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Former Wyndham Garden on Bluebonnet rebranding as Studio 6 Extended Stay Hotel

The former Wyndham Garden hotel on Bluebonnet Boulevard is being converted to a Studio 6 Extended Stay Hotel.

Dismukes: Higher oil prices likely to have muted impact on Louisiana

Oil prices this week hit multiyear highs above $70 a barrel, punctuating a global economic reawakening that has raised the prices of a broad range of commodities. But that doesn’t mean Louisiana should expect more drilling activity any time soon, according to one local energy expert.

Homebuilders continue to push back at proposed Ascension Parish moratorium

Two weeks after Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment proposed a 12-month development moratorium following...

Port Allen LNG plant acquired by Houston company

Houston-based Stabilis Solutions Inc., an energy transition services provider, today announced it has acquired...

Bills to prevent mishandling of sexual violence complaints at Louisiana colleges advance

A group of bills designed to close loopholes of reporting and handling sexual violence...

Baton Rouge real estate comes to post-pandemic life

While most real estate sectors are rebounding as expected, experts are trying to make sense of the inexplicable surge in residential activity.
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Single family: Suddenly a seller’s market

The single family residential sector is seeing a surge in activity—and prices—as pent-up demand and low interest rates meet delays in new construction and tighter supply.

Multifamily: An uncertain future

The pandemic didn’t wreak the predicted havoc on multifamily, but apartment inventory far outstrips demand and there aren’t nearly enough new jobs on the horizon to absorb it.

Commercial: Office workplace disruption

Pandemic restrictions are ending but will enough workers return to stabilize what was already a soft office market?

Retail: Intact but not unscathed

The pandemic didn’t crush the retail market, but it did accelerate worrisome trends that were already underway—especially on the e-commerce front.