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NY Bagel Cafe & Deli Opening First Baton Rouge Location

News Source: Baton Rouge Business Report

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Baton Rouge is getting a new bagel restaurant this summer, with NY Bagel Cafe & Deli, a New York-based chain, opening its first Capital City location this summer on Jefferson Highway near Whole Foods.

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Rocca Pizzeria to Open in the Summer in Former Goûter Spot in Baton Rouge

News Source: The Advocate

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A new wood-fired oven pizzeria is taking over the former location of Goûter.

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Chase South Tower Undergoing Extensive Renovation

News Source: Baton Rouge Business Report

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One of the downtown skyline’s most iconic buildings is getting a new look.

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New Available Space, Oil Downturn Cause Baton Rouge Office Occupancy Rate to Fall

News Source: Baton Rouge Business Report

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Those shiny new office buildings downtown and trendy office parks under construction on Jefferson Highway may be good for the local construction industry. But they’ve added a lot of space to the office market, which is a key factor behind the decrease in occupancy last year.

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Jackhammers, Cranes and Dozers Abound on St. Louis Street, Hub of Baton Rouge City Government

News Source: The Advocate

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The drumming of jackhammers, beeping of cranes and clanking of bulldozers have become the daily soundtrack along St. Louis Street downtown, where yet another building has joined the growing mix of those being torn down or built up.

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Ochsner Building New Clinic at The Grove, Vacating Baton Rouge General Facility

News Source: Baton Rouge Business Report

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Ochsner Health System is continuing to expand its footprint in the Capital Region with plans for a new, 210,000-square-foot clinic that will front Interstate 10 on a 16-acre tract in The Grove, Richard Carmouche’s mixed-use development behind the Mall of Louisiana.

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Long-vacant Government Street Site Sells for $800K, Townhome Development Planned

News Source: Baton Rouge Business Report

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A father-son development team has purchased a vacant 2.83-acre tract of land on Government Street at the end of Jefferson Highway and plans to build a new townhome development called Old Goodwood Crossing there.

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Cane Land Distilling Co. to Open in May

News Source: Baton Rouge Business Report

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Cane Land Distilling Co., located at 760 St. Phillip St., will open its doors to the public for a grand opening event on May 20 and expects to begin distributing its rum to local grocers and supermarkets—stretching from New Orleans to Baton Rouge to Lafayette—by early summer.

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Electric Depot Development at Old Entergy Site Slated for Spring Groundbreaking

News Source: Baton Rouge Business Report

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Developers hope to begin construction in the next two weeks on their mixed-use development Electric Depot, which will be the new name for the old Entergy site at 1509 Government St. in Mid City.

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Concert venue, music shop coming to Mid City

News Source: Baton Rouge Business Report

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Two local musicians are opening this summer a new concert venue they hope will invigorate the local music scene and give Mid City a reimagined neighborhood music shop. Mid City Ballroom will open at 136 S. Acadian Thruway, near North Boulevard and Baton Rouge General Medical Center’s Mid City campus, sometime in June.

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