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Entrepreneur: Cameron Jackson
Entrepreneur: Cameron Jackson is the developer of Millennial Park, a shipping container retail and restaurant center in Mid City.
3 things to know: Jon LeBlanc
3 things to know: Jon LeBlanc is the CFO of Bayou Automotive after a long career as Postlethwaite & Netterville's tax director.
Riegel: Trying to make sense of the new decade
The decade opened with LSU football winning the national title but not much has gone right since then, writes Stephanie Riegel.
Tyson: A moment of racial reckoning for Baton Rouge
The racial justice activism unfolding around the world is cause for cautious optimism and sober reflection, but it's meaningless without facing the truth.
Publisher: I’ll never know what it’s like to be Black
Recent conversations with Black friends have made Rolfe McCollister aware of “the shoes I have never walked in.” His reponse: To listen.
The Capital Region’s Top 100 private companies for 2020
The Baton Rouge Top 100 Private Companies list saw little shakeup in 2020 among the top tier corporations, but total revenue rose to $25.7 billion.
JR Ball: Louisiana GOP lawmakers making the most of a good crisis
JR Ball: Lawmakers on both sides of the political divide are using COVID-19 as an opportunity to make the most of a good crisis.
Riegel: Legislature flaunts its disregard for democracy
Riegel: Lawmakers in the Louisiana Legislature have used pandemic mitigation measures as a way to shut the public out of democracy.
Publisher: Another lost opportunity for the Baton Rouge community
Rolfe McCollister: Selecting the next East Baton Rouge public school superintendent was one of the most critical positions to be filled for our future.
Where does the Baton Rouge real estate market go from here?
What’s certain is that every Baton Rouge-area real estate sector has been negatively impacted by COVID-19; unknown is what the recovery will look like and when will it come?
Single family: Taking a ‘wait-and-see’ approach
The residential market was sending mixed signals prior to COVID-19, and while no one is predicting gloom, there’s too much uncertainty to pinpoint the sector’s short-term future.
Multifamily: A portrait of oversaturation
Despite supply outpacing demand, apartment complexes are still being built in Baton Rouge, especially around LSU’s campus.
Commercial: Market correction?
While some predict a seismic shift in the Baton Rouge office market, most argue such fears are exaggerated.
Retail: Just a bad dream?
No real estate sector has been harder hit by the pandemic than retail, and its recovery depends on tenant-landlord compromise and the willingness of consumers to get out and spend.
Industrial: The lull continues
A double whammy of an oil price crash and a pandemic thwarts what was supposed to be a rebound year for the industrial sector in Baton Rouge and south Louisiana.
Technology infrastructure, and rising security concerns, challenged by pandemic mitigation
Pandemic mitigation has put a strain on technology infrastructure but the race to catch up opens additional security concerns.
Pandemic pivot: Pressure mounts, but restarting the Louisiana economy won’t be easy
Pressure is mounting to ease COVID-19-related restrictions on business, but restarting the economy won’t be easy—or fast.
JR Ball: Navigating some delicate Baton Rouge balancing acts
Baton Rouge is facing a multitude of life-altering decisions as we tiptoe closer to the end of the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Riegel: The emerging COVID-19 narrative in Baton Rouge
A developing Baton Rouge narrative is that containing COVID-19 is more about personal choices than testing and a vaccine.
Publisher: Is there a blue ocean in your company’s future?
Publisher Rolfe McCollister writes using a Blue Ocean strategy will be key to navigating your company's post-pandemic future.
