Real Estate

Baton Rouge getting its first hostel

A Baton Rouge native and avid traveler is transforming a former day care center...

Construction work begins on Chad Hughes’ barbecue restaurant

Work has begun on the old Cracker Barrel site on Perkins Road that Chad Hughes is planning to bring back into commerce as a barbecue restaurant.

Roundup: EBR schools / Chicken Salad Chick / Brookwood Properties

Eight additional days: East Baton Rouge Parish Schools Superintendent Sito Narcisse aims to have...

Short-term rental committee reconvenes after neary yearlong pause

After the pandemic essentially put efforts to draft a new short-term rental ordinance for Baton Rouge on hold for nearly a year, the committee tasked with researching and writing the new policy is back in business.

Mortgage applications falling as home prices rise

The number of U.S. mortgage applications declined last week for the fourth straight week,...

Lemoine Co. gets contract to do Cortana demolition for Amazon

Now that demolition work has begun on the former Cortana Mall site to make way for a 3.5 million-square-foot Amazon fulfillment center, local companies are beginning to reap the benefits of the construction jobs the project is creating.

City Pork taking over Adrian’s Restaurant & Bar in Highland Park Marketplace

Adrian’s Restaurant & Bar, which has been closed since last summer, is being converted...

BRG Mid City planning facility face-lift

One year after reopening its acute care facilities, Baton Rouge General Mid City has...

Engquist buys downtown riverfront lot from Bernhard for nearly $5.7M

Jim Bernhard has sold one of the last undeveloped tracts of downtown riverfront property to businessman and developer John Engquist for $5.68 million in a deal that closed Monday.

Izzo’s property on Corporate sold by one Spinosa entity to another

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported that a property on South...