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Baton Rouge real estate comes to post-pandemic life
While most real estate sectors are rebounding as expected, experts are trying to make sense of the inexplicable surge in residential activity.
Single family: Suddenly a seller’s market
The single family residential sector is seeing a surge in activity—and prices—as pent-up demand and low interest rates meet delays in new construction and tighter supply.
Multifamily: An uncertain future
The pandemic didn’t wreak the predicted havoc on multifamily, but apartment inventory far outstrips demand and there aren’t nearly enough new jobs on the horizon to absorb it.
Commercial: Office workplace disruption
Pandemic restrictions are ending but will enough workers return to stabilize what was already a soft office market?
Retail: Intact but not unscathed
The pandemic didn’t crush the retail market, but it did accelerate worrisome trends that were already underway—especially on the e-commerce front.
Industrial: Land of opportunity
There were challenges but the strength of the industrial real estate sector withstood them all and now faces a promising future.
Stephenson Stellar, new Baton Rouge nonprofit, lands $23M contact for cyberdefense in space
Stephenson Stellar Corp., a new, nonprofit corporation based in Baton Rouge and founded by LSU alumnus and philanthropist Emmet Stephenson and his wife, Toni,...
Food delivery services are popular but not turning a profit
Food delivery services like DoorDash and Uber Eats saw big business during the pandemic, Wall Street Journal reports, but even at the height of...
Three productivity tools one company plans to keep post-pandemic
In March 2020, Boston-based clothing company Ministry of Supply responded to the pandemic by temporarily shuttering its six retail stores across the U.S., which...
YMCA to offer early childhood education at A.C. Lewis this fall
The YMCA of the Capital Area is planning to move into early childhood education with programs for students ages 2-4 starting this fall.
Cassidy reintroducing bill to create NTSB-like board for studying natural disasters
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., is joining U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, in reintroducing bipartisan legislation that would create a permanent independent board to...
BRAC Issues emergency preparedness recommendations for businesses
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today released its recommendations for businesses preparing for hurricane season, which officially begins today.
BRAC advises businesses to create detailed...
Three executives share how their Louisiana companies were able to thrive in 2020
It has been an incredibly challenging year in the industrial space. Even so, Louisiana companies are making waves for their ability to grow and...
LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri retiring
Longtime LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri, who led the Tigers to the 2009 national championship and is No. 1 among active NCAA Division I...
Lumen Technologies CEO highest paid in Louisiana
The Associated Press today released its annual list of the highest-paid CEOs by state, with Jeffrey K. Storey of Monroe-based Lumen Technologies taking Louisiana’s...
Proposed rezoning for The Executive Center going before Planning Commission in June
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.
Design startups are making over the doctor’s office
Most doctor’s offices have been designed with staff efficiency in mind, but post-pandemic, patient-centric architecture has become an area of interest for some startups,...
LABI collecting worker shortage data in effort to end enhanced jobless benefits
The Louisiana Association of Business and Industry is conducting a survey of businesses around the state that are struggling to hire workers as they seek to resume normal operations.
Hitting a wall: Only technology can take industrial maintenance to next level
Dow found itself battling the law of diminishing returns in its decadeslong quest to optimize its maintenance processes. Though incremental improvements were made to...
Baton Rouge secures funding for two flood control projects
East Baton Rouge Parish today secured roughly $14 million in funding for flood control projects through the Louisiana Watershed Initiative, a state-run flood mitigation...
