Real Estate

New collaborative working space opens on S. 14th Street

A new collaborative working space, Legacy on 14th, is opening in the historic Eddie Robinson Sr. neighborhood near Old South Baton Rouge.

Few requests to modify overlay districts granted in recent history

If a proposed modification to the Old Hammond Highway Overlay District allowing for the development of a controversial Murphy Oil gas station secures Metro Council approval later this month, it would join just a few other cases where properties have successfully been removed from one of the parish’s 10 overlay districts in recent years.

Lawsuit over downtown library heats up again with no trial date in sight

Nearly two years after filing suit over construction problems that delayed the since-completed downtown library, the city-parish has filed an amended version of the lawsuit, once again naming its general contractor, Buquet & LeBlanc, as a defendant in the case.

Construction continues at prime corner of College Drive

Construction is set to finish in December on the new dental offices at the corner of College Drive and Constitution Avenue.  The site, formerly a Chevron gas station, was cleared in late 2018. At the time, property owner Nadia Elbar told Daily Report that she wanted to find a new use for the property in light of increasing competition for service station operators from big-name retailers such as Walmart. 

Canadian investment firm buys two Baton Rouge self-storage facilities

A capital investment firm, based out of Calgary, Alberta, bought two self-storage facilities in Baton Rouge last week. 

Baton Rouge homeowners vulnerable to foreclosure, report says

Nearly 110,000 Louisiana homeowners were unable to pay on their mortgages in September—including some...

Parker’s Pharmacy buys former Regions Bank building on Florida Boulevard

The brothers behind Parker’s Pharmacy bought the former Regions Bank building on Florida Boulevard,...

Big John’s Fast Fries among recent restaurant deals in Baton Rouge area

Big John’s Fast Fries, billed as a “startup french fry concept,” is moving into the South Sherwood Forest Boulevard building most recently vacated by Best Boilers.

@Highland opens flex space for remote workers, businesses

@Highland has officially unveiled its plans to reconfigure 17,860 square feet of vacant, third-floor office space into flex space for remote workers and local businesses

Spinosa, Duplechain planning separate multifamily projects in Spanish Town

Two well-known developers are in the early stages of planning unrelated multifamily projects in the heart of historic Spanish Town.