Almost four years after Gov. John Bel Edwards announced a funding source to cover the cost of widening Interstate 10 through the heart of Baton Rouge, the state is finalizing its construction plans for the project.
There’s no telling, but LSU Foundation officials acknowledge the long-term deal could be “very significant,” potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
With its six-story, red brick building standing prominently on the Essen Lane campus of Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center appears very much to be part of the hospital.
Office occupancy rates, already soft, have held fairly steady throughout the pandemic but some fear that will end when long-term leases come up for renewal.
The Metro Council today will be asked to approve Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s spending plan for some $73 million in federal money that is headed to Baton Rouge.