A prominent Texas-based charter school network has bought land near Cortana Mall for $1.4 million to build one of its four planned Baton Rouge schools there.
IDEA Public Schools purchased the land through a limited liability company called IPS Enterprises in a deal that closed late last week. The seller is listed as a Flor-line Associates, a limited liability company owned by Olshan Properties of Ohio.
The property—about 14 acres—is located at the intersection of Airway and Tom drives, northwest of Cortana Mall.
IDEA operates about 61 pre-K through grade 12 public charter schools in Texas. The school network received a charter from East Baton Rouge Public Schools in 2016 to open two schools in the fall of 2018. A third school will open in 2020, and the charter school will open a fourth in 2021.
IDEA also is acquiring 10 acres of land in the Gardere area from LSU.
