Economic Development

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

More than 50 projects in the works for downtown this year

While the pandemic dampened development across the region last year, moving into the new...

Pandemic creating wave of new job roles for 2021 and beyond

As the way people work has changed, so have the roles that need to...

Quebec company acquires Baton Rouge’s Drillco

Baton Rouge’s Drillco is one of two companies acquired by a Montreal, Quebec-based company...

BRAC 2021 priorities: Business recovery, north Baton Rouge investment  

Helping businesses recover from blows dealt by the pandemic and prioritizing north Baton Rouge...

Dillard’s at Cortana Mall closing, paving way for Amazon developer

Dillard’s, the last store at the Cortana Mall, will close in April, WAFB-TV reports,...

Warehouse rezoning sought for nearly 37 acres on Pecue Lane

The Planning Commission next month will consider rezoning nearly 37 acres on Pecue Lane,...
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Amazon developer files plans for massive distribution center at Cortana Mall site

A developer with ties to Amazon has filed plans with the Planning Commission to redevelop the shuttered Cortana Mall in north Baton Rouge into a nearly 2.9 million-square-foot regional distribution center.

Barriere Construction acquired by Fortune 500 firm

Barriere Construction was acquired late last year by CRH America Materials Inc., the largest...

LUBA Workers’ Comp acquires Florida-based FHM Insurance Co. 

Baton Rouge-based LUBA Workers’ Comp, a 30-year-old regional casualty insurance company that covers businesses...

How your office could be different this year, if you go in  

After a year in which the coronavirus pandemic upended the very concept of the...
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