Just about everyone who has ever visited South Louisiana will tell you that you can find some of the best food in the world in just about any city or town in the region. If all commerce revolved around food, there is little doubt that businesses would flock here. But all kidding aside, there are some very good reasons to do business in this great s...

Construction continues on Commerce Centre 42 Retail, the 34,000-square-foot shopping center going up on Airline Highway in Prairieville, between Commerce Centre Drive and Market Place Drive. The most recent lease agreement in the center was made by the owners of the La Caretta Mexican restaurants, who will open a Tex-Mex concept on the end cap spac...

The building that houses Frankie Marcello’s restaurant and five adjoining office condos in the the Bois de Chene office park at 7520 Perkins Road, near the Staring Lane intersection, have transferred hands from one investor to another in a deal that closed Thursday. The restaurant’s operations are not expected to be affected by the sale, and the co...

After more than 20 years in business at 9555 Airline Highway, Kirk's Tires and Accessories has sold its 58,000-square-foot property and is relocating to a new site on Airline, south of Interstate 12. Brewster Holdings Baton Rouge LLC, acquired the property from Kirk's in a transaction that closed Tuesday. The sale price was $3 million. Kirk's owner...

It's a market situation that gets real estate professionals excited: As supply and demand begin to converge, deals happen quickly and prices start to rise. The market for industrial space is approaching that point in parts of greater Baton Rouge as big plant expansions generate the first ripples of new business activity. "Demand is extremely high,"...

Event Holdings LLC, an affiliate of the Louisiana Culinary Institute, has purchased an office warehouse on a 1 acre site at the corner of Jefferson Highway and Arnold Road. The seller, Topaz of Louisiana Inc., was represented by Scot Guidry of Mike Falgoust & Associates Commercial Real Estate. The culinary institute was represented by Bobby Smi...

Louisiana led all U.S. states in the value of industrial construction projects during 2013 and was ranked second overall for all commercial construction, according to a new report released Tuesday. Nearly $4.9 billion in direct industrial construction spending happened in Louisiana last year, well ahead of Iowa, which was second with just over $2 b...

Central's City Market Shopping Center, located at 18564 Magnolia Bridge Road, has been sold for approximately $2.47 million, says Justin Langlois of Mike Falgoust & Associates Commercial Real Estate, who represented the seller in the deal. Built in 2007 and patterned off of a shopping center in Destin, Florida, City Market is located 2.5 miles ...

Baton Rouge Real Estate More commercial and residential projects in East Baton Rouge Parish received permits to proceed last month compared to the same period last year. According to new figures out from the city-parish Department of Public Works, a total of 64 commercial projects received permits in May, up from 60 last year. Residential permits, ...

Walmart, through its real estate business trust, has purchased a roughly 5.8-acre tract at the corner of La. 16 and Vincent Road in Denham Springs, on which it plans to develop one of its neighborhood market stores, which are smaller than its usual retail stores. Walmart also plans to develop a gas station on the site. The retail giant paid $1,392,...