Business News

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber today launched a new program designed to help minority business owners in the region who want to take their business to the next level. 

The Capital Region’s real estate market, like pretty much every other market, is driven by supply and demand. While market power may shift a bit one way or the other—between buyers and sellers, between renters and landlords—the differences usually aren’t terribly dramatic from year to year.

The answer to the St. George incorporation question, so far, is "money," which should be surprising to exactly no one.

Rising violent crime has a growing number of Baton Rouge residents worried about the future of their city; something must be done.

Hot markets, fueled by limited supply and high demand, are the story with most real estate sectors, but rising interest rates and inflation are cautionary flags.

The residential sector is hot and experts say rising rates and higher prices won’t be enough in the short term to chill the market.

The cost of buying a home is making entry-level ownership unaffordable for many, which is now putting upward pressure on rent rates.

Demand for apartments is suddenly surging, countering years of warnings about an overbuilt market, but will the boom last?

The pandemic upended the office market and even as business gets back to normal changes are still happening.

A listing of the available multistory Class A office buildings in the Baton Rouge market.