RV company purchases land near I-12 for new location

Miller’s RV purchased six acres on Commercial Avenue near O’Neal Lane and I-12 with plans to eventually move its operations from Florida Boulevard to...

FranU purchases property near St. Francis Hall

Editor's note: This story has been updated since its original publication to reflect that FranU purchased the property behind where the newly built St....

A new Korean corn dog spot is set to open on Highland

Two Hands Corn Dogs, a national Korean corn dog chain that got its start in California in 2019, is set to open its first...

How the Baton Rouge metro stacks up when it comes to new apartment permits

With only one multifamily housing permit per 10,000 people so far this year, the Baton Rouge metro ranks near the bottom of the pack...

Genesis 360 is aiming to quadruple revenue in 2024

What started in 2011 as a parking lot striping company has come a long way. In the years since its founding, Baton Rouge-based Genesis 360...

Meet the Capital Region’s 2024 Top 100 Private Companies

Navigating global supply chain issues, inflation coupled with fears of an imminent  recession, the Federal Reserve's restrictive monetary policy, rising wages and multiple workforce...

Nursing home purchases property housing its facility from OLOL

St. Clare Manor Nursing Home purchased the property where its facility is located on Bishop Ott Drive and Lobdell Boulevard from Our Lady of...

See how many jobs Baton Rouge added in May

The Baton Rouge metropolitan statistical area added 200 jobs from April to May to bring its total to 423,800, according to the Louisiana Workforce...

Survey Says: Do-over diaries

Ever wished for a time machine to tweak a moment in your past? We asked top executives just that: If you had one do-over,...

St. George leaders call emergency meeting to discuss a Dec. 7 vote on sales...

Just a few hours after the Louisiana Supreme Court denied the request to rehear the St. George incorporation case, aldermen for the new city...

Disruption continues for auto dealerships in wake of cyberattack

Auto dealerships across the country—including some in Baton Rouge—continue to grapple with the effects of an ongoing cyber incident at CDK Global. Dealerships use CDK...

EBR sales tax collections rise in April

February East Baton Rouge Parish General 2% Sales and Use Tax by Holly Duchmann

Louisiana judges get extra five-figure stipends―without the independent efficiency study

Thanks to a line-item veto by Gov. Jeff Landry, judges in Louisiana will now receive a one-time stipend without having to participate in a...

The new Amazon fulfillment center is spurring area development

Interest in commercial real estate near the new Amazon fulfillment center has seen a “tremendous increase” as of late. That’s according to Will Chadwick, a...

Garden-style office building sells for $1.1M

An office building in the Ironstone Office Park on Bluebonnet Boulevard sold for $1.1 million, according to a deal filed last week with the...

Why five Metro Council members are suing over the new district map 

Five of Baton Rouge’s Metro Council members will hold a news conference Wednesday to announce their filing of a lawsuit against the new district...

Gov. Landry vetoes controversial Nexus Louisiana bill

Gov. Jeff Landry has vetoed a controversial measure targeting control of Louisiana’s advocacy organization for entrepreneurs, known as Nexus Louisiana. The surprise legislation authored by...

What a Walk-On’s executive is saying after three restaurants are closed in the Carolinas

Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux executives say they’re not planning any further closures after shuttering three Walk-On’s locations in the Carolinas over the past few months.  The...

Baton Rouge car dealers feeling effects from software cyberattack

Roughly 15,000 car dealers—including some in Baton Rouge—lost access for a second day to software that is essential to their day-to-day operations, stopping some...
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How BLDG 5 has expanded the sale of its lemonades outside Louisiana

BLDG 5 Market + Kitchen + Patio’s lemonade brand, BLDG 5 Lemonade, is now stocked in roughly 160 stores across the Gulf South and...