The city-parish Planning Commission this week deferred taking action on a planned 18-story high-rise on near LSU.
R.W. Day submitted his final development plan for The Summit at Southgate, but the commission’s staff recommended the project be denied because of inconsistencies with the project’s concept plan.
Day’s plan included only 609 parking spaces instead of the required 1,341 for the development, which would be located off Burbank behind the Southgate Tower.
Day’s concept plan also was approved for six stories of retail space, but the final plan has nine stories.
The planning commission gave the developer 90 days to update the development’s 2013 traffic study and to clear up the consistencies with the concept plan and architectural design.
Forte & Tablada announced this week that it is planning to move to 1029 North Blvd. near Interstate 110 in downtown Baton Rouge.
“We felt that this site would serve as a strategic location for our company’s continued growth, for our evolving culture and for our continued 55-year commitment to Baton Rouge,” Forte & Tablada CEO Ann Trappey told Daily Report.
Also, the East Baton Rouge School Board says it has yet to take action or make a decision about a federal directive telling public schools they must permit transgender students to use bathrooms, locker rooms and engage in activities that correspond to their gender identity.
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