2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (497+ words) Nolan Mckendry, The Center Square//September 10, 2026// New Orleans is aiming to fully absorb the Sewerage and Water Board into city government by 2028, moving beyond the oversight changes enacted this year toward eventually operating the century-old utility as a city department....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (613+ words) CityBusiness staff reports// September 2, 2026// New Orleans nonprofit launches home repair status tool Rebuilding Together New Orleans is launching an online tool that allows homeowners waiting for free critical home repairs to check the status of their applications without contacting the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (464+ words) G.F. Gay Le Breton and Michael Karl, Chaffe & Associates Inc.//September 1, 2026// Recent M&A activity by two well-known Louisiana-based companies in vastly different industries reveals surprisingly similar growth strategies. Both made acquisitions to enter new markets, build scale and strengthen their…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (472+ words) CityBusiness staff reports// August 7, 2026// Veteran PR executive launches New Orleans firm Veteran public relations executive Larry Lovell has launched his own communications firm, Larry Lovell PR (LLPR), following a career that included more than two decades at Peter Mayer Advertising…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (554+ words) CityBusiness staff reports// August 5, 2026// LED invests $1.4M in Lockport business park Louisiana Economic Development has approved a $1.4 million investment to help prepare McLeod Business Park in Lafourche Parish for future commercial and industrial development, converting 102 acres of former farmland into shovel-ready…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (253+ words) Meghan Keen-Boehm, Managing Editor// August 3, 2026// Women of the Year, Nonprofit Organizations nominations due Friday Women of the Year and Nonprofit Organizations are due by 5 p.m. Friday, August 7. Honorees for each will be recognized at an event Monday, November 2 at the New…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (929+ words) CityBusiness staff reports// July 31, 2026// Commission Accomplished: Audubon Boulevard estate tops weekly home sales A rare corner-lot compound on more than a half-acre near Audubon Park and Tulane University leads this week’s Commission Accomplished. 120 Audubon Boulevard in Uptown New Orleans sold…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (523+ words) CityBusiness staff reports// July 29, 2026// Friends of Codey’s expands food entrepreneur support Five years after launching as a grassroots effort during the COVID-19 pandemic, New Orleans nonprofit Friends of Codey’s is calling for greater investment in food entrepreneurs and expanding support…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (351+ words) CityBusiness staff reports// July 23, 2026// Marcus & Millichap brokers sale of Louisiana industrial facility Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a single-tenant industrial property in Broussard, a 35,840-square-foot facility leased to Drilling Tools International, the commercial real estate brokerage announced July…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (503+ words) CityBusiness staff reports// July 22, 2026// Gayle Benson buys 3 St. Charles Avenue properties near Harmony Circle New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Gayle Benson has purchased three St. Charles Avenue properties fronting Harmony Circle, known formerly as Lee Circle, as she continues…...