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Baton Rouge’s 10 most expensive home sales of 2021
Home sales in the Baton Rouge higher-end market were strong in 2021, with the top 10 all selling for more than $1.7 million.
The 5 most expensive homes on the Baton Rouge market
Once again a $14 million, 25,372-square-foot home on Highland Road tops the list of most expensive on the Baton Rouge market.
Baton Rouge Discovery Academy will open in 2023 at former Runnels School site
Baton Rouge Discovery Academy is opening a pre-K through fourth-grade location on the former Runnels School site on South Harrells Ferry Road.
Rents keep rising in Baton Rouge as home affordability shrinks
Rents in Baton Rouge have hit an all-time high, and as for when they will drop back down seems to be anyone’s guess as home prices also continue to climb.
Wooddale Boulevard property sells for $1.1M
A Baton Rouge-based company bought property on Wooddale Boulevard for $1.1 million in a land deal filed Tuesday.
Baton Rouge home affordability will suffer with rates rising and supply short
Over the last two years, home prices have swelled, driven by tight inventory and supply chain issues that make building materials more expensive.
Why businesses aren’t cutting back on office space
Despite a large number of white collar workers across the country becoming hybrid workers, there hasn’t been an equivalent drop in demand for office space.
Planet Fitness moving into space near future Amazon site
A Planet Fitness franchisee, Mississippi-based DKW Properties, bought the former Furniture Mart location on Airline Highway near the future home of the Amazon fulfillment center at the former Cortana Mall site.
Housing market frenzy expected to subside in second half of year
U.S. home sales reached a 15-year high in 2021, fueled by low borrowing rates and intense demand, which are expected to keep the market...
New charter school opens at Howell Place; apartment complex in the works
Two developments, a recently opened charter school and a planned apartment complex, both totaling $125 million, are the newest tenants of Howell Place, Richard Preis’s development on Plank Road.
Multifamily, net lease retail properties likely to stay hot through 2022
Multifamily and net lease retail properties have garnered more interest from investment firms in recent months due to pandemic concerns, and their popularity may stick through 2022.
Greater Baton Rouge home sales increase in December despite fewer listings
Baton Rouge saw an increase in home sales but a decrease in listings in December, continuing the trend of the past few months, according to the latest report from the Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors.
Stirling Properties, Level Homes team up on Prairieville development
Through a joint venture with Level Homes, Stirling Properties today announced plans to build a townhome development in Prairieville
136 Jefferson Place condo units sell for $16.5M
Servio Capital Investments, a Covington-based real estate investment firm, bought 136 units at the Jefferson Place Apartments & Condominiums for $16.5 million on Monday.
Advantous Consulting moving downtown
Advantous Consulting, which says it is the largest state and local tax consulting firm in Louisiana, is moving to 440 on Third in downtown Baton Rouge.
CounterSpaceBR opening second location
Local bakery CounterSpaceBR is opening its second location, this one in the recently completed Coterie Exchange,
Design: Ascension Parish Courthouse
Design: To keep pace with growth in the parish, the Ascension Parish Courthouse was designed for enhanced security and more courtrooms.
Suburban Baton Rouge office-to-apartment conversions not likely
While the trend of converting offices to apartments is spreading outside of downtown business districts in other markets, that isn’t happening in Baton Rouge.
Proposed flood plain subdivision near Central raising concerns from neighbors
Yet again, a proposed subdivision—this one initially scheduled to go before the Planning Commission later this month—has drawn concerns from nearby residents about flooding, school overcrowding and traffic.
$15M housing development coming to Scotlandville area
The Banyan Foundation Inc., an Alabama-based nonprofit, is developing an affordable housing apartment complex on Elm Grove Garden Drive in the Scotlandville area. The organization filed $15 million permits for the complex Tuesday.
