These records include correspondence and subject files relating to the general areas of responsibility of the Office. Also included are records specifically relating to its function as the support agency for the city's Industrial Development Board. The latter materials include both general correspondence and subject files and records (applications, agreements, etc.) for individual revenue bond projects handled by the Board.

Projects and subject areas of special interest in these records include proposals for the renovation of Gallier Hall (the old City Hall), the Columns Hotel, and other historic properties; negotiations between the city and a private developer over warehouses adjacent to the Piazza D'Italia; and legislation to create a commercial district in the city's Vieux Carre.