Real Estate

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.

Industrial: Land of opportunity

There were challenges but the strength of the industrial real estate sector withstood them all and now faces a promising future.

Assisted living company buys 25 acres in Central for $1.175M

Plantation Management Company, which owns and operates skilled nursing and assisted living facilities around...

28-unit West Chimes Street apartment complex sells for $1.8M

A local multifamily investor has bought a 28-unit apartment complex on West Chimes Street, just north of LSU’s campus.

Proposed rezoning for The Executive Center going before Planning Commission in June

Franklin Associates is trying to rezone the former Church of the Way Presbyterian site in Mid City—which the local consulting firm has been transforming into a conference and event center—to allow for alcohol sales at the new venue, called The Executive Center.

Design startups are making over the doctor’s office

Most doctor’s offices have been designed with staff efficiency in mind, but post-pandemic, patient-centric...

Baton Rouge secures funding for two flood control projects

East Baton Rouge Parish today secured roughly $14 million in funding for flood control...

Charter Schools USA eyes former Runnels preschool location for new charter

Charter Schools USA has applied for a permit to renovate the former Runnels preschool...

Parish Pilates and Yoga closing this summer

Parish Pilates and Yoga, a Mid City studio that built up a loyal following during its four years in business, has announced it is permanently closing its doors effective July 1.