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Bon Marché Mall
Reinhabited in 2003. · from the fields below
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Place
200+ tax-credit housing units within 1 km
This site: 522 units in 5 properties hud-lihtc · all sites with thisHigh heat wave risk
This site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with thisHigh hurricane risk
This site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with thisHigh social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)
This site: 1.00 cdc-svi · all sites with thisHigh tornado risk
This site: Very High fema-nri · all sites with thisLower-income tract (< $50k)
This site: $21,339 census-acs · all sites with thisRenter-majority tract
This site: 97% census-acs · all sites with thisScale
Building footprint 50,000+ m²
This site: 74,119 m² overture · all sites with thisStrategy
Reinhabited
This site: Reinhabitation, incubator office and data center record · all sites with thisNew use
Data center
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This site: Reinhabitation, incubator office and data center arcgis-webmap · all sites with thisFrom the authors' map
LA, Baton Rouge: Bon Marché Mall/Bon Carré Business Center, 2003
• Reinhabitation, incubator office and data center
Now
| Status | Retrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present) reported |
|---|---|
| Strategy | Reinhabitedauthors' map reported |
| What is there now | Reinhabitation, incubator office and data centerauthors' map reported |
| Retrofit year | 2003authors' map reported |
Site context
| Transit within 800 m | no rail station; 4 bus stops within 400 mOpenStreetMap |
|---|---|
| FEMA flood zone | X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL |
| EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m | 10: BUQUET & LEBLANC INC. - NSBR:LOBDELL INCUBATION SCHOOL; BUQUET & LEBLANC INC. - NSBR:LOBDELL INCUBATION SCHOOL; COX COMMUNICATIONS - BATON ROUGE HQ AND AFC; CVS PHARMACY #6124; INTERNATIONAL MEZZO TECHNOLOGIES INCEPA FRS |
| Census tract 22033001104 | 3,260 people, 3,261 per sq mi; median household income $21,339; median gross rent $830; 97% renters; 34.3% vacant units; 4.9% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year |
| Walkability (EPA, block group) | index 10.5 of 20; 137 intersections per sq mi; no transit stop within the EPA search radius; land-use mix 0.63; 93,522 jobs within 45 min by car; 43% of households without a carEPA Smart Location |
| Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m) | 4 of 6 daily needs: 0 grocers, 2 schools, 6 parks or playgrounds, 1 health, 2 civic, 0 food and drink; 0 cycleway segments, 16 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap |
| Opportunity Zone | noHUD |
| Housing permits, East Baton Rouge Parish (LA), 2024 | 446 units in 5+ unit buildings, 89 in 2–4, 1,770 single-family; 2023: 0 in 5+Census BPS |
| Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract) | overall percentile 1.00; socioeconomic 1.00; housing and transport 0.98; 71% below 150% of poverty; 35% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR |
| Other atlas sites nearby | 2 within 10 km, 2 within 25 km: Cortana Mall (2.0 km); Catfish Town (7.0 km)computed |
| Overture Maps | no place match; building footprint 74,119 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0) |
| Tract change 2013–2023 | population -19% (4,029 → 3,260); median income +21% ($17,591 → $21,339); renters 97% → 97%; median home value +66% ($59,200 → $98,300)Census ACS 5-year |
| Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract) | relatively moderate overall (score 76.3); expected annual loss $1.7M; high: hurricane, tornado, heat wave, cold wave, lightning; community resilience relatively moderateFEMA NRI |
| Tax-credit housing within 1 km | 5 LIHTC properties, 522 units: Bon Carre' Court (Melrose) (172 units); Melrose East Ii (172 units); Georgetown Apts (88 units)HUD LIHTC |
| Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW) | 24,256 jobs in 2,074 establishments; average annual pay $39,570; employment location quotient 0.91; employment -1.1% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private |
| Jobs located in the tract, 2022 | 3,392 jobs; 409 in retail trade, 63 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 22033001104)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022 |
| Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract) | children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 30th income percentile as adults; 5.5% incarcerated at the 2010 count (1,446 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights |
| Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract) | low-income, low-access tract (1 mile urban / 10 miles rural); 61% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 47.0%; median family income $21,917; 799 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS |
| Schools | East Baton Rouge Parish School District (PK-12); 3 public schools within 1 mile: Collegiate Baton Rouge; GEO Prep Mid-City of Greater Baton Rouge; BASIS Baton Rouge Primary Mid CityNCES EDGE |
| Elevation | 52 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP |
| Storm events in the county, 2016-2025 | 236 county-logged events: 98 thunderstorm wind, 78 flash flood, 34 hail, 10 lightning; $2,408,664,500 property damage reported; 8 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events |
| Homes for sale in ZIP 70806, 2026-09 | median list price $314,000 (-0.1% on the year); 141 active listings; median 76 days on market; 25% with a price cutRealtor.com Research |
| Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023 | 1,695 establishments (-10%); 25,471 jobs (-9%)Census CBP |
| Housing market in the county | typical home value $231,673 (+2% 1 yr, +12% 5 yr); typical rent $1,307/mo (+2% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research |
| Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024) | 20,947 vehicles a day on LOBDELL BLVD (minor arterial, 2 lanes); 1,948 trucks; 23 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS |
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Elsewhere on the web
Retail history: Bon Marche Mall on DeadMalls.com photos, field notes and visitor memories since 2000; matched by name and city; nothing copied here
Pages with photos
- Bon Marché Mall Baton Rouge, LA - YouTube youtube.com
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Multifamily screen
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History and original facts
| Now called / also known as | Bon Carré Business Center |
|---|---|
| County | East Baton Rouge Parish |
| Census division | 7 · West South Central |
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Timeline
- 2003 Retrofit: reinhabit
Sources
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