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Cook: Small strip center sales in Baton Rouge buck the trend
One of the mantras being touted by most of the Baton Rouge real estate community is that property values are rising. This theory may be...
Delays in the city’s permitting process are as bad as ever, realtors and developers...
Delays and backlogs in the city-parish’s permits and inspections division have been a constant source of frustration with builders, developers and real estate brokers...
Square 46 developers delaying construction until Government Street ‘road diet’ plan is finalized
Developers and architects for the long-awaited Square 46 mixed-use development in Mid City are waiting on the city-parish to finalize plans for the Government...
Best habits for real estate investors
There are a number of ways investors can profit from real estate—joint ventures, wholesaling and property management, to name a few—but it takes a...
Demand is on the rise at some regional airports. But are there too many...
(Photography by Brian Baiamonte: Janet Gonzales, manager, Louisiana Regional Airport in Gonzales)
Louisiana Regional Airport in Gonzales is set to nearly triple in size after...
Real estate agents share their strategies for marketing not-so-hot properties
(File photo: Perhaps the best known white-elephant-turned-success in Baton Rouge is the old unfinished dormitory belonging to Jimmy Swaggart ministries on Bluebonnet Boulevard, above....
New 120-unit senior care facility planned on Siegen
A Florida-based firm plans to break ground on a new 120-unit senior care facility on Siegen Lane in February of next year, with completion...
July housing numbers signal good news for Baton Rouge economy
While the stock market is volatile at the moment, the local housing market appears strong, based on the latest numbers from the Greater Baton...
Cook: Walker site purchased for Creekside Crossing apartments
John Buzzell and Deane Bryson, through 447 Apartments LLC, purchased a 7.5-acre tract in Walker on Aug. 12 for the construction of a 168-unit...
Tom Cook: Memory care center closes on site in Jamestown development
The proposed senior housing community set for Old Perkins Road near Pecue Lane is one step closer to coming to fruition after the future...
Take a tour inside DNA Workshop’s swanky new digs
DNA Workshop
235 S. 14th St.
Photography by Tim Mueller
Owner/developer: 235 South 14th Street LLC
Architect: DNA Workshop
Contractor: Patriot Industries
Cost: Would not disclose
Year completed: 2013
Use: It’s no surprise that an architecture...
The Center for River Studies model and exhibits will bring the wetlands crisis to...
This story has been updated since its original publication to give proper credit to Mougeot Architecture for the rendering above.
(Rendering: Mougeot Architecture)
Louisiana’s wetlands are...
Mid City: Can Government Street be transformed into the next Magazine Street?
(Photography by Cheryl Gerber: The Bulldog in New Orleans)
When asked about their hopes for Government Street, area business owners and residents often say they’d...
Mid City: The next frontier
(Photography by Brian Baiamonte: Joshua Hoffpauir, developer, Square 46)
Developers are turning their attention to Mid City. Can they overcome the challenges of infrastructure and...
Livingston Parish has 11 hotels with more on the way. Can the market support...
(Photography by Brian Baiamonte: A Best Western Plus under construction in Walker)
Back in February, newly minted Denham Springs Mayor Gerard Landry made what some...
Now under construction in the Capital Region: Not your usual senior housing
(Image courtesy Avanti Senior Living: Avanti at Highland's art studio)
With a booming economy and employment in the Baton Rouge area at an all-time high,...
A look inside the reborn Baton Rouge Magnet High School
(Photography by Tim Mueller)
BATON ROUGE MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL
Address: 2825 Government St.
Owner/developer: East Baton Rouge Parish School System
Architects*: Chenevert Architects, Remson Haley Herpin Architects
Contractor*: MAPP Construction
Cost*:...
Cook: Thai Kitchen moving to former Phil’s Oyster Bar location on Concord
Thai Kitchen will move from its current location in the Southdowns Shopping Center on Perkins Road to the former location of Phil’s Oyster Bar...
Cook: Louisiana Regional Airport in Gonzales buys 28 acres for hanger expansion
The owner/operator of the Louisiana Regional Airport in Gonzales has purchased a roughly 28-acre tract on Airport Industrial Road south of Loosemoore Road to expand...
Four-story Carlisle Place planned for Livingston Parish
Livingston Parish is getting its first “high-rise.”
The city of Denham Springs has announced that construction is set to begin this fall on Carlisle Place,...
