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Commercial: Office workplace disruption
Pandemic restrictions are ending but will enough workers return to stabilize what was already a soft office market?
Retail: Intact but not unscathed
The pandemic didn’t crush the retail market, but it did accelerate worrisome trends that were already underway—especially on the e-commerce front.
Industrial: Land of opportunity
There were challenges but the strength of the industrial real estate sector withstood them all and now faces a promising future.
28-unit West Chimes Street apartment complex sells for $1.8M
A local multifamily investor has bought a 28-unit apartment complex on West Chimes Street, just north of LSU’s campus.
YMCA to offer early childhood education at A.C. Lewis this fall
The YMCA of the Capital Area is planning to move into early childhood education with programs for students ages 2-4 starting this fall.
Baton Rouge’s not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate 5.8% in April
Baton Rouge’s not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 5.8% in April, down from 11.7% last year, according to figures released today by the Louisiana Workforce Commission.
Proposed rezoning for The Executive Center going before Planning Commission in June
Franklin Associates is trying to rezone the former Church of the Way Presbyterian site in Mid City—which the local consulting firm has been transforming into a conference and event center—to allow for alcohol sales at the new venue, called The Executive Center.
Fed official: Economy rebounding but businesses worry about inflation
While the local and national economies continue to improve in the aftermath of pandemic restrictions, officials who regulate the nation’s monetary policy are closely watching the unemployment and inflation rates to determine if and when they need to raise interest rates.
The pet boom: Vets dealing with surge in animal care needs
The increase in pet adoption means more owners are taking animals into veterinary offices for first-time checkups and routine appointments, putting a strain on offices and forcing many to expand their staffing needs.
Pod Pack International looking to expand facility, add product line
Pod Pack International, the Baton Rouge-based company that produces individually portioned packets of coffee and tea for use in hotels, offices and restaurants, wants to invest $5.4 million to expand its existing facility in order to add a new product line.
Bernhard company takes battle against Barfield firm and employees to federal court
Brown and Root Industrial Services is upping the ante in its legal battle against several of its former executives, engineers and the company they left BRIS to go work for—Fides Consulting, a subsidiary of CSRS created in late 2020 to work with Grön Fuels on its proposed $9.2 billion renewable diesel project at the Port of Baton Rouge.
BRG physician launches at-home taste sensitivity kit predicting COVID-19 outcomes
A physician at Baton Rouge General has launched an at-home taste sensitivity kit that can predict COVID-19 outcomes and is being distributed nationally.
Map Design Group files to build office near Electric Depot
The Map Design Group is planning to build a roughly 3,400-square-foot office building near Electric Depot in Mid City.
After LSU termination, some Taylor Porter attorneys leave adjunct professorships at LSU Law Center
Some Taylor Porter attorneys who also work as adjunct professors at LSU have decided to stop teaching at LSU’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center.
Lancaster developing residential area near LSU campus
Highcroft Townhomes LLC, owned by local business owner Arthur Lancaster, has purchased property near LSU’s campus from University PUD LLC for $800,000.
Housing shortage spurs intense competition among Baton Rouge homebuyers
In the midst of a national seller’s market, intense competition for homes in Baton Rouge is leading potential buyers to take steps they may not have considered just a few months ago.
Keeping in contact with remote-working employees boosts morale
Keeping in contact with remote-working employees—and showing you care about how they are doing—is proving vital to the health of your workforce … and business.
Towne Center moves to add multifamily residential as ‘permissible use’
The developer behind Towne Center at Cedar Lodge wants to rezone the lifestyle development to also allow for multifamily residential use.
Remaining portions of former Borden Dairy facility to be demolished this summer
What’s left of the former Borden Dairy processing and distribution center on Florida Boulevard is slated to be demolished this summer.
Lipsey launches pro-BREC billboard campaign to fight White’s bill
BREC supporters are fighting back against Republican Sen. Bodie White’s efforts to break up the parish parks system with a billboard campaign that begins airing today. Prominent businessman Richard Lipsey’s 501C4 organization, Put Louisiana First, is sponsoring the billboards, which will state simply in large, block letters, “Don’t’ break up BREC. Call your state representative. Oppose SB205.”
