Sweet Baton Rouge is moving into Electric Depot, the old Entergy site turned mixed-use development in Mid City, according to permits filed this week.
Electric Depot’s coffee shop tenant City Roots is set to open in the next few weeks, while the remaining planned eateries—Boru and Sweet Society—will open for Mid City’s annual White Light Night next month, according to Developer Dyke Nelson.
While it might be expected that the first phase opening of Electric Depot would ignite further development in that section of the Mid City corridor, it’s too early to determine the overall market effects of the redeveloped property, despite growing interest in the area.
The Louisiana School Boards Association has purchased a downtown office building for $1.2 million and will move its operations there.
Paula Davis, Geordy Waters and Robert Pettit, of Waters & Pettit Commercial Real Estate, represented the buyers and the sellers.
Investors are expressing interest in two Government Street properties for sale across Government Street from Electric Depot, one of which is listed as having a sale “pending.”
Brightside Bar & Grill, a local watering hole south of LSU’s campus, has sold to a pair of investors who plan to renovate the property.
Openings for Electric Depot’s newest Mid City tenants were delayed this spring due to the stay-at-home order.
We reached out to each business to get updates on their opening dates. All the business owners that are setting up shop in the mixed-use development on Government Street agreed they can’t wait to see what the future has in store for the historic warehouse complex. Here’s the latest from current and upcoming tenants.