THE HILTON BATON ROUGE Capitol Center, formerly the Hiedelberg Hotel, was built in 1927 and was a favorite haunt of Louisiana politicians, including Huey Long. The hotel closed in 1985 and sat empty for two decades before getting a $70 million makeover that was one of the defining moments of downtown Baton Rouge’s resurgence. Across
Downtown’s dilemma
Demand is there for downtown residential units, yet high land costs are limiting development and deals that are getting done are marketed to higher-end renters to make the numbers work.
