Garcia Roofing buys property for B.R. location

Garcia Roofing and Sheet Metal, a fast-growing Prairieville business, has purchased a building near the East Baton Rouge-Ascension parish line for $1.1 million. The company bought the former Bailey Lumber building at Airline and Opportunity Drive, says Scott Guidry, an agent with Sealy & Falgoust. Jonathan Woolley, Garcia’s CFO, says the plan is to remodel the building and move its re-roofing and commercial division in there. The work should be completed in about 90 days. The move allows Garcia to consolidate some of its operations. Woolley says the new location won’t lead to additional hiring, but about 30 employees will work out of the 10,000-square-foot building, which has a 38,000-square-foot fenced lot. For a recent Business Report profile on Garcia Roofing, click here.—Timothy Boone