Monthly permit report

Baton Rouge commercial building permits, March 2025

Biggest projects in March 2025

By declared value.

5228 Dijon Dr
Issued Mar 18
$3.6M
(EXPEDITED) Renovation of an existing building of business occupancy to house OLOL Physician Group - Internal Medicine. Buildings occupancy type to remain unchanged.
commercialBuildingLa Specialty Services Llc - Robert Randall Morris
8333 Veterans Memorial Blvd
Issued Mar 31
$2.3M
(EXPEDITED) Renovations to Detention center for New Office and Conference Room. New security and electronics including camera systems for 23,500 S.F. of existing Detention Center.
commercialBuildingArkel Constructors, Llc
4445 Plank Rd

In March 2025, Baton Rouge issued 191 building permits on commercial and multifamily properties, on 100 projects, declaring $11.4M of work.
The busiest trade was general building (59 permits), then electrical (34).
The most active contractor was TTA Services dba Thunderbolt Signs - Gene Bagot, with 4 permits.
The largest project was at 5228 Dijon Dr, with $3.6M declared.
Half of the month’s permits were issued within 1 day of application.

Source: building permit records from official city open-data portals, checked daily. Data through October 30, 2026. How we count