In The News


Construction of grocery store at Rouzan set to begin in April or May

News Source: The Advocate

Posted:

Construction is scheduled to begin in late April-early May on the first retail tenant in the Rouzan development — a 30,000-square-foot location for a national grocery store chain.

Read Now

Original Zeeland Place lots getting new homes … and serious interest

News Source: Baton Rouge Business Report

Posted:

Construction is scheduled to begin in late April-early May on the first retail tenant in the Rouzan development — a 30,000-square-foot location for a national grocery store chain.

Read Now

Mike Wampold buys Chase South Tower, planning mixed-use future

News Source: Baton Rouge Business Report

Posted:

Developer Mike Wampold has acquired the downtown Chase South Tower from a group of New York investors and is planning to eventually redevelop the iconic high rise into a mixed-use property for office, retail and residential use.

Read Now

Nearly closed, Park Elementary now to be rebuilt with a futuristic design

News Source: The Advocate

Posted:

After nearly closing Park Elementary a year ago, the East Baton Rouge School Board is moving forward with a tear-down and rebuild employing a design for a “21st century school.”

Read Now

Government Street road diet finally begins, with cheers from some, chagrin from others

News Source: The Advocate

Posted:

Government Street has finally started to cut its calories. Contractors started work earlier this month on the long-awaited and much-postponed “road diet” for a 4.2-mile stretch of the road that runs through Baton Rouge’s urban core. While new restaurants and local retail stores have popped up along Government in recent years, high-speed traffic has remained […]

Read Now

Topgolf issued construction permit in Baton Rouge

News Source: Baton Rouge Business Report

Posted:

Topgolf has been issued a permit to build a $10 million facility near Siegen Lane at the location formerly home to Tinseltown, according to city-parish records.

Read Now

Matherne’s Market to anchor LSU Nicholson Gateway Project

News Source: Baton Rouge Business Report

Posted:

Matherne’s Market will be the new retail anchor tenant of LSU’s Nicholson Gateway Project, a mixed-use development of student housing, restaurant and retail space currently under construction on a 28-acre site on Nicholson Drive, between West Chimes Street and Skip Bertman Drive.

Read Now

St. Vincent de Paul homeless shelter to receive $1 million for expansion

News Source: The Advocate

Posted:

The St. Vincent de Paul homeless shelter in Baton Rouge is receiving $1 million in flood recovery funds to build a new 36-bed expansion, the mayor’s office announced Monday.

Read Now

Element Hotel coming to Baton Rouge Health District

News Source: Baton Rouge Business Report

Posted:

The Baton Rouge Health District will get Louisiana’s first Element Hotel likely sometime next year, with a local hotel group planning to begin work on the project this summer.

Read Now

Team Led by John Engquist buys Rouzan

News Source: Baton Rouge Business Report

Posted:

A team led by businessman and real estate developer John Engquist has acquired Rouzan, the 100-acre traditional neighborhood development in Southdowns, from developer Tommy Spinosa and plans to resume work on the long-stalled project as soon as Monday.

Read Now