Is Amazon planning two Baton Rouge facilities?

Tuesday night’s decision by the Planning Commission to approve a 111,000-square-foot distribution center on Industsriplex near Siegen Lane for an Atlanta developer with ties...

Local restaurants adding multiple delivery apps as more players enter the market

With Waitr no longer the only option in town, Baton Rouge restaurant owners have been adding, or at least exploring, the addition of multiple...

Graves: DOTD ‘better have good reasons’ for awarding bridge contract to Bernhard

While the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development reviews an appeal filed by one of the firms that lost out on its bid for...

Another day, another hot sauce

LSU graduate Scott Bellina is the latest Louisiana native to launch a hot sauce brand this week. However, this sauce is steeped in Bellina’s family...

Lamar announces intent to raise $1B to help repay debts, fund capital working needs

Lamar Advertising Company intends to raise roughly $1 billion through private offerings to help pay off some $510 million in debt subject to market...

The Revelry Bar on Highland Road aims to become music venue 

The owners of The Revelry have been wanting to open a bar in Baton Rouge or New Orleans since 2013. But they couldn’t find a...

MyHy strikes deal to expand sales throughout Midwest, South 

MyHy, a hydration product developed by former LSU and Green Bay Packers quarterback Matt Flynn, announced today it has signed a deal with construction...

Roundup: Latter & Blum / Offshore wind / New business curriculum 

Leadership change: ​Billy Landreneau has been named chief financial officer of Latter & Blum Property Management. Landreneau, who up until now has served as...

Health Tip of the Week, sponsored by Baton Rouge General: Can food affect fertility?

Absolutely. When you eat the right types of food you’re delivering key nutrients necessary for conception and pregnancy to your body. So what are...

Space, cost were keys to Bridge Center’s location choice

Though it largely flew under the radar throughout the site selection process, RI International representatives say the C Temple Commercial Building at 3455 Florida...

Governor supports deconsolidating LSU president/chancellor position

While Gov. John Bel Edwards says he’s staying out of the process to pick LSU’s next president, he also says he supports splitting the...

Lamar announces intent to raise $1B to help repay debts, fund capital working needs

Lamar Advertising Company intends to raise roughly $1 billion through private offerings to help pay off some $510 million in debt subject to market...

Rules governing companies’ ‘goodwill’ accounting could change

A brewing battle over how to treat more than $5.5 trillion in assets on company books is pitting investors against businesses, investment advisers against...

MovEBR says split contracts will speed completion of projects 

The city is working with two teams of 16 firms to manage the $1 billion MovEBR project list over the next 15 years. How...

Roundup: Burrow’s agent / Intracoastal Waterway / Road closures  

Top of his game: LSU’s Heisman Trophy-winning, national champion quarterback Joe Burrow has signed with Creative Arts Agency Sports, the same agency that represents...

Brailsford & Dunlavey and CSRS get LSU lakes contract 

The LSU Real Estate and Facilities Foundation, an affiliate of the LSU Foundation, has selected a joint venture of Brailsford & Dunlavey and CSRS...

Bridge Center selects Florida Boulevard site for mental health facility 

The Bridge Center board has selected the C Temple Commercial Building at 3455 Florida Blvd. as the site of its planned mental health facility.  The...

Rezoning request for Plank Road tract illustrates challenges of implementing new master plan

Build Baton Rouge is opposing a measure that will come before the Planning Commission at its regular monthly meeting this evening to rezone a...

Leadership Power Breakfast touts recruiting and retaining homegrown talent

Each of the three speakers at this morning’s Leadership Power Breakfast, hosted by Business Report, had one thing in common: Each believes Louisiana and...

Heads up: LSU selecting University Lakes project adviser today

LSU will select a project manager today to oversee the roughly $50 million restoration and enhancement of the six-lake system at City-Brooks Community Park...