As community discussions surrounding the planned $5.8 billion Hyundai-POSCO Louisiana Steel facility in Ascension Parish continue, community advocates are inviting residents to a town hall Thursday in Donaldsonville focused on how communities can negotiate benefits from large industrial projects. Good Neighbors Louisiana, along with coalition partners, will host a workshop-style meeting to introduce residents to the concept of community benefits...

The 186-acre Magnolia Ridge Logistics Park is entering its next phase, with 14 shovel-ready sites in one of the state's most active manufacturing and logistics corridors. The project, developed by a pair of Louisiana-based firms, Ratcliff Development and JRE Capital, wrapped up the infrastructure construction and is generating interest from industrial users, investors and build-to-suit prospects seeking development-ready property near...

A big piece of land near the RiverPlex MegaPark is about to take on a new role. Last week, the Ascension Parish Council voted unanimously to rezone roughly 150 acres of the old Woodstock Plantation from conservation to heavy industrial. The parcel sits west of La. 405 and south of Noel Road, in the Modeste area. According to Chad Stevens of...