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Design: David E. Roberts Center for Economic Development

Owner: Baton Rouge Area Chamber Architect: WHLC Architecture Contractor: Milton J. Womack Cost: $3.5 million Completed: August 2018 Use: Headquarters of...

Microtel Inn & Suites sells for $2.6M

The Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham on Rieger Road, off I-10 at Siegen...

Alford: How political dollars keep flowing during fundraising ban

There's been a lot of talk about Gov. John Bel Edwards 90-day fundraising ban...

It’s official: Baton Rouge multifamily sector is overbuilt, especially near LSU

If you’ve noticed all the recent construction south of LSU around Burbank and Nicholson...

Paramount shooting new TV series in Baton Rouge

Paramount Television, a division of the major Hollywood film studio Paramount Pictures, has selected...

Hiring those with disabilities isn’t charity, it’s good business

Any time Bet-R Neighborhood Market owner Cliff Boulden has a job opening, he tries...

The unfulfilled infill promise of The River District

The long expanse of land straddling oak-lined Nicholson Drive is by now supposed to...

Siegen Village Shopping Center sold for $18M

The Siegen Village Shopping Center, located across from Target, was recently sold to a...

Spielfogel: Aunt Becky isn’t the real college scandal

I didn’t need a “Full House” character to show me the college admissions deck...

Stop wasting time, and money, on unproductive meetings

Too many meetings. And unproductive meetings at that. What's a company to do? A recent...