Mid City

[richyb83]

City Roots Coffee Bar open at Electric Depot 

https://www.businessreport.com/newsletters/city-roots-coffee-bar-open-at-electric-depot

[richyb83]

Government St. ‘road diet’ halfway done; DOTD eyes late 2020 completion

https://www.businessreport.com/article/government-street-road-diet-halfway-done-dotd-eyes-late-2020-completion

[richyb83]

Hope this works out!  Commend this ex college football player from Coastal Carolina for doing this

More details on Baton Rouge’s first shipping container retail center 

https://www.businessreport.com/article/baton-rouge-to-see-first-shipping-container-restaurant-and-retail-center

[richyb83]

Once a bland eye-sore ...now a Cool Mini-Pocket Park ((20 by 30 feet—living room-sized—with picnic tables, planters; elevated mixed-use area; etc)) 

on Capitol Heights Ave. Bridge over Ward's Creek (cement canal in the urban core)

 

 

 

[richyb83]

Five years after closure, BR General to reopen Mid City ER, main wing for COVID-19 patients 

https://www.businessreport.com/newsletters/five-years-after-closure-br-general-to-reopen-mid-city-er-main-wing-to-accommodate-covid-19-patients

[richyb83]

White Star Market in Baton Rouge announces it will not reopen after coronavirus shutdown

 

[richyb83]

Wonder what will become of the White Star Market @ Square 46 on Government Street?? 

[richyb83]

Alexandria seafood restaurant expanding to Mid City

https://www.businessreport.com/newsletters/alexandria-seafood-restaurant-expanding-to-mid-city

[richyb83]

Can't wait to see a rendering of this !  On a small tract of land; it had to go vertical ( 4 floors) on Government Street in Mid City. Have a feeling some nearby residents will complain...

Government Street apartments plan goes before Planning Commission 

https://www.businessreport.com/insider/government-street-apartments-plan-goes-before-planning-commission

Midway is being developed by Michael Hogstrom of Onsite Design. According to the submitted plans, the complex will feature 34 units in a four-story, 30,000 square-foot building at Edison Street.

[dan326]

15 hours ago, richyb83 said:

Can't wait to see a rendering of this !  On a small tract of land; it had to go vertical ( 4 floors) on Government Street in Mid City. Have a feeling some nearby residents will complain...

Government Street apartments plan goes before Planning Commission 

https://www.businessreport.com/insider/government-street-apartments-plan-goes-before-planning-commission

Midway is being developed by Michael Hogstrom of Onsite Design. According to the submitted plans, the complex will feature 34 units in a four-story, 30,000 square-foot building at Edison Street.

Cool, those should look nice.

[richyb83]

Yes indeed Dan!  Been stoked ever since they announced this project! Had been impressed this was going on that small of a lot on Government Street!

Midway @ Mid City

Metro Council to consider proposed 34-unit apartment complex on Government

https://www.businessreport.com/realestate/metro-council-to-consider-proposed-34-unit-apartment-complex-on-government

Scroll down to see Rendering/ Site Plan

http://hdlegisuite.brgov.com/attachments/2020/ISPUD520_plans_C9FB02BB.pdf

 

[dan326]

Yup and the Government street reconfiguration actually isn't so bad with the turn lanes.

[richyb83]

Gov't Taco will open its new Government Street location on Election Day, Nov. 3

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/entertainment_life/food_restaurants/article_a832551a-1ccf-11eb-b2c0-6bfea4b1ff5d.html

 

[richyb83]

Mid City Fall  White Light Night

White Light Night is still on: Here’s what to expect this Friday

https://www.225batonrouge.com/things-to-do/white-light-night-still-heres-expect-friday

[cajun]

On 11/2/2020 at 4:03 PM, richyb83 said:

Gov't Taco will open its new Government Street location on Election Day, Nov. 3

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/entertainment_life/food_restaurants/article_a832551a-1ccf-11eb-b2c0-6bfea4b1ff5d.html

 

Excellent!  

I'm expecting a lot more businesses like this on the "new" government street.   After the Covid vaccine starts making the rounds of course!

[richyb83]

 

New Businesses in Mid-City Baton Rouge

*VIDEO LESS than 2 mins

https://www.wafb.com/2021/01/31/new-businesses-mid-city-baton-rouge/

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Mid-city had become the epicenter of Baton Rouge’s nightlife then the pandemic hit, and Government Street became quiet.

According to local officials, downtown is poised to make a comeback.

New businesses are slowly replacing the ones that didn’t survive the pandemic.

“I’m actually very optimistic, and we just need to keep pushing and encouraging people to support local with our businesses and stuff because that helps in the best way possible,” says, Davis Rhorer, downtown development executive director.

Most restaurants on the Government Street corridor are locally owned, and Rhorer says those businesses is one of the best ways to put your money directly back into our community.

 

 

[richyb83]

First trip down Government Street to check out the "Road Diet"

I am a fan.

[richyb83]

Glad to see something happening! Sorry to see COVID restrictions the Food Hall

Mid City Artisans to sell products, offer classes from Square 46 store

Square 46, the Mid City mixed-use development that formerly housed White Star Market, is getting a new retail tenant that will sell the work of local makers and offer classes to aspiring artisans.

A newly formed local group called Mid City Artisans will station “a retail store and occasional small classes” in a 2,016-square-foot space within the development, according to the permit application that co-founder George Harris filed a couple of months after Bistro Byronz announced it was relocating to Square 46.

Other than Bistro Byronz and Mid City Artisans, Square 46 already houses 3Tails Wine & Cheese. The 25,000-square-foot property is also home to multifamily and office space.

https://www.businessreport.com/realestate/mid-city-artisans-to-sell-products-offer-classes-from-square-46-store

[richyb83]

^ From above post in September & October^

Here is the lot on Government Street @ Edison Street

Midway .....34 units in a four-story, 30,000 square-foot...near popular businesses such as Curbside Burgers, Calandro’s Supermarket and La Caretta Mexican Cuisine 

HOPEFULLY STARTING CONSTRUCTION SOON!

 

Edited April 8, 2021 by richyb83

[richyb83]

A lil' over 1/2 mile away......14 story Mid City Tower behind the trees to the Left..

[richyb83]

A retail park with vintage trailers planned for Mid City

https://www.225batonrouge.com/style-home/retail-park-vintage-trailers-planned-mid-city

[cajun]

14 hours ago, richyb83 said:

A retail park with vintage trailers planned for Mid City

https://www.225batonrouge.com/style-home/retail-park-vintage-trailers-planned-mid-city

We used to call trailer parks with really old mobile homes "tornado magnets".  

Of all things for people to feel nostalgic about, this one makes about as much sense as bringing back cassette tapes.

[richyb83]

Hopefully some of those vintage trailers next to brick wall buildings...

Sure would be nice to see the old 14-story  Republic/ Mid City tower get modernized !

New owner looks to make Mid City Tower 'look like a shiny new dime'

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/business/article_ada8a014-daa5-11eb-94ed-73a120f90fdd.html

[dan326]

Hmm, well that's a new idea.

[cajun]

22 hours ago, richyb83 said:

Hopefully some of those vintage trailers next to brick wall buildings...

Sure would be nice to see the old 14-story  Republic/ Mid City tower get modernized !

New owner looks to make Mid City Tower 'look like a shiny new dime'

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/business/article_ada8a014-daa5-11eb-94ed-73a120f90fdd.html

If they got rid of some of the white panels and replaced it with Vericon glass (similar to the top floor), it would look pretty cool.    I think they need to keep vertical lines in the design somehow though.  

And the parapet walls used to hide the HVAC stuff on the roof can be updated in a similar fashion.   

Edited July 4, 2021 by cajun