$28M Luxury Housing Opens in Baton Rouge

By Eliza Theiss, Associate Editor

The High Grove, the first mixed-use, environmentally sustainable, transit-oriented development in Baton Rouge is going live.

According to the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report, residents have started moving into the first building at the $28 million luxury residential-retail project located near the Mall of Louisiana, off I-10.  The second building is expected to be complete in November.

The 192-unit project comprises one- and two-bedroom luxury apartments ranging between 681 and 1,119 square feet. Rents range between $1,055 and $1,725. The community’s apartments feature high-end amenities such as stainless steel kitchen appliances, granite counter tops, hardwood cabinets and washer and dryer, while community amenities include a private garage and carports, resorts-style outdoor amenity area with pool, soaking deck, fireplace, as well as an outdoor kitchen with grilling station, outdoor covered lounge and media area, indoors gaming lounge complete with entertainment center, billiards, foosball, card table, a fitness center, yoga and Pilates studio, resident lounge with media center, kitchen and espresso bar as well as a cyber café, complete with printing station.

The High Grove is targeting a LEED Silver certification. Its green features include Energy Star-rated lighting and appliances, high-efficiency HVAC systems, low-flow water fixtures as well as solar panels mounted atop garages, which will cut energy consumption by 30 percent, according to The Advocate’s coverage. The High Grove’s ground floors feature 25,330 square feet of upscale boutique retail, and about one-fifth of that commercial space has already been taken up by a spa and a boutique fitness studio. The first phase of The High Grove was expected to open earlier this year, in May.

According to property.com, financing for the project breaks down to $5 million in private equity and $23 million through a HUD 221(d)4 loan, arranged by Oak grove Capital in Dallas. The project also benefits from federal solar tax credits.

Developed by The Domain Cos., the company behind the $200 million South Market mixed-use residential-retail project in downtown New Orleans (read more about the project here), The High Grove is part of the 118-acre The Grove traditional neighborhood development (TND). First of its kind in Baton Rouge, the project is spearheaded by Carmouche Development, a local company well-versed in the TND and master-planned community game. When complete, the TND will include luxury rental housing, senior housing, for-sale single family homes, a full-service hotel, office space, cafes and restaurants and a bevy of retail outlets and specialty shops. An excess of 44 acres of The Grove will be comprised of parks and pathways connecting to BREC’s Capital Area Pathways Project.

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Image courtesy of The High Grove via Facebook