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Falaya eyes growth with Florida expansion
Baton Rouge-based Falaya Real Estate―an online home-selling platform―has expanded into Florida.
The move is part of founder and CEO Barret Blondeau’s strategy to grow the...
Who’s now steering BRAC’s strategy for business growth?
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber on Tuesday announced new leadership for its business investment division. The division is tasked with attracting new investment, supporting...
July new home sales beat forecasts, but demand remains shaky
New U.S. home sales outpaced expectations in July, Bloomberg reports.
New home sale contracts were signed at a 652,000 annualized rate—above economists’ projections of 630,000—even...
Downtown Baton Rouge has landed a new coworking hub
Property development company Hearin Properties is partnering with International Workplace Group to bring a new flexible office and coworking hub to downtown Baton Rouge.
John...
Faith meets business: Religious construction is going up
Church attendance may be down nationwide, but construction of houses of worship is surging, The Wall Street Journal writes.
Federal data show spending on religious...
How AI is changing flood insurance for cities
Fremont, California, is breaking new ground in how municipalities insure against floods, Governing writes.
The city’s risk manager, Steven Schwarz, grew frustrated that the only...
Roundup: Keurig Dr Pepper deal / SEC disclosure rule / Greater New Orleans Foundation
Beverage deal: Keurig Dr Pepper has struck a deal to buy Peet’s Coffee owner JDE Peet’s for $18 billion, a prelude to spinning off...
Loss of subsidies could make the renewables sector stronger in the long run
The U.S. has pulled the plug on decades-old subsidies for wind and solar, but industry watchers say the sector is strong enough to stand...
Data centers’ thirst for water raises sustainability questions
As artificial intelligence fuels a global boom in data center construction, researchers warn that the industry’s thirst for water is becoming harder to ignore....
Roundup: TikTok sale / Stocks rebound / Troubles at Intel
Keep scrolling: President Donald Trump is calling national security and privacy concerns related to TikTok and its Chinese parent company “highly overrated” and said...
This company just bought the site of its Gonzales operations for $3.5M
Elliott Electric Supply has purchased the Gonzales property that houses its operations for $3.5 million.
The company acquired the site through Elliott Partners LTD, represented...
Kairos Living has acquired lots in this Denham Springs community
Chicago rental housing company Kairos Living is expanding in Livingston Parish with the purchase of nine lots in a Denham Springs subdivision built by...
Initial unemployment in Louisiana climbs for third week
Initial unemployment claims 8/22 by Holly Duchmann
Labor shortages and high costs are causing fix-and-flip investors to pull back
The once-hot fix-and-flip housing market is cooling as higher interest rates, rising costs, and a shrinking labor pool slow sales and strain returns, CNBC...
Here’s where Nexus plans to relocate its headquarters
After 33 years at the same Florida Boulevard location, Nexus Louisiana plans to relocate its headquarters to downtown Baton Rouge.
The organization’s board voted Thursday...
Roundup: Venezuelan crude / SBA awards / Canceled home purchases
US resumes imports: Two tankers chartered by Chevron carrying Venezuelan crude reached U.S. waters on Thursday, marking the first U.S. imports of the South...
US home sales inch up thanks to a modest drop in interest rates
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in July as homebuyers were encouraged by a modest pullback in mortgage rates, along with slowing home...
US cities are reshaping their shorelines in the name of climate resilience
Cities nationwide are reimagining their waterfronts, blending resilience planning with economic development as climate change accelerates extreme weather risks, The Wall Street Journal writes.
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Where business meets capacity: Capital Region’s top 20 event venues
58,070
That’s the total combined capacity of the Capital Region’s top 20 convention and meeting facilities, according to Business Report’s latest ranking. The Pete Maravich...
Entergy wins approval to power Meta’s planned $10B data center
Louisiana utility regulators have cleared the way for Entergy Louisiana to build new natural gas plants and transmission lines to support Meta’s planned $10...
