Real Estate

Capital Region housing market cool front continues 

The Capital Region’s housing market is continuing to shift and tighten, according to the latest data released by the Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors. 
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Baton Rouge luxury home market is seeing an increase in cash deals

While sales were initially slow this year in Baton Rouge’s upper-end home market, local broker Quita Cutrer of Burns & Co. says sales are picking up. 

Aztek Cove has changed its plans. Will the project still happen? 

The developers of the controversial Aztek Cove development say the project is still moving forward after they withdrew a request to establish an economic development district on the property.  

New commercial development in the works on Choctaw

A Gonzales developer hopes to bring new restaurants and residential spaces to Choctaw Drive. 

Baton Rouge veterinary hospital, office property change hands 

A couple of $1 million-plus deals were filed this week changing ownership of commercial properties on Perkins Road in Baton Rouge.  Shore Capital Real Estate...

Aztek Cove developer denies politicizing project

The development team behind the controversial Aztek Cove business park off of Highland Road has started clearing trees off the property and expects the multi-use facilities to be completed by mid-2025. 

Shopping center in Central changes hands for $2.6M

A shopping center next to the Walmart in Central has been sold to a local broker, according to a deal filed this morning with the East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court’s office. 

The latest development being planned near the Amazon fulfillment center 

Plans call for a 240,000-square-foot distribution warehouse to be built near the intersection of Tom and North Airway drives. 

Livingston Parish’s population explosion is raising development questions

When John Blount got into the construction business in 1987, Livingston Parish was a sleepy, mostly rural parish that a little over 70,000 people...

Is the old Cook Theatre in Scotlandville getting a second lease on life?

Renovations are underway at the old Cook Theatre in Scotlandville, near Southern University, reports WBRZ-TV, after some four decades of the facility sitting vacant...

Crescent Crown closes on nearly 17 acres behind Cortana Walmart

Crescent Crown Distributors last week purchased 17 acres of land on Oak Villa Boulevard, behind the Cortana-area Walmart. 

Could the former Earl K. Long site be redeveloped soon?

After a decade of sitting vacant, local developers are looking to bring new life to the former Earl K. Long Hospital site.

Chicken sandwich food truck business buys building on Burbank

Local chicken sandwich food truck operation Chicky Sandos closed on a building on Burbank Drive, according to sales documents filed with the East Baton...
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Work continues at Villas at Oak Bend 

Local developer Art Lancaster sold 59 lots in the Villas at Oak Bend subdivision to homebuilder DR Horton in a deal filed with the East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court this week. 

Capital Region housing market continues to cool

The Capital Region’s housing market is continuing to cool down, following national trends, according to the latest data released by the Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors

Zachary hunting and fishing store buys land for future location

Zachary-based Southern Roots Outfitters closed on two lots in Zachary last week for its future location.

Proposed Highland development rebrands as it seeks boundary changes

The planned Village at Magnolia Woods development proposed for Highland Road has been rebranded to Benton at Magnolia Woods as developers continue to tweak plans for the project. 
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Baton Rouge rental market begins to stabilize

After posting significant rent increases since the beginning of the pandemic, the Baton Rouge apartment market is seeing rents start to stabilize. 

Hammond group submits plans for Materra apartments

Hammond-based Stoa Group submitted its final development plan for an apartment community at Materra, the 100-acre planned community fronting Airline Highway near Woman’s Hospital.

Capital Region mortgage lending rebounded in Q2, but will the trend continue?

Mortgage lending in the Baton Rouge metro area was up almost 20% in the second quarter of the year, which is in line with national trends, new data shows.