A place to put your stuff: Brookwood Properties has purchased a self-storage facility on Essen Lane for $5.73 million in a deal that closed last week. The company, which owns 17 The Storage Center units across the Capital Region, bought the Storehouse Mini Storage unit near Essen and Summa Avenue. The facility has been renamed The Storage Center. The Essen facility has 700 self-storage units, roughly split between climate-controlled and nonclimate-controlled space.
High-profile spot used for youth ministry: Bethany World Prayer Center is temporarily leasing the old CompUSA building next to the Mall of Louisiana as a recreational center for its youth ministry. Megan Bowen, a secretary for Bethany’s 220 ministry, says the building has been set up with video games, TVs, indoor volleyball courts, pool tables and other amenities. The space, which is open Wednesday through Saturday, has been re-dubbed the “220 Box” and is free for teens and young adults. Bethany is leasing the building through July; the church hasn’t decided yet if it wants to continue beyond the summer.
Maxwell’s Market plans Highland location: Maxwell’s Market has signed a lease to build a third Baton Rouge location in the Highland Market shopping center. Ron Lewis, who owns Maxwell’s, says he hopes to open the grocery store/deli/restaurant by Nov. 1. The location, across from Ruffino’s, is slightly larger than the Maxwell’s on Corporate Boulevard and Perkins Road. “We think this is an underserved market,” Lewis says. “We have a lot of customers who live out in Santa Maria, Country Club of Louisiana and Ascension who said they wish we were closer to them.”
