Economic Development

Houston-based Salata Salad Kitchen has begun recruiting potential franchise partners to open stores in the Baton Rouge area.

Republic Finance, a rapidly growing consumer lender founded in Baton Rouge 70 years ago, is establishing its headquarters in Plano, Texas. 

Lumber prices are falling across the country after more than a year of the wood being hard to find, hard to ship, and expensive to buy. However, it may take a while for the Baton Rouge area to see any relief.

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Republic Finance, a 70-year-old consumer loan provider, is moving its headquarters from Baton Rouge to Plano, Texas, according to Texas-based media reports. 

Industrial automation company Yokogawa Corporation of America, the Japanese company’s U.S. branch, today announced that a Baton Rouge location will open in June. 

Ochsner Health today announced it will open its new Ochsner 65 Plus–Bocage this fall in the former Pearson’s Luggage and Gifts space. 

D.R. Horton bought 53 lots in Heron Pointe, a planned subdivision off Old Jefferson Highway, for $4.4 million on Friday.

Six historically Black universities in five Southern states, one of them Southern University in Baton Rouge, will be getting the first IBM cybersecurity centers aimed at training underrepresented communities, the company announced this week. 

Bridges and road projects were prioritized over teacher and university faculty pay in the latest Louisiana budget plan unveiled this weekend.