Real Estate

Why businesses aren’t cutting back on office space 

Despite a large number of white collar workers across the country becoming hybrid workers, there hasn’t been an equivalent drop in demand for office space. 

Metro Council agenda includes $255M anti-flood project, crime update

The East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council on Wednesday will get an update on a $255 million Army Corps of Engineers flood risk reduction project. 

Planet Fitness moving into space near future Amazon site

A Planet Fitness franchisee, Mississippi-based DKW Properties, bought the former Furniture Mart location on Airline Highway near the future home of the Amazon fulfillment center at the former Cortana Mall site.

Housing market frenzy expected to subside in second half of year

U.S. home sales reached a 15-year high in 2021, fueled by low borrowing rates...

New charter school opens at Howell Place; apartment complex in the works 

Two developments, a recently opened charter school and a planned apartment complex, both totaling $125 million, are the newest tenants of Howell Place, Richard Preis’s development on Plank Road.

Multifamily, net lease retail properties likely to stay hot through 2022

Multifamily and net lease retail properties have garnered more interest from investment firms in recent months due to pandemic concerns, and their popularity may stick through 2022.

Greater Baton Rouge home sales increase in December despite fewer listings

Baton Rouge saw an increase in home sales but a decrease in listings in December, continuing the trend of the past few months, according to the latest report from the Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors. 

Stirling Properties, Level Homes team up on Prairieville development 

Through a joint venture with Level Homes, Stirling Properties today announced plans to build a townhome development in Prairieville

Mortgage rates jump to highest level since March 2020 

Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates jumped again this past week, reaching their highest level since March 2020, just as the coronavirus pandemic was breaking in the U.S.

New Ascension Parish Courthouse features enhanced security 

To keep pace with growth in the parish, the new, $31.5 million Ascension Parish Courthouse was designed for enhanced security and more courtrooms.