Economic Development

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today announced the formal launch of its small business...

The technology behind the groundbreaking Smart Port initiative launched last year at The Water...

Baton Rouge-based Focus Foods, a meal solutions manufacturer founded in 2019, today announced a $1.7 million expansion and relocation from its Celtic Studios base of operations to a larger site in Baton Rouge. 

Across the country, tier one office markets are going back to pre-pandemic norms and larger office brokerages are seeing renewed demand

The Energy Department on Wednesday authorized additional exports of liquefied natural gas from planned terminals in Texas and Louisiana.

Capital Region apartment vacancies came down over the past year and rents shot up, reversing the pre-pandemic trend, according to data Baton Rouge-based real estate appraisers Cook, Moore, Davenport and Associates compiled. 

GolfSuites, a high-tech driving range, will open May 10 on Siegen Lane in the former Caddyshack Driving Range space.

Less expensive cities with strong local economies climbed The Wall Street Journal/Realtor.com Emerging Housing Markets Index in the first quarter of this year, another sign that many homebuyers are giving priority to affordability.

The Louisiana Senate today will take up a proposal to put on the ballot a constitutional amendment that would require local approval and job creation or retention when granting property tax exemptions for manufacturing projects. 

In the fifth installment of the 2022 Louisiana Survey, released Tuesday, residents say the most common barrier to having broadband internet is the cost of the service.