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Piccadilly on Plank Road closes after 65 years in business
Piccadilly’s restaurant on Plank Road closed Tuesday after 65 years in business, Louisiana First News reports.
A spokesperson for Piccadilly Holdings LLC says the decision...
Health Tip of the Week, sponsored by Baton Rouge General: A little about Legionnaire’s...
Legionnaire’s disease is a type of pneumonia caused by Legionella bacteria. Unlike other bacterial pneumonia and viral pneumonia, which primarily spreads from person to...
2025 St. Jude Dream Home® Trade Partner of the Year, sponsored by JR Construction
JR Construction has been named the 2025 Trade Partner of the Year for the Midsouth region by the St. Jude Dream Home® Builder Summit,...
Roundup: Burlington in Baton Rouge / Business spending / New era of Tiger Stadium
Opening on Siegen: National discount retailer Burlington is bringing its refreshed brand and reimagined store design to Baton Rouge with a new location opening...
Student housing cools as affordability trumps luxury
Student housing is showing fresh signs of strain as economic uncertainty weighs on families and students alike, CNBC writes.
Rent growth in the sector slowed...
Meta’s Louisiana data center could cost upwards of $50B
Meta’s ambitious Louisiana data center project is drawing fresh attention after former President Donald Trump claimed its price tag could reach $50 billion, Bloomberg...
Victoria’s Toy Station is closing this week after 41 years
After more than four decades in business, Victoria’s Toy Station is closing its doors this week, WAFB-TV reports.
Originally launched in the Catfish Town train...
Younger workers are shouldering the heaviest losses from AI
Artificial intelligence is beginning to reshape the job market in ways that disproportionately affect younger workers, The Wall Street Journal writes.
Stanford economists Erik Brynjolfsson,...
Roundup: Federal Reserve / Roseland fire / Hurricane Katrina’s toll
ICYMI: President Donald Trump said Monday night that he’s firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, an unprecedented move that would constitute a sharp escalation...
This Korean hot pot restaurant makes its Baton Rouge debut this week
KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot is officially opening its Baton Rouge location this week.
The fast-growing restaurant chain claims to offer an “unforgettable dining...
Commercial Property of the Week, sponsored by Elifin Realty: Multi-tenant office building for sale
Now available for sale, 5917 Jones Creek Road is a ±10,232 SF multi-tenant office building with strong visibility in a busy area. All units...
July new home sales beat forecasts, but demand remains shaky
New U.S. home sales outpaced expectations in July, Bloomberg reports.
New home sale contracts were signed at a 652,000 annualized rate—above economists’ projections of 630,000—even...
Faith meets business: Religious construction is going up
Church attendance may be down nationwide, but construction of houses of worship is surging, The Wall Street Journal writes.
Federal data show spending on religious...
How AI is changing flood insurance for cities
Fremont, California, is breaking new ground in how municipalities insure against floods, Governing writes.
The city’s risk manager, Steven Schwarz, grew frustrated that the only...
Roundup: Keurig Dr Pepper deal / SEC disclosure rule / Greater New Orleans Foundation
Beverage deal: Keurig Dr Pepper has struck a deal to buy Peet’s Coffee owner JDE Peet’s for $18 billion, a prelude to spinning off...
Who’s building and who’s buying in Greater Baton Rouge
Here’s a look at issued permits and property deals that occurred last week in East Baton Rouge and Ascension parishes.
East Baton Rouge Parish
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A deeper look at Meta’s mammoth bet on rural Louisiana
Construction is underway on the former Richland Parish farmland that is the site of Meta’s most ambitious project yet—a $10 billion, nine-building “Hyperion” data...
Roundup: Tariff exemption ending / Furniture tariffs coming / Press Club speaker
Shipments paused: The end of an exemption on tariff duties for low-value packages coming into the U.S. is causing multiple international postal services to...
Loss of subsidies could make the renewables sector stronger in the long run
The U.S. has pulled the plug on decades-old subsidies for wind and solar, but industry watchers say the sector is strong enough to stand...
Data centers’ thirst for water raises sustainability questions
As artificial intelligence fuels a global boom in data center construction, researchers warn that the industry’s thirst for water is becoming harder to ignore....
