After pandemic fueled a sales boom, RV dealers facing shortage

Restrictions on international travel along with social distancing guidelines during the pandemic led more travelers to purchase RVs during the quarantine months. Even now, as the number of COVID-19 cases eases, sales remain brisk, causing shortages for dealers.

Chestnut Ridge Apartments sells to out-of-state investors for $9.7M

The Chestnut Ridge Apartments, located on Coy Avenue, was sold to Colorado-based Monarch Investment and Management Group and Iowa-based TRH Investments LLC for $9.7 million in a deal filed Wednesday.

Baton Rouge company buys Gardere-area apartments

Baton Rouge-based Granite Apartments LLC has bought 10 apartment properties in the Gardere area for $2.1 million in a deal that closed Wednesday.

California real estate investment company buys Coursey Place Apartments

SB Pacific Group LLC, a multifamily real estate investment company based in California, bought Coursey Place Apartments on Coursey Boulevard in a $49 million deal that closed this week.  

COVID-19 fatigue causing many nurses to change career path

Nurses are leaving Woman’s Hospital at a high rate as a result of the...

Ascension moratorium has homebuilders worried for their future

The recently passed nine-month moratorium on development in Ascension Parish has builders in the area feeling let down as they wonder what it will do to business. 

Smart Port navigation of Mississippi River coming to port of Baton Rouge

Smart Port, a crowd-sourced technology dashboard aimed at allowing ships to better navigate the lower Mississippi River, will soon be coming to the Port of Greater Baton Rouge. A major Smart Port center will also be located at the Baton Rouge Water Campus. 

Downtown isn’t where it was, ‘but it’s coming back,’ say business owners

Downtown business owners say the area is nearing pre-pandemic activity levels just over a...

Child care enrollment increasing as parents head back to work

Enrollment in local child care centers is increasing as the pandemic winds down and parents head back to work, but it may be more expensive and harder to find a spot.

DEQ will add EV charging stations along interstates

The same Volkswagen settlement that is funding more electric vehicle infrastructure in Baton Rouge...