Economic Development

Century Communities announces expansion into Baton Rouge housing market

Nationally recognized homebuilder Century Communities is expanding into the Baton Rouge market with two planned phases of Copper Oaks, a development in the city’s northeast. 

Opinion | City Park petition for central park will send a message

This story has been changed since its original publication to reflect that BREC currently...

Empire Wingz expands with new LSU-area restaurant

Baton Rouge-based Empire Wingz is expanding its footprint in the Capital Region with a fourth restaurant location. 

Companies are now being forced to deal with the fallout from remote learning 

The lasting impact of years of remote learning during the pandemic is gumming up...

Inside the evolving and increasingly competitive cancer-care market in the Capital Region

The two-story lobby of Ochsner’s gleaming $116 million medical complex at The Grove was...

Ascension Parish finds itself at the center of the clean energy race 

In the midst of the clean energy race, companies appear to have found Louisiana’s...
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Baton Rouge-to-NOLA passenger rail advocates await federal funding decision

The Federal Railroad Administration is expected in September or October to announce whether it will award a $100 million-plus grant that could lead to the resumption of passenger rail service between Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

USA Industries opening new Prairieville office, warehouse

USA Industries has announced that it will open a new product and sales warehouse...

Baton Rouge average rental price growth below national average

The growth in Baton Rouge rental prices has begun to cool as average prices nationwide approach pre-pandemic levels. 

Baton Rouge Metro Airport passenger numbers nearing those of 2019 

Passenger volume at the Baton Rouge Metro Airport was up 14.7% in June of this year compared to the same month in 2022, with 66,827 total passengers flying in and out, according to the airport’s latest passenger volume report.Â