Economic Development

Plastic surgery center Sono Bello coming to Corporate Boulevard

A new plastic surgery center is coming to Corporate Boulevard, according to documents filed with the East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court's office.

Layoffs rising in white-collar industries, will blue-collar jobs follow? 

Layoffs at white-collar companies are starting to rise across the U.S. Now the question...

Where managers and employees disagree the most about remote work 

Recent surveys conducted by Harvard Business Review suggest that managers and employees disagree profoundly...

Commercial Properties buys 22 blighted properties in Nicholson corridor for $3M

Commercial Properties Realty Trust has purchased 22 tracts in the Nicholson Drive corridor for $3.02 million

Buc-ee’s may finally be coming to Louisiana, but in Ruston  

Buc-ee's, the Texas-based travel center with an obsessive following and beaver mascot, may finally be coming to Louisiana with plans in the works to build one of its stores on Interstate 20 in Ruston, USA Today Network reports 

Louisiana oil and gas sector expected to shrink this year 

Louisiana’s oil and gas industry is expected to shrink slightly this year due to a combination of economic and geopolitical factors, experts who follow the sector say
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US hiring stays brisk as employers add 223,000 jobs in December 

America’s employers added a solid 223,000 jobs in December, evidence that the economy remains healthy. 

Quiet hiring seen as the next workplace trend 

There is a new workplace phenomenon that bosses and employees should prepare for: quiet...

Housing’s new normal

The residential sector is cooling, but tight inventory should keep the Capital Region market on neutral turf.

Lee and Associates opening Baton Rouge commercial real estate office 

Lee and Associates, one of the largest broker-owned commercial real estate firms in North America, on Wednesday announced it is opening an office in Baton Rouge.  Â