Economic Development

Despite facing various challenges throughout much of the year, many local retailers saw stronger-than-usual...

The Chase Towers in downtown Baton Rouge will get a new name in the new year, says developer Mike Wampold, who is planning to rebrand his iconic high rises as I & II River Mark Center

While experts expect vehicle sales to be down for the year across the country,...

While 2020 could have been a year that decimated commercial real estate, the office and retail sectors in Baton Rouge remain relatively healthy as the year comes to a close, though there’s plenty of uncertainty and some concern about what lies ahead.

Amid low interest rates, the Baton Rouge area saw a healthy single-family residential real estate market throughout 2020, with the number of home sales and median sale prices rising year-over-year and inventory shrinking.

Gonzales-based industrial services company Specialty Welding and Turnarounds LLC has bought a Mississippi petrochemical...

Surging LNG demand in Asia is driving a renewed interest in long-term supply contracts,...

Hopes were high for Baton Rouge’s trio of riverboat casinos stepping into the new year and next decade after breaking the market’s two-year losing streak at the end of 2019 and carrying the first two months of the year with growing revenues. 

mid The LSU Board of Supervisors has opted not to call a special board meeting that had been tentatively planned for Tuesday to consider moving forward on a lucrative, long-term contract to modernize the energy system on the main Baton Rouge campus.

A group of Baton Rouge-area investors has purchased a 20.8-acre lot near Lovett Road and Central Thruway in Central.