Cold stuff: Yogurtland opened its first Louisiana location today on Corporate Boulevard. The California-based company, which sells self-serve frozen yogurt with a variety of toppings, is leasing a space in Courtside Crossing, across from Towne Center. A second Yogurtland is under construction in the University View shopping center on Burbank Drive. The company plans to open 10 locations across south Louisiana, says Mark Hebert of Kurz & Hebert Commercial Real Estate.
Needed fix: Repairs are beginning in Louisiana on a home that contains defective drywall made by a major manufacturer. The first home to be repaired by Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin is in Covington. KPT says the home is part of a court-approved pilot program that is expected to remediate about 300 homes in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida at no cost to the homeowners. Large quantities of defective Chinese-made drywall were imported during a past housing boom and after a string of Gulf Coast hurricanes five years ago. The drywall has been linked to corrosion in thousands of homes, mostly in Florida, Virginia, Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana.
