Economic Development

‘Downtown East’ is attracting an increasing number of businesses due to the area’s available and affordable properties

The centralized location and relatively cheap asking price of the former Allement’s Hydraulics &...

Making Mississippi River deeper remains unknown—and unfunded—variable in local impact from Panama Canal expansion

Originally scheduled to be concluded in October 2014, the newly expanded Panama Canal will...

The oil and gas industry questions whether new regulations will make drilling safer or just more expensive

New offshore drilling regulations aimed at improving safety were created after the April 20,...

Louisiana Lawmakers convene their third session this year, and once again business stands to lose from the tax proposals on the table

It’s another week, another legislative session. Since mid-February, Louisiana lawmakers have been in session continuously—first, a...

BRAF eyes aerial gondolas as one solution to Baton Rouge’s traffic problems

Imagine a city where transit is aerial—where people move about not by airplane but...

LSU chancellor emeritus defends TOPS

Knowing that one of the hardest conversations for a parent is to tell their...
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New building at 200 Laurel St. taking shape; landscape architects to occupy first floor

The latest structure to rise from the ground downtown is a three-story mixed-use building...

Urgent care clinic slated for vacant lot at corner of Perkins Road and Lee Drive

After being vacant for 20-plus years, the property at the southwest corner of Perkins...

Investors, restaurant chains remain bullish on Baton Rouge

Among the more than 36,000 attendees last week at the International Council of Shopping...

RDA taps Weinstein Nelson Development for Entergy site redevelopment

The East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority decided today to enter into an exclusive negotiating...