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SoLou moves into Acadiana with Lafayette restaurant
SoLou is expanding with a new restaurant in Lafayette, Making Raving Fans Hospitality Group announced Monday afternoon.
Specialty surgical hospital issued permit for construction
Contractors were granted permits last week to begin construction of a new specialty surgical hospital near the intersection of Jefferson Highway and Stumberg Lane.
Developer...
Baton Rouge business named a national Best Place to Work
Baton Rouge-based digital creative agency ThreeSixtyEight has been tapped as a Best Place to Work by Ad Age, a leading national marketing and media publication.
Night Market Baton Rouge doubles in size
Night Market Baton Rouge, spotlighting Asian businesses and vendors, will be nearly double its original size when it returns next month on Feb. 9.
Founded...
Planning Commission to consider revision for development off Highland
The East Baton Rouge Parish Planning Commission on Monday will consider a revision to Benton at Magnolia Wood’s final development plan.
Plans for the development...
Maxwell’s Market to close its East Petroleum Drive location
Longtime Baton Rouge delicatessen and grocery store Maxwell’s Market announced today that it will close its East Petroleum Drive location on Saturday, Jan. 20.
According...
Confidence grows among US homebuilders, but what about in Baton Rouge?
National homebuilder confidence rose across the nation this month, reaching its highest level since September, according to the National Association of Home Builders monthly index.
Strictly Business Episode 12: Brad Ives
Season Two of Business Report's Strictly Business series with business leaders across the Capital Region premiers with LSU Institute for Energy Innovation Director Brad...
Unleashing your inherent greatness
“It’s easy to find the talent. The key is to find out what’s inside them.”
Colorado Rockies senior director of scouting Marc Gustafson told me...
Mayor Broome appoints Dante Bidwell as CAO
Mayor Sharon Weston Broome on Monday announced the appointment of Dante Bidwell, who had been serving as the mayor’s chief of staff since the summer of 2022, as Baton Rouge’s chief administrative officer.
The Pink Agave will open its first Baton Rouge location next month
The Pink Agave, a taqueria founded in Ponchatoula in 2022, will soon open its first Baton Rouge location near the Sonesta ES Suites on Nicholson Drive.
What’s keeping more big name acts from calling on Baton Rouge?
In 2022, Garth Brooks performed in front of more than 102,000 people in a sold-out Tiger Stadium. The concert was earth-shaking—both literally and figuratively—for...
Will the Baton Rouge Zoo regain its accreditation?
Baton Rouge Zoo officials are gearing up to go before the national Association of Zoos and Aquariums accreditation committee later this spring to regain...
Wampold: Harveston breaks ground this spring on its commercial area
Plans have been submitted to secure building permits enabling crews to break ground on the commercial portion of Harveston, a traditional neighborhood development at...
Nicholson development is said to be part of a larger vision for corridor
Tina Rance, vice president of marketing and special projects for Commercial Properties Realty Trust, says the future development of some 30 acres the organization...
The Power Book 2024
Welcome to the inaugural edition of Baton Rouge Business Report’s The Power Book, a groundbreaking publication designed to navigate the vibrant business landscape of...
New to a leadership role? Here’s how to get moving toward transformation
Brad Ives has a bit of experience in guiding organizations through uncharted waters. Before joining LSU’s Institute for Energy Innovation as director in October,...
How to manage the unmanageable
The thing about disasters is that they aren’t partisan. They don’t care if you live in a red or a blue state. They don’t...
The importance of think time for leaders, and five ways to carve it out
Devin Lemoine was riding an elevator in an office building when a moment of small talk turned into a meaningful insight. “What are you...
How executives can inspire creativity
“If strategy tells us what we are going to say and who we’re going to say it to, creative tells us how we’re going...
