Economic Development

Business expansions, relocations, incentives, and investment fueling economic growth across the Baton Rouge area.

Landmark Properties buys The Exchange apartments on Ben Hur

Student housing developer Landmark Properties today announced it has acquired The Exchange at Baton...

Council unanimously approves Millennial Park rezoning

Millennial Park developer Cameron Jackson has received permission from the Metro Council to rezone his shipping container park on Florida Boulevard to sell alcoholic beverages.

Local commercial sales in February top 6-year averages in number, dollar volume

Through February 2021, the total number and dollar volume of commercial sales in the Baton Rouge market are both up 40% over the previous six-year averages, according to an analysis released earlier this week by local real estate firm Elifin Realty.

What to consider when crafting a long-term remote work plan

Virtually all projections anticipate the post-pandemic workforce will be relatively more remote—that is, nearly...

Jeff Landry leads 13-state lawsuit to overturn oil and gas lease ban

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry is leading a 13-state lawsuit against the Biden administration...

Louisiana’s personal income grew in 2020 but fell sharply in Q4

Louisiana’s state personal income grew by 5.4% from 2019 to 2020, but below the...

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Dismukes challenges report calling Formosa project ‘financially unviable’

A Baton Rouge-based energy expert refutes several of the points made in a report released Tuesday by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, which called The Formosa Plastics Group’s proposed petrochemical complex in St. James Parish “financially unviable” and urged its cancellation.