Commercial Realtors moving into car wash business

Four agents with Maestri Murrell Real Estate are preparing to break ground on a car wash on Nicholson Drive. Construction is set to start on Shammy’s in the next two months, says Benjamin Stalter, who is involved with the business along with his fellow agents Boyce Rigby, Chad Rigby and Jonathan Walker. “We hope this will become a chain,” says Stalter. “We like the business and some of our partners have been in the car wash business.” Shammy’s, which is across from where the old Prince Murat hotel was, will feature an automatic car wash along with manual bays. Stalter says the partners chose that site for Shammy’s because they thought it would be a good fit for the area. “We’re excited about the Nicholson corridor between LSU and downtown,” he says. “It’s a no brainer that’s a huge corridor for the future of Baton Rouge.” Shammy’s should open by the spring.—Timothy Boone