Where the Capital Region industrial real estate market currently stands

It is a great time to be an industrial real estate landlord in the Capital Region, according to Evan Scroggs with Lee and Associates...

LSU athletics will be the first to use this new health care technology 

Eko Health, a company invested in applying artificial intelligence for early detection of heart and lung diseases, has partnered with LSU athletics and Our...

What this week’s stock market volatility may signal going forward

On Monday, all three major U.S. stock indexes posted their largest three-day percentage declines since June 2022, sparking fears among some investors that a...

More lots are on the way in University Club

A pair of filings at University Club are in the works to add 130 lots between two villages in the community, which will be...

Main Street Market is accepting applications for new food vendors 

The Main Street Market is reopening its doors this fall after a year of being closed for renovations.  The Big River Economic Agricultural & Development...

What ‘The Keith Lee Effect’ meant to these Baton Rouge restaurants 

The Baton Rouge food scene was in the spotlight this past June when food critic and TikTok star Keith Lee reviewed five local restaurants...

ThreeSixtyEight leads rebrand of national workforce development organization

Baton Rouge-based creative agency ThreeSixtyEight recently spearheaded a rebrand and relaunch of EQOS, a national nonprofit that has developed a framework for measuring the...

Additional flights to Las Vegas from BTR available for LSU season opener

To prepare for LSU football's upcoming season opener, the Baton Rouge airport is adding nonstop flights for fans to Vegas. Airport spokesperson Kristin Jewell says...

A shooting range is being proposed at this Baton Rouge location

A Baton Rouge business owner is proposing to build a shooting range and pro shop on River Road, less than 3 miles from L’Auberge...

Bernhard Capital Partners acquiring New Mexico Gas Company for $1.25B

Emera Inc., an international energy holding company headquartered in Canada, has entered into an agreement to sell its wholly owned subsidiary New Mexico Gas...

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana announces new brand strategy

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana on Monday introduced Louisiana Blue, a new brand that CEO Bryan Camerlinck says is aimed at conveying...

BRAC to host mayoral candidate forum

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber announced Monday that it will host an East Baton Rouge Parish mayoral candidate forum next month. WBRZ-TV will moderate and...

H&E Rentals launches a new mental health resource for companies

H&E Rentals has launched a Mental Health and Hope training module for its own employees as well for other equipment industry companies.  The training was...

Rezoned lot at the corner of Jefferson and Bluebonnet sells

A 1.45-acre lot at the corner of Jefferson Highway and Bluebonnet Road that was rezoned to accommodate a medical office building has sold for...

Buzbe just purchased this building to serve as its Baton Rouge headquarters

Modular tackle box manufacturer Buzbe has purchased a building that will serve as its Baton Rouge headquarters. The company purchased an 8,800-square-foot building on Opportunity...

The Navy is giving this LSU partnership a $10M contract for research

LSU and South Carolina-based Integer Technologies announced on Tuesday that the Office of Naval Research awarded their team a $9.8 million contract to develop...

What we know about the planned Livingston Parish airport

Plans to break ground on the Livingston Parish airport project have been delayed several months. Delia Taylor, chair of the Livingston Parish Airport District, told...
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This company just bought Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux’s former headquarters

Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux has sold the building on Burbank Drive that was formerly its headquarters, just five months after the company announced plans to...

How one local grocery store is coping with its chicken salad fame 

Since reality TV star and entrepreneur Bethenny Frankel did a taste test of Calvin Bocage Market’s chicken salad on TikTok, sales have tripled for...

Baton Rouge engineering firm names a new president

Baton Rouge-based civil engineering and land surveying firm SJB Group announced Phillip Zimmerman as its new president. Zimmerman has over 35 years of professional engineering,...