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Austin development firm buys land for student housing complex
Austin-based multifamily developer LV Collective has purchased part of the land needed for its planned 1,022-bed student housing development between Burbank Drive and Gourrier...
Nexus unveils first startup school cohort of companies
Nexus Louisiana introduced the inaugural cohort of companies in its Stealthmode Startup School and announced the winners of its DevDays Education Challenge during a...
Bank of Zachary to mark Baton Rouge debut after Highland Road purchase
Bank of Zachary is expanding its footprint with plans to open its first Baton Rouge branch.
The bank acquired the former Regions Bank property on...
Bernhard Capital Partners is selling Epic Piping
Bernhard Capital Partners, the Baton Rouge-based private equity firm, has agreed to sell United Weld Holdings, the parent company of Epic Piping and BendTec,...
Houston Downstream Conference: AI can lead to an overwhelming tsunami of disconnected info
The downstream petrochemical market is literally being flooded by data. The unfortunate result is that much of that information is being ignored, according to...
Capital Region organizations are bringing their problems to LSU students, and they’re leaving with...
On a Monday evening in May, teams of LSU students traded hoodies and backpacks for business attire and took the stage inside Tiger Stadium’s...
After a damning audit, this LSU-affiliated nonprofit’s future may hinge on a single federal...
LSU is evaluating whether Stephenson Technologies Corp. remains a sustainable university partner following a state audit that alleged years of inadequate oversight and financial...
Campus secured, staff hired: Baton Rouge’s film-focused charter school nears launch
After years of planning, the Louisiana Academy of Production is preparing to welcome its first students next month. The school will prepare students for...
Judge temporarily blocks St. George from rezoning Pecue property at heart of lawsuit
A state judge has temporarily blocked St. George from rezoning a 60-acre commercial tract near the Pecue Lane interchange, handing prominent landowner LRK LLC...
Red Storm Volleyball launching Louisiana’s first female-focused volleyball complex
Red Storm Volleyball has acquired Premier Soccer Center, a 26,389-square-foot facility on 4 acres in St. Gabriel for $1.4 million.
Once renovations are complete at...
The Perkins overpass improvement project is finally underway. How long will it take?
After years of delays, construction is underway on a $2.9 million project aimed at making the Perkins Road overpass area brighter, cleaner and easier...
Aluminum manufacturer to shut down Louisiana plant, lay off 226 workers
Hydro Extrusion USA will shut down its aluminum manufacturing plant in Richland Parish next year, eliminating 226 jobs.
The company notified the Louisiana Workforce Commission...
Louisiana reaches 2 million jobs as construction boom fuels economic growth
Louisiana's economy posted encouraging results in the second quarter of 2026, reaching a record 2.01 million nonfarm jobs in May and remaining above the...
Landry, Meta cast $40B data center expansion as a turning point for Louisiana
Gov. Jeff Landry and Meta executives are framing the expansion of the tech giant’s Richland Parish data center less as a single economic development...
Better Louisiana launches health-focused leadership program
Leaders for a Better Louisiana is expanding its longtime leadership development model into the healthcare arena with the launch of Leadership Louisiana Health Fellows,...
MEP supplier signs lease deal on a 45,000-square-foot industrial facility
Noland Company, a wholesale distributor of mechanical, electrical and plumbing, or MEP, supplies, is relocating to a larger facility to accommodate its continued growth.
Noland,...
Sale of former UPS facility highlights demand for Baton Rouge industrial space
A Dallas-based investor has purchased a former UPS distribution facility in Baton Rouge, and interest in the property is already building, according to Alex...
Oklahoma concrete producer expands into Louisiana, Texas markets
Suncrete Inc. expanded into Louisiana and Texas earlier this spring with the acquisition of Hope Concrete, an 80-year-old ready-mix concrete producer with operations in...
Livingston Parish’s airport gamble begins to pay off
Livingston is the fastest-growing parish in Louisiana, a designation that carries both pride and pressure. Its population has surged along the Interstate 12 corridor...
Controversial Gonzales subdivision clears a major hurdle
Dantin Bruce Development’s Harvest Fields subdivision in Gonzales is a go.
In a meeting that lasted well over three hours, the Ascension Planning Commission voted...
