Amid labor shortages, local human resources professionals are growing increasingly aggressive in their recruiting efforts, with some trying new tactics to entice job-seekers.

Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment’s proposed 12-month moratorium on all new residential and commercial construction is appearing before the parish council tonight.

The former Wyndham Garden hotel on Bluebonnet Boulevard is being converted to a Studio 6 Extended Stay Hotel.

Oil prices this week hit multiyear highs above $70 a barrel, punctuating a global economic reawakening that has raised the prices of a broad range of commodities. But that doesn’t mean Louisiana should expect more drilling activity any time soon, according to one local energy expert.

There were challenges but the strength of the industrial real estate sector withstood them all and now faces a promising future.

Plantation Management Company, which owns and operates skilled nursing and assisted living facilities around...

A local multifamily investor has bought a 28-unit apartment complex on West Chimes Street, just north of LSU’s campus.

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., is joining U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, in reintroducing...

Baton Rouge’s not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 5.8% in April, down from 11.7% last year, according to figures released today by the Louisiana Workforce Commission.

Franklin Associates is trying to rezone the former Church of the Way Presbyterian site in Mid City—which the local consulting firm has been transforming into a conference and event center—to allow for alcohol sales at the new venue, called The Executive Center.