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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...
How Ascension Parish’s commercial real estate market fared in Q2
The Ascension Parish commercial real estate market closed the second quarter of 2025 with steady sales volume but a slight dip in deal velocity,...
Younger workers are shouldering the heaviest losses from AI
Artificial intelligence is beginning to reshape the job market in ways that disproportionately affect younger workers, The Wall Street Journal writes.
Stanford economists Erik Brynjolfsson,...
Roundup: Federal Reserve / Roseland fire / Hurricane Katrina’s toll
ICYMI: President Donald Trump said Monday night that he’s firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, an unprecedented move that would constitute a sharp escalation...
This Korean hot pot restaurant makes its Baton Rouge debut this week
KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot is officially opening its Baton Rouge location this week.
The fast-growing restaurant chain claims to offer an “unforgettable dining...
‘LaPolitics’: DC will dictate any redrawing of the state’s congressional map
Legislative leaders put a new spin on the three-year legal saga over Louisiana’s congressional map last week, asking members to keep their calendars flexible...
Commercial Property of the Week, sponsored by Elifin Realty: Multi-tenant office building for sale
Now available for sale, 5917 Jones Creek Road is a ±10,232 SF multi-tenant office building with strong visibility in a busy area. All units...
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...
A $370M microchip facility is coming to north Louisiana
Alabama-based Radiance Technologies is investing $370 million to build a “state-of-the-art” secure microchip packaging facility in Ruston.
Radiance is an employee-owned defense contractor with offices...
Who’s building and who’s buying in Greater Baton Rouge
Here’s a look at issued permits and property deals that occurred last week in East Baton Rouge and Ascension parishes.
East Baton Rouge Parish
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A deeper look at Meta’s mammoth bet on rural Louisiana
Construction is underway on the former Richland Parish farmland that is the site of Meta’s most ambitious project yet—a $10 billion, nine-building “Hyperion” data...
Roundup: Tariff exemption ending / Furniture tariffs coming / Press Club speaker
Shipments paused: The end of an exemption on tariff duties for low-value packages coming into the U.S. is causing multiple international postal services to...
Expect rising prices and shrinking coverage for health insurance in 2026
Pricey prescriptions and nagging medical costs are swamping some insurers and employers now. Patients may start paying for it next year.
Health insurance will grow...
Baton Rouge faces higher rates of premature death from five leading causes
The latest installment of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation’s Opportunity Data Project explores one of the most fundamental measures of community well-being: how long...
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...
