Real Estate

Baton Rouge’s retail sector remains stable as pandemic wears on real estate 

Given the financial pounding retailers have absorbed during COVID-19, it would seem the last place one would find a real estate commercial bright spot is in the retail sector.

DDD reclaiming 150 free parking spaces under I-10

In an effort to create additional safe parking areas at night in downtown, the Downtown Development District will reclaim and improve the free parking under Interstate 10. 

Hollywood Casino rebranding to Casino Rouge

Hollywood Casino of Baton Rouge’s plan to move the gaming facility onto land includes...

Two high-profile properties in foreclosure sale tied to defunct FNBC Bank 

More than three years after the feds shut down First NBC Bank, the ripple effects from the failure of the New Orleans-based institution can still be seen in the Baton Rouge real estate market.

Rezoning sought for long-vacant Coursey Boulevard restaurant space

The Planning Commission will consider a request to rezone a long-vacant restaurant space on Coursey Boulevard, near the Sherwood Forest Boulevard intersection. 

Afton Oaks Apartments off Sherwood Forest sells for $23.5M

The Afton Oaks Apartments on Newcastle Avenue, off Sherwood Forest Boulevard, was sold to a Colorado-based investment and management group for $23.5 million. 

Real estate appraisers board asks SCOTUS for help in suit brought by FTC

The Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene...

Brokers pitch amphitheater idea for River Park property

With the deadline to bid on River Park next week nears, real estate brokers representing the nearly 24-acre downtown riverfront property just north of Hollywood Casino made a late pitch to try and garner local interest in developing the property for commercial entertainment use. 

Supply chain disruptions lead to frustrations, higher costs for homebuilders

Though the COVID-19 economic crisis has helped, not hurt, the housing market, homebuilders say...

BRAC Economic Development Summit: Real estate landscape looks rocky

Louisiana’s real estate community can expect for lenders to be under great duress over...