SOLD: Two Taco Bell properties in Baton Rouge were sold last week, according to sales documents. The Taco Bell on Plank Road, near Pettit Road, was sold for nearly $1.3 million, while the Taco Bell on Siegen Lane off Interstate 10, and which is currently being rebuilt, was sold for nearly $1.5 million. Morgan City-based B&G Food Enterprises—the largest franchisee of Taco Bell in Louisiana—sold the two properties to Gregory Hamer Sr., founder and CEO of B&G Food Enterprises, who bought the properties through Hamer Real Estate Holdings IV LLC.
Stargazing: The American Meteor Society tracked several reports of a possible meteor spotted in the sky over Baton Rouge and other areas of Louisiana last night, WAFB-TV reports. Videos of the possible meteor show what appears to be a large fireball moving quickly across the sky around 8:47 p.m. on Sunday. The fireball will need to be investigated before being confirmed as a meteor. Read the full story.
Cleanup: The Environmental Protection Agency last week announced that the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality will receive $800,000 as a Brownfields revolving loan fund grant. The funding is part of $65.6 million given nationwide to assess and clean up contaminated industrial properties under the agency’s Brownfields Program.
