225 Baronne Street, Commercial skyscraper in Central Business District, New Orleans, United States.
225 Baronne Street is a 30-story skyscraper in downtown New Orleans that defines the city's skyline with its imposing height. Today the tower holds an Aloft Hotel with 188 rooms, 192 residential apartments, and parking for 356 vehicles in its lower floors.
225 Baronne Street opened in 1962 as Boeing's local headquarters. It stood as the tallest building in New Orleans from 1965 to 1967, when a taller structure took the title. Between 2013 and 2015 a $100 million renovation turned the former offices into an Aloft Hotel and 192 apartments.
The building takes its name from the street where it stands and reflects the city's evolution as a business hub. Its conversion to mixed-use space shows how downtown New Orleans now balances commerce with residential living.
The tower is a private mixed-use building with an Aloft Hotel, apartments and a 356-space garage on its lower ten floors, so there is no observation deck to visit. Guests and residents enter from Baronne Street in the Central Business District; others can see the 362-foot facade from the sidewalk.
The 2013–2015 renovation cost $100 million and turned the former Boeing office tower into an Aloft Hotel with 188 rooms and 192 apartments. The bottom ten floors became a 356-space parking garage, so cars now occupy the levels that once held offices.
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