Commercial and residential real estate across the Capital Region — development projects, property sales, construction, and the market trends driving them.
The Louisiana Legislature has approved a bill that would dedicate up to $40 million per year for a new Mississippi River bridge crossing in the Baton Rouge area.
About 1.4% of the homes in the Baton Rouge metro area are vacant, which tracks closely with the national average of 1.3%, according to a real estate data firm.
A new Mississippi River bridge might bring new businesses and residents to Iberville Parish, though there’s work to be done to get ready for that possibility.
State officials haven’t yet come up with a funding plan for a new Mississippi River bridge in the Capital Region, and a final location for the proposed bridge hasn’t been selected.
On this first day of the Atlantic hurricane season, federal officials are launching a new initiative to modernize building codes so that communities can be more resilient to hurricanes, flooding, wildfires, and other extreme weather events that are intensifying due to climate change.