Burbank property sold for Goodwill

A tract near the intersection of Bluebonnet Boulevard and Burbank Drive has been sold for $900,000 to developers who plan to build a Goodwill store on the site. Dantin-Bruce Development bought the property, which fronts on Burbank, from Jerry Pearson in a deal that closed Monday. Construction of the 13,000-square-foot store will start next month, says Brian Dantin, and the Goodwill store should open in about 10 months. This will be the third Goodwill store in Baton Rouge. Pearson owns a 15-acre tract at Bluebonnet and Burbank, across from where a Walmart Supercenter is slated to open in 2013. Plans are to build a mixed-use development at the site and to have Goodwill become the first tenant. “There’s a lot of interest in that location,” says Dantin. —Timothy Boone