Electric Depot’s Mid City lineup

https://www.businessreport.com/article/city-roots-coffee-concept-joins-electric-depots-mid-city-lineup

 

[richyb83]

Mid-City's Annual Winter Art Festival 

Friday, November 16, 6-10pm

https://midcitymerchantsbr.org/white-light-nights/

 

[dan326]

https://www.businessreport.com/article/baton-rouge-council-review-dedicated-millage-levels-2019

Japanese restaurant to open at Electric Depot in early 2019

 

BŌRU, an authentic Japanese restaurant, is the latest tenant to announce it will join the Mid City mixed-use development Electric Depot in early 2019.

The restaurant concept—being developed by the Ichiban Group, including owners Patrick and Ronnie Wong—will offer a variety of Japanese-inspired bowls, including house-made ramen and poké dishes.

“I wanted to take things to the next level and be as authentic as possible,” says Patrick Wong in a prepared statement. “Electric Depot is a great up-and-coming space in Baton Rouge, and I love the Mid City community.”

Patrick Wong recently trained in Japan under esteemed chefs Makado Tada, of Tsuruichiya fame, and Takeshi Koitani, who owns the Jiraigen Syndicate. He’s also trained under Chef Keizo Shimamoto of Ramen Shack in New York, who is considered one of the top ramen chefs in the U.S.

[richyb83]

City Pork Catering and Events moving into Mid City’s former Twine location

https://www.businessreport.com/article/city-pork-catering-events-moving-mid-citys-former-twine-location

[richyb83]

This is still West Edge of Mid - City (east of RR Tracks)

New Baton Rouge entertainment venue Red Stick Social announces opening date

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/entertainment_life/arts/article_5f90257e-467c-11e9-93ac-bfde14ae0dbf.html

#With VIDEO

Red Stick Social, the Government Street entertainment venue built in a renovated Entergy power plant, plans to open April 15, the business's owners said on Thursday.

The community gathering space will feature 10 bowling lanes, bars throughout the building, a restaurant — serving "elevated Acadian" cuisine, said executive chef George Sittig — servicing all areas of the facility and a stage for live music.\

 

[richyb83]

Can't wait to see some renderings...25-30 units on 1/2 acre??  3 floors? 4 floors?  Should look nice along that stretch of Government Street!

Mid City development to be flagship of millennial-centric project

A planned “high-end” Government Street multifamily development will be the first of three young adult-centric projects by Onsite Design, marking a pivot for the development firm that will guide it for the next five to 10 years, says founding principal Mike Hogstrom.

Planned for the corner of Government and Edison Street next to Calandro’s Supermarket, Midway will feature a 25- to 30-unit mix of condos and apartments. Hogstrom closed on the half-acre lot last week for $750,000 and, he says, plans to close on two other Mid City properties for future development within the next 60 days.

While the price points and sizes of the units haven’t been decided, Hogstrom says the two additional complexes will be similar to Midway, which he called a flagship project for the developments.

“We are hyper-focused on the millennial right now,” Hogstom says, adding they’re looking to jump into the multifamily market while Baton Rouge’s residential market continues to soften. “We’re pivoting as a company and reacting as the market does.”

He estimated Midway will cost between $5.5 million to $6 million, with construction starting later this year. He hopes the project will be open in the third quarter of 2020.

Asked if he was concerned about Baton Rouge’s rising multifamily vacancy rates, Hogstrom says he’s not worried.

“There’s been a lot of new product built the last seven years,” Hogstom says, adding he believes millennials were overlooked by developers. “I’m going to try to make up where we missed.”

https://www.businessreport.com/newsletters/mid-city-development-to-be-flagship-millennial-centric-project#disqus_thread

[richyb83]

Here's a pic of the tract on Government Street. They are looking into height restrictions..hoping this is at least 4 floors. Should be no problem even at 5 floors.

Government Street site sold for ‘high end’ apartment, condo development

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/business/article_e65429ae-49cc-11e9-b0ca-6743eb94f7a4.html

Plans are to call the development MidWay. Hogstrom is still looking at density and height restrictions, but the development should have between 25 and 30 units.

“We’re excited about it,” he said. “We’re interviewing architects out of our market. We want to bring in a heavy hitter,” he said. The goal is to build a flagship development for Government Street and the FutureBR comprehensive plan.

[richyb83]

^BTW  on ABOVE PIC that Lot is not near as deep as it looks in person. Would really like to see something  AT LEAST 4-Floors go at this site!

It's been a mess down Government Street...March has been a decently Dry weather month ...not sure how much longer that will last...if they are already 18 months behind schedule...

When will work on the Government St. ‘road diet’ end?

Drive down Government Street and you’ll see a developing Electric Depot, a finished White Star Market, an array of restaurants—Soji, Elsie’s Plate and Pie, Curbside Burgers—and bars as well as an eclectic mix of kitschy and traditional retail shops springing to life along Mid City’s main artery.

Yet what what you really notice along this road much traveled is the streetscape-dominating clusters of orange cones, striped barrels and lane closure signs that sporadically—and frustratingly—squeeze four lanes into a pair of serpentine lanes—one coming, the other going. The result is a weekday odyssey of commuters awkwardly merging into a single lane as close-by work crews lay sidewalks and curbs along the four-mile stretch of Government between downtown and Lobdell Avenue.

It’s all part of a plan that for drivers will ultimately trim four driving lanes to two—along with a center turning lane—to make way for bike lanes, sidewalks and improved aesthetics in one of the trendiest areas of Baton Rouge. In other words, proponents say, it’s the price we pay for beauty, which the now-one-year-old Government Street “road diet” promises.

Driving adventures aside, white-knuckling the $13.5 million project the most, however, are Government Street business owners and managers, who have been told to trade the short-term discomfort of the construction work for the long-term gain of better safety, more walkability and a greater aesthetic appeal. But the window of that “short-term” discomfort keeps getting wider and wider.

Originally scheduled to be complete late this summer, Daily Report reported earlier this year that the road diet project is running nearly 18 months behind schedule. DOTD officials attribute the delay to rainy weather as well as the challenges posed by the finding and moving of utility lines and pipes, and the removal of the street’s old concrete and asphalt. DOTD has since backtracked on the timetable, but concedes a significant delay is all but inevitable.

#rest of article

https://www.businessreport.com/politics/mid-city-road-diet-government-street

 

[richyb83]

An Art Festival That's Blossoming in Mid City

FRIDAY, MAY 10TH 2019 - 6-10PM

https://midcitymerchantsbr.org/hot-art-cool-nights

[dan326]

https://www.businessreport.com/newsletters/townhome-development-planned-for-mid-city

Townhome development planned for Mid City

A 30- to 40-unit townhome development is planned for Mid City, off Goodwood Boulevard and Connell’s Park Lane, near St. Luke’s Episcopal Church.

“These are going to be units where people looking to grow their wealth footprint can do it conservatively and successfully with a modest investment,” Hogstrom says. Each townhome will be between 1,000 and 2,000 square feet.

[richyb83]

Far Eastern Mid City huh Dan? lol   ...Impressed with the On Site team...had been curious to see what they have in store for that property! They are doing plenty  of quality Infil developments ; E'Tage Gardens; Adelia at Goodwood...stoked to see what will become of Mid Way apartments on small tract of land on Government St in the heart of Mid City!

THANKS for posting .. saw in morning newspaper (yeah some still get it lol)

Edited May 30, 2019 by richyb83

[dan326]

8 hours ago, richyb83 said:

Far Eastern Mid City huh Dan? lol   ...Impressed with the On Site team...had been curious to see what they have in store for that property! They are doing plenty  of quality Infil developments ; E'Tage Gardens; Adelia at Goodwood...stoked to see what will become of Mid Way apartments on small tract of land on Government St in the heart of Mid City!

THANKS for posting .. saw in morning newspaper (yeah some still get it lol)

Lol! I looked up Connell Lane and yeah you're right, that's more "near-suburban" (like the Near East) BR. I agree, they are making some high quality infill developments.

Lol!@ newspaper; even my parents gave it up.

[cajun]

On 4/1/2019 at 8:48 PM, richyb83 said:

^BTW  on ABOVE PIC that Lot is not near as deep as it looks in person. Would really like to see something  AT LEAST 4-Floors go at this site!

It's been a mess down Government Street...March has been a decently Dry weather month ...not sure how much longer that will last...if they are already 18 months behind schedule...

When will work on the Government St. ‘road diet’ end?

Drive down Government Street and you’ll see a developing Electric Depot, a finished White Star Market, an array of restaurants—Soji, Elsie’s Plate and Pie, Curbside Burgers—and bars as well as an eclectic mix of kitschy and traditional retail shops springing to life along Mid City’s main artery.

Yet what what you really notice along this road much traveled is the streetscape-dominating clusters of orange cones, striped barrels and lane closure signs that sporadically—and frustratingly—squeeze four lanes into a pair of serpentine lanes—one coming, the other going. The result is a weekday odyssey of commuters awkwardly merging into a single lane as close-by work crews lay sidewalks and curbs along the four-mile stretch of Government between downtown and Lobdell Avenue.

It’s all part of a plan that for drivers will ultimately trim four driving lanes to two—along with a center turning lane—to make way for bike lanes, sidewalks and improved aesthetics in one of the trendiest areas of Baton Rouge. In other words, proponents say, it’s the price we pay for beauty, which the now-one-year-old Government Street “road diet” promises.

Driving adventures aside, white-knuckling the $13.5 million project the most, however, are Government Street business owners and managers, who have been told to trade the short-term discomfort of the construction work for the long-term gain of better safety, more walkability and a greater aesthetic appeal. But the window of that “short-term” discomfort keeps getting wider and wider.

Originally scheduled to be complete late this summer, Daily Report reported earlier this year that the road diet project is running nearly 18 months behind schedule. DOTD officials attribute the delay to rainy weather as well as the challenges posed by the finding and moving of utility lines and pipes, and the removal of the street’s old concrete and asphalt. DOTD has since backtracked on the timetable, but concedes a significant delay is all but inevitable.

#rest of article

https://www.businessreport.com/politics/mid-city-road-diet-government-street

 

When will it begin?  

It's still the same 4 lanes with the same concrete pavement in most spots.   

[Mr. Burnham]

On 7/14/2019 at 3:31 PM, cajun said:

When will it begin?  

It's still the same 4 lanes with the same concrete pavement in most spots.   

Rumor I'm hearing is that the plan is being scaled back and isn't going to really be a diet anymore. I'm hearing just new turning lanes and new sidewalks, nothing more. 

[dan326]

4 hours ago, mr. bernham said:

Rumor I'm hearing is that the plan is being scaled back and isn't going to really be a diet anymore. I'm hearing just new turning lanes and new sidewalks, nothing more. 

Yeah, I mean if we're honest we all knew that wasn't going to work.  I think it just needed a turn lane.

[richyb83]

Gov’t Taco eyes brick-and-mortar location on Government Street

https://www.businessreport.com/newsletters/govt-taco-eyes-brick-and-mortar-location-on-government-street#close-olyticsmodal