Real Estate

Here’s what’s on Monday’s Planning Commission agenda

Belle of Baton Rouge’s request for rezoning, part of its plan to move its gaming operations inland, will go before the East Baton Rouge Parish Planning Commission on Monday. 

Check out Baton Rouge’s most expensive home sales of 2023 

“It felt like a bad year, but when you look at the numbers—it wasn’t...

Woman’s Hospital issued permit for construction of perinatal mental health unit

Contractors were granted permits last week to begin construction of Woman’s Hospital’s planned perinatal mental health unit, which would become the first inpatient mental health unit in Louisiana to focus solely on the needs of pregnant and postpartum women.

Baton Rouge-area home sales continued to decrease in January  

Baton Rouge-area homebuyers are starting to see some relief from the strong seller’s market as inventory and the number of days houses stay on the market both climb, according to the latest report from the Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors. 

The decade-long sewerage dispute at Cedar Lodge Plantation is over

A rather lengthy federal battle between Phil Witter’s Cedar Lodge Plantation and the owners of Fairway View Apartments on College Drive near Corporate Boulevard over raw sewage has been resolved.

Former Metro Bowl changes hands decade after closing 

A little more than a decade after it closed, the former Metro Bowl bowling alley property at the corner of Airline Highway and Plank Road has traded hands. 

What’s up with all that roadwork on Jefferson Highway?

If you’ve driven on Jefferson Highway near Drusilla Lane recently, you’ve probably noticed some pretty significant roadwork that has rendered the center three lanes of Jefferson Highway inaccessible.

Could a mixed-use development be planned near L’Auberge?

A pair of applications filed with the East Baton Rouge Parish Planning Commission indicate that some major changes could be coming to the area surrounding L’Auberge Casino. 

Get the latest on the Mississippi River bridge

A new bridge across the Mississippi River still won’t happen before 2031, and there’s...

$2.1B Calcasieu River bridge deal moves forward 

Lawmakers approved a public-private partnership last week to build a $2.1 billion toll bridge over the Calcasieu River near Lake Charles after officials renegotiated an initial deal rejected in October, reports New Orleans City Business.