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Baton Rouge businessman Martin Svendson spent years looking for a suitable investment abroad before purchasing a 5,600-acre cattle ranch in Argentina. Photography courtesy Martin Svendson
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Cook: West Inn in Port Allen sells for $2.4M
The West Inn in Port Allen, formerly a Days Inn, was sold for $2.4 million on July 21. Baton Rouge West Inn sold the 168-room hotel...
Louisiana Workforce Commission’s fresh new atrium stands out amid old structures
(Photography by Tim Mueller)
LOUISIANA WORKFORCE COMMISSION ATRIUM
1001 N. 23rd St.
Owner/developer: LWC
Architect: Gasaway Gasaway Bankston
Contractor: J. Reed Constructors Inc.
Cost: $3.87 million
Year completed: 2015
Use: Squeezed between a...
Facing safety risks with every showing, local real estate agents are increasingly taking precautions...
After encountering a few unnerving experiences while on the job, Cheryllyn Boyd with RE/MAX Real Estate Group has been practice shooting at the range and...
Cook: Developers buy land near Cabela’s in Gonzales for Redfish Commons shopping center
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A pair of Baton Rouge developers have purchased a roughly 2.7-acre site on Cabela’s Parkway in Gonzales to build a 22,000-square-foot shopping center called Redfish Commons.
Mike...
So far, million-dollar homes are going up faster in Baton Rouge in 2016 than...
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Feel like you’ve seen more million-dollar homes going up in Baton Rouge lately? You’re right: Five construction permits have been pulled so far...
Juban’s announces name, concept for new restaurant at Highland Park Marketplace
Site work should begin in the next two weeks on a long-awaited Juban’s concept restaurant at the Highland Park Marketplace.
The owners of Juban’s announced...
Chicago-based Scion Group buys Dallas firm that paid record $108.6M for complex near LSU...
The Scion Group, a Chicago-based company that owns and operates student housing developments throughout the country—including the 158-unit University Edge complex just outside the...
LDG Development interested in building housing development on former Bellemont Hotel site
A Louisville, Kentucky-based development company specializing in affordable housing is interested in building multigenerational housing complex at the site of the old Bellemont Hotel...
Capital Region home sales climb nearly 12% in May
Home sales in the Baton Rouge jumped 11.7% in May over the same month last year, buoyed by a 30% jump in closed sales...
Brownings sell 32.2 acres off Greenwell Springs Road for $3M
A group of nine siblings last week sold more 30 acres of land along Greenwell Springs Road that had been in their family since...
Gissel files complaint over GBRAR donation to rival’s campaign
Mayoral candidate Darryl Gissel has filed a formal complaint with the Louisiana Realtors Association and Baton Rouge Board of Realtors regarding the Greater Baton...
Library system announces new timeline for demolition, construction of River Center branch
Demolition of the East Baton Rouge Parish Library’s downtown River Center Branch is scheduled to begin on Oct. 4 and construction of the new...
New Orleans investor buys third apartment complex in Melrose East
A New Orleans investor who already owns two apartment complexes in Melrose East purchased a third Tuesday for $1.78 million.
Ryer Investors, represented by Ryan...
Cleanup of LSU lake hyacinth bloom scheduled to begin next week
An organized effort to remove a hyacinth bloom from Crest Lake, one of the smallest lakes in the Baton Rouge Lakes system, is scheduled...
Former Thinkstream executive’s home to be auctioned at sheriff’s sale
Editor's Note: This story has been updated from an earlier version to reflect that the house is currently under contract to a buyer.
The East...
Commercial Properties gives state coastal agency a rent break on new Water Campus digs
The state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority will get a break on its rent when it moves into its new offices in the Water...
Zachary medical complex expanding into second phase
The Alabama developer of the Sullivan Medical Office Park in Zachary has purchased 2.2 acres on which to build phase two of an office...
Cook: Baringer Park at Ward’s Creek is underway
Baringer Park at Ward’s Creek is a mixed-use development situated on the south side of Airline Highway near the intersection with Barringer Foreman Road....
Cook: Livingston apartment market good to local investor
Wolf Boardwalk LC has gotten more and more active in the Livingston Parish apartment market recently, and with good reason.
In July 2013, the Baton...
