Real Estate

Work is underway to transform a closed bank branch on Siegen Lane into Baton Rouge's first Blaze Pizza location, following receipt of a complete interior renovation permit from the Planning Commission.

City-parish officials are beginning the effort to update FuturEBR, the five-year master plan that is meant to guide development in Baton Rouge and the parish’s unincorporated areas. 

Chef Charles Bis’treaux and a golf training facility are both moving into The Village at Bluebonnet Centre this spring

California-based retail developer and consulting firm Brand Growth Inc. has purchased the Circle K on the corner of Jefferson Highway and Lobdell Boulevard

BREC has chosen Austin-based Atlas Technical Consultants to provide project management services for some $100 million worth of capital improvement projects, the firm announced this morning.

The husband and wife team of James Clement and Christy Hancock purchased C.G.'s Gymnastics in 2013, and now they own the building, too.

Privately owned housing starts fell 4.5% from December to January, the U.S. Census Bureau reports. 

The Capital Region housing market is continuing to cool down, as closed sales dropped last month by nearly 40% compared to January 2022, reports the Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors.

Local developer Mike Wampold looks at potential projects in the Baton Rouge market with an entrepreneurial perspective. 

The Downtown Development District will cover half of the salary of a Baton Rouge Area Chamber employee who will work to fill empty downtown storefronts, DDD Executive Director Whitney Hoffman Sayal says.