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Cook: Light industrial prices rise near Cloverland area
It’s no surprise to anyone active in the light industrial real estate market that sale prices and rentals are increasing. Several sales in the Cloverland Avenue area...
Stephanie Riegel: Passion trumps law in Heritage Oaks debate
Where do the rights of one property owner begin and those of another end?
It’s a fundamental question that gets played out across America every...
Tom Cook: Industrial activity continues
The industrial market continues to improve, demonstrating itself as one of the strongest segments of the real estate industry.
A recent example is Texas-based Vermeer Equipment's purchase of...
Who really owns Tiger Stadium?
So who owns Tiger Stadium? The answer depends on the section in which you’re sitting.
If you’re watching a football game in a lower bowl...
Not their parents’ dorm
(Photo courtesy American Campus Communities)
College students are living the good life in high-end student housing.
LSU alumni who have not-so-fond memories of the quarters where...
Multifamily frenzy: Apartment construction is booming in the Capital Region
If it seems like a lot of apartment complexes are under construction in East Baton Rouge Parish, it’s because there are. Currently, 14 multifamily developments...
Blood in the water
Metro Council members take aim at the latest project of an already-weakened RDA.
The unveiling earlier this month of the preliminary site plan for the...
Realtors vs. home inspectors
Increasingly rigorous reviews are creating tension between agents and investigators.
It’s not hard to guess why a professional home seller would be wary of a...
Tearing it down
Old homes are being demolished in Baton Rouge to make way for new ones. It's all about location.
If you’ve ever bought a house, you...
Design: The East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library
East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library Branch
7711 Goodwood Blvd., Baton Rouge
(Photography by Tim Mueller)
Owner: East Baton Rouge Parish
Developer: Library Board of Control
Architect: The Library Design Collaborative...
Tom Cook: Skate Heaven sells
The owners of the shuttered Skate Heaven in Denham Springs have sold the property to All Star Dealership Properties, represented by All Star President Matt...
Design: Lamar Advertising Corporate Headquarters
Lamar Advertising Corporate Headquarters
5321 Corporate Blvd., Baton Rouge
Photography by Tim Mueller
Owner: Lamar Advertising Co.
Engineers: Henderson Engineers, Fox-Nesbit Engineering, Dean C. McKee LLC, ABMB Engineers
Architect:...
Tom Cook: Units in Bois DeChene Condos sell
Ten units in the Bois DeChene development on Perkins Road, including the unit that houses Frankie Marcello’s restaurant, sold Jan. 16 for roughly $1.45...
Top commercial real estate deals of 2014
Though 2014 wasn’t marked by the kind of “game-changing” deals like the Water Campus or IBM Services Center that made 2013 so memorable, it...
Top business deals of 2014
Commercial real estate wasn’t the only sector of the local economy to see a lot of action in 2014. Several significant business deals in...
Baton Rouge’s 10 most expensive home sales of 2014
If 2014 wasn’t the best year for high-end home sales in recent memory, it was certainly one of the better ones. Local real estate...
Tom Cook: Zachary Place Shopping Center goes for $4.73 million
WJ Boyd LLC, represented by Kent Walker and Donnie Jarreau, purchased the Zachary Place Shopping Center from Zachary Commercial Properties Development Co., represented by...
Investors buy OLOL Dermatology clinic for $1.2 million
A group of investors have purchased the Our Lady of the Lake Dermatology clinic near the Bocage neighborhood for $1.2 million in a transaction...
Stuck in the weeds: Gap financing and grants are small but successful
Two of the RDA's most successful endeavors arguably have been its gap financing and business improvement grant programs. Both are relatively small in scope,...
Stuck in the weeds: The RDA’s original mission
(Photo by Don Kadair: Lynn Clark of Habitat for Humanity)
There are more than 6,500 adjudicated properties in East Baton Rouge Parish, blighted houses and...
