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First units at I Rivermark Centre scheduled for completion in mid-2022
The first three floors of multifamily units in Mike Wampold’s I Rivermark Centre are tentatively scheduled for completion in mid-2022.
Is COVID, hurricanes enough reason for companies to miss ITEP requirements?
Manufacturing companies that utilize Louisiana’s Industrial Property Tax Exemption Program but don’t hit their employment and payroll targets will be asked to justify keeping their exemptions.
The future of workplace flexibility
What does true flexibility at work look like? Most organizations approach it in one of two ways: as an ad hoc work-life accommodation available...
An office cat, paid time off for service among perks at Baton Rouge’s Best...
Executives at six of the 60 Baton Rouge-area companies honored at Tuesday morning’s Best Places to Work Breakfast shared how they keep employees engaged, even when working from home, how they deal with the challenges facing the local business community and how they give back to Baton Rouge.
OLOL, Mary Bird Perkins split apart over issues surrounding long-term growth
Planning for the new Our Lady of the Lake cancer institute has been in the works, at least in broad terms, for months.
Film and TV union votes to authorize strike
Almost every voting member of the union that represents people who work behind the scenes in film and television in Louisiana has joined their colleagues across the country in authorizing a nationwide strike, a representative of the local chapter says.
Carvana applying to build Baton Rouge location, its first in Louisiana
Online car seller Carvana submitted a rezoning request with the Baton Rouge Planning and Zoning Commission last week to build its first Louisiana location, on Reiger Road.
News alert: OLOL announces plans for $100M cancer institute
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center is investing $100 million to establish a new regional cancer center that will be branded as the Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Institute.
Nexus’ PitchBR competition returns in November
Nexus Louisiana’s PitchBR is coming back in November after a pandemic hiatus and is seeking entrepreneurs and business owners to pitch ideas at the first PitchBR event.
Facebook, Instagram suffer worldwide outage
Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms were down across wide swathes of the world today. Facebook’s internal systems used by employees also went down.
Bernhard energy services firm to be acquired by global investment fund
DIF Capital Partners, a global infrastructure investment fund manager, today announced an agreement to acquire Bernhard, LLC, the New Orleans-based energy services firm owned by Baton Rouge-based private equity firm Bernhard Capital Partners.
Inside the broken supply chain squeezing businesses everywhere
The commercial pipeline that each year brings $1 trillion worth of toys, clothing, electronics and furniture from Asia to the U.S. is clogged and no one knows how to unclog it.
PAR selects Steven Procopio as new president
The board of directors for the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana has selected Steven Procopio, currently PAR’s policy director, to be the group's next president.
IMAC Holdings expands into Louisiana
IMAC Holdings INC has expanded its services into Louisiana with the acquisition of Louisiana Orthopaedic and Sports Rehab Institute in Baton Rouge, the company announced Monday.
Area hospitals in spotlight for efforts to reduce maternal mortality
The four hospitals that deliver babies in Baton Rouge were among 16 statewide to attain a new designation from the Louisiana Department of Health that recognizes facilities committed to improving quality and outcomes for those giving birth.
Entergy outage shuts down BTR fuel pumps, forcing departing flights to make unplanned stops
A power outage on Baton Rouge Metro Airport property that began Friday night and continued into Saturday, shut down fuel pumps at the airport and forced four commercial flights to make unplanned stops at other airports to refuel.
A ‘beast’ to maintain, West Feliciana hoping to save The Bluffs golf course
West Feliciana Parish President Kenny Havard says he’s willing to explore any viable option to reopen and preserve the Bluffs at Thompson Creek golf course, but his parish doesn’t have the resources to take it over and run it.
LED rolls out program for second-stage business growth
Louisiana Economic Development has launched a Diversity in Entrepreneurship Initiative to accelerate growth in second-stage minority- and women-owned businesses.
LED’s small business services team is...
Check out what’s brewing at Baton Rouge’s coffee shops
But over the last 20 years, this backdrop of coffee love has expanded in Baton Rouge to include numerous third-wave specialty cafes—shops that elevate the experience with single-sourced beans, meticulous roasting and creative mixology normally reserved for craft cocktails.
Two years after forming committee, Baton Rouge still lacks short-term rental ordinance
Efforts to draft a new ordinance governing short-term rentals in Baton Rouge are moving forward but at something of a snail’s pace.
