{"id":1004057560,"date":"2013-01-11T12:44:23","date_gmt":"2013-01-11T20:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/?p=94137"},"modified":"2025-02-19T03:43:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T11:43:34","slug":"lsu-master-plan-proposes-to-redevelop-nicholson-drive-corridor-spend-up-to-200m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/lsu-master-plan-proposes-to-redevelop-nicholson-drive-corridor-spend-up-to-200m\/","title":{"rendered":"LSU Master Plan Proposes to Redevelop Nicholson Drive Corridor, Spend Up to $200M"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Eliza Theiss, Associate Editor<\/em><\/p>\n

Louisiana State University (LSU), one of the economic driving forces in Baton Rouge, announced a new plan that could make a difference in the Nicholson Drive Corridor, if not the city. According to a report by the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report<\/em>, LSU\u2019s Department of Residential Life has submitted a master plan for the project to the LSU Board of Supervisors. The master plan could go on the board’s agenda as soon as Feb. 1.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Though few details have been released, the proposed master plan could cost between $140 million and $200 million and would create not only thousands of new student housing units, but hundreds of thousands of square feet of commercial space. The multi-phase project would raze the outdated Alex Box Stadium and replace it with a mixed-use development with street-level retail topped by residential housing. North of the stadium, LSU\u2019s married student housing would also be demolished, and replaced with three residential-only structures and much-needed surface parking. It is estimated that 130,000 square feet of retail, 110,000 square feet of office space, surface parking an about 1,200 multifamily units would be created. The residential element of project would mostly target LSU\u2019s student body, but a proposed 89 units could rent at market rate and house LSU staff and faculty members. The idea of a streetcar line has also been brought up.<\/p>\n

According to the same report, if the project is green-lit, it could start as early as 2014, and the first phase of development, containing mixed-use, as well as residential-only structures, could be finished in 2015-2016. The entire project could wrap up in 2017 or 2018. LSU has yet to decide if it plans to develop and manage the project on its own or enter a partnership with a private developer or foundation.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles-based AECOM, a global provider of professional technical and management support services helped in creating the redevelopment plan, after public and stakeholder meetings.<\/p>\n

The news was received with mostly positive feedback from students and alumni of LSU, as well as the general Baton Rouge population, garnering several hundred likes and dozens of comments in only a few days on LSU\u2019s Facebook page.<\/p>\n

Image courtesy of LSU\u2019s Facebook page<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Louisiana State University (LSU), one of the economic driving forces in Baton Rouge has announced a new plan that could change the face of the city, or at least a less than up-to-date part of it: the Nicholson Drive Corridor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21742],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004057560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLSU Master Plan Proposes to Redevelop Nicholson Drive Corridor, Spend Up to $200M - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/lsu-master-plan-proposes-to-redevelop-nicholson-drive-corridor-spend-up-to-200m\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LSU Master Plan Proposes to Redevelop Nicholson Drive Corridor, Spend Up to $200M\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Louisiana State University (LSU), one of the economic driving forces in Baton Rouge has announced a new plan that could change the face of the city, or at least a less than up-to-date part of it: the Nicholson Drive Corridor.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/lsu-master-plan-proposes-to-redevelop-nicholson-drive-corridor-spend-up-to-200m\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-01-11T20:44:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-19T11:43:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2013\/01\/lsu-nicholson-drive-redevlopment-plan.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Eliza Theiss\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/lsu-master-plan-proposes-to-redevelop-nicholson-drive-corridor-spend-up-to-200m\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/lsu-master-plan-proposes-to-redevelop-nicholson-drive-corridor-spend-up-to-200m\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Eliza Theiss\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de1353a5de72f96494054df3ecca7de4\"},\"headline\":\"LSU Master Plan Proposes to Redevelop Nicholson Drive Corridor, Spend Up to $200M\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-01-11T20:44:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-19T11:43:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/lsu-master-plan-proposes-to-redevelop-nicholson-drive-corridor-spend-up-to-200m\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":379,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/lsu-master-plan-proposes-to-redevelop-nicholson-drive-corridor-spend-up-to-200m\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/synd.yardi.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/46\\\/2013\\\/01\\\/lsu-nicholson-drive-redevlopment-plan.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/lsu-master-plan-proposes-to-redevelop-nicholson-drive-corridor-spend-up-to-200m\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/lsu-master-plan-proposes-to-redevelop-nicholson-drive-corridor-spend-up-to-200m\\\/\",\"name\":\"LSU Master Plan Proposes to Redevelop Nicholson Drive Corridor, Spend Up to $200M - Commercial Property Executive\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/lsu-master-plan-proposes-to-redevelop-nicholson-drive-corridor-spend-up-to-200m\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/lsu-master-plan-proposes-to-redevelop-nicholson-drive-corridor-spend-up-to-200m\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/synd.yardi.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/46\\\/2013\\\/01\\\/lsu-nicholson-drive-redevlopment-plan.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-01-11T20:44:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-19T11:43:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de1353a5de72f96494054df3ecca7de4\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/lsu-master-plan-proposes-to-redevelop-nicholson-drive-corridor-spend-up-to-200m\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/lsu-master-plan-proposes-to-redevelop-nicholson-drive-corridor-spend-up-to-200m\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/lsu-master-plan-proposes-to-redevelop-nicholson-drive-corridor-spend-up-to-200m\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/synd.yardi.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/46\\\/2013\\\/01\\\/lsu-nicholson-drive-redevlopment-plan.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/synd.yardi.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/46\\\/2013\\\/01\\\/lsu-nicholson-drive-redevlopment-plan.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/lsu-master-plan-proposes-to-redevelop-nicholson-drive-corridor-spend-up-to-200m\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"LSU Master Plan Proposes to Redevelop Nicholson Drive Corridor, Spend Up to $200M\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Commercial Property Executive\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de1353a5de72f96494054df3ecca7de4\",\"name\":\"Eliza Theiss\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/96965f7dc4c1c5276e67c2727672b8636c299791a627dca31fda556cf0db9758?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/96965f7dc4c1c5276e67c2727672b8636c299791a627dca31fda556cf0db9758?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/96965f7dc4c1c5276e67c2727672b8636c299791a627dca31fda556cf0db9758?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Eliza Theiss\"},\"description\":\"Eliza Theiss is a senior writer reporting real estate trends in the US. Her work has been cited by CBS News, Curbed, The Los Angeles Times, and Forbes among others. With an academic background in journalism, Eliza has been covering real estate since 2012. Before joining PropertyShark, Eliza was an associate editor at Multi-Housing News and Commercial Property Executive. She has also contributed extensively to CommercialEdge. Reach her at eliza.theiss@yardi.com\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/eliza\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"LSU Master Plan Proposes to Redevelop Nicholson Drive Corridor, Spend Up to $200M - Commercial Property Executive","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/lsu-master-plan-proposes-to-redevelop-nicholson-drive-corridor-spend-up-to-200m\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"LSU Master Plan Proposes to Redevelop Nicholson Drive Corridor, Spend Up to $200M","og_description":"Louisiana State University (LSU), one of the economic driving forces in Baton Rouge has announced a new plan that could change the face of the city, or at least a less than up-to-date part of it: the Nicholson Drive Corridor.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/lsu-master-plan-proposes-to-redevelop-nicholson-drive-corridor-spend-up-to-200m\/","og_site_name":"Commercial Property Executive","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive","article_published_time":"2013-01-11T20:44:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-02-19T11:43:34+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2013\/01\/lsu-nicholson-drive-redevlopment-plan.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Eliza Theiss","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@cpexecutive","twitter_site":"@cpexecutive","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/lsu-master-plan-proposes-to-redevelop-nicholson-drive-corridor-spend-up-to-200m\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/lsu-master-plan-proposes-to-redevelop-nicholson-drive-corridor-spend-up-to-200m\/"},"author":{"name":"Eliza Theiss","@id":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/de1353a5de72f96494054df3ecca7de4"},"headline":"LSU Master Plan Proposes to Redevelop Nicholson Drive Corridor, Spend Up to $200M","datePublished":"2013-01-11T20:44:23+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-19T11:43:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/lsu-master-plan-proposes-to-redevelop-nicholson-drive-corridor-spend-up-to-200m\/"},"wordCount":379,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/lsu-master-plan-proposes-to-redevelop-nicholson-drive-corridor-spend-up-to-200m\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2013\/01\/lsu-nicholson-drive-redevlopment-plan.png","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/lsu-master-plan-proposes-to-redevelop-nicholson-drive-corridor-spend-up-to-200m\/","url":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/lsu-master-plan-proposes-to-redevelop-nicholson-drive-corridor-spend-up-to-200m\/","name":"LSU Master Plan Proposes to Redevelop Nicholson Drive Corridor, Spend Up to $200M - Commercial Property Executive","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/lsu-master-plan-proposes-to-redevelop-nicholson-drive-corridor-spend-up-to-200m\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/lsu-master-plan-proposes-to-redevelop-nicholson-drive-corridor-spend-up-to-200m\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2013\/01\/lsu-nicholson-drive-redevlopment-plan.png","datePublished":"2013-01-11T20:44:23+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-19T11:43:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/de1353a5de72f96494054df3ecca7de4"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/lsu-master-plan-proposes-to-redevelop-nicholson-drive-corridor-spend-up-to-200m\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/lsu-master-plan-proposes-to-redevelop-nicholson-drive-corridor-spend-up-to-200m\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/lsu-master-plan-proposes-to-redevelop-nicholson-drive-corridor-spend-up-to-200m\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2013\/01\/lsu-nicholson-drive-redevlopment-plan.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2013\/01\/lsu-nicholson-drive-redevlopment-plan.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/lsu-master-plan-proposes-to-redevelop-nicholson-drive-corridor-spend-up-to-200m\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"LSU Master Plan Proposes to Redevelop Nicholson Drive Corridor, Spend Up to $200M"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/","name":"Commercial Property Executive","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/de1353a5de72f96494054df3ecca7de4","name":"Eliza Theiss","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/96965f7dc4c1c5276e67c2727672b8636c299791a627dca31fda556cf0db9758?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/96965f7dc4c1c5276e67c2727672b8636c299791a627dca31fda556cf0db9758?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/96965f7dc4c1c5276e67c2727672b8636c299791a627dca31fda556cf0db9758?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Eliza Theiss"},"description":"Eliza Theiss is a senior writer reporting real estate trends in the US. Her work has been cited by CBS News, Curbed, The Los Angeles Times, and Forbes among others. With an academic background in journalism, Eliza has been covering real estate since 2012. Before joining PropertyShark, Eliza was an associate editor at Multi-Housing News and Commercial Property Executive. She has also contributed extensively to CommercialEdge. Reach her at eliza.theiss@yardi.com","url":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/author\/eliza\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004057560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1004057560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004057560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1004531014,"href":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004057560\/revisions\/1004531014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1004057560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1004057560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1004057560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}