NEW ORLEANS — Work is underway at the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, where a $34 million renovation will convert the old IMAX movie theater space into the new home of the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium. It’s the most…
NEW ORLEANS — Here, from staff and wire reports, are the week’s top business stories: The owners of Clearview City Center announced that the 160,000-square-foot Target store located there has begun a “major” renovation that will introduce several new in-store…
NEW ORLEANS — Here are the week’s top business stories: The Greater New Orleans Foundation announced that the 2022 GiveNOLA Day (Monday, May 2) hosted by Baptist Community Ministries and supported by Entergy generated nearly $8 million in donations for…
NEW ORLEANS — Here are the week’s top business stories: Xavier Plans Graduate School of Health Sciences, Medical School Breeze Airways to Introduce Nonstop Route from New Orleans to Savannah Kimberly Gramm to Head Tulane's New Innovation Institute GNO Inc.,…
NEW ORLEANS — Here are the week’s top business stories: N.O. Tech Startup Aims to Bring Roleplaying Games to the Blockchain Tulane Alumni Investing Millions to Create Innovation Institute La. Bill That Would Exclude Solar, Wind from Tax Exemption Put…
NEW ORLEANS — Hogs for the Cause returned April 1 and 2 to the UNO Lakefront Festival Grounds after three years for its 14th annual event. “We were so excited to welcome back our truly amazing teams and fans to…
NEW ORLEANS — The city’s hospitality industry is revving up to host the 2022 NCAA Men’s Final Four basketball tournament this weekend. The Kansas Jayhawks will play Villanova's Wildcats on Saturday evening, followed later that night by a matchup between…
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Entrepreneur Week returned as an in-person event after a two-year hiatus because of the pandemic. Thousands gathered at Gallier Hall and other locations to celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit and muse about which regional startup might…
NEW ORLEANS — Michael Hecht, president and CEO of Greater New Orleans Inc., says he wants to “change the game” in regard to economic development in southeast Louisiana. The region’s most visible business booster delivered the message at a jam-packed…
NEW ORLEANS — The boards of the World Trade Center New Orleans and Greater New Orleans Inc. have approved an operational partnership that means the WTCNO will move its operations from Canal Place into GNO Inc.’s Energy Centre offices later…
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans hospitality industry celebrated the return of parades and visitors for the 2022 Carnival season. New Orleans & Co. reported that the city's 26,000 downtown hotel rooms were 85% full on Saturday, which is only…
NEW ORLEANS — Most of the city turned its attention to Carnival this week, but there was still time for business. Here are the top stories: The New Orleans Local Organizing Committee — led by Tulane University, the University of…
NEW ORLEANS — Here are the week’s top business stories: Loyola University New Orleans President Tania Tetlow has accepted a new role as president of Fordham University in New York City. Fr. Justin Daffron, S.J., Loyola’s Vice President of Mission…
NEW ORLEANS — The Idea Village, a nonprofit business accelerator, has announced that New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (NOEW) will return with in-person experiences in 2022 after being virtual in 2021 and cancelled just a few weeks before opening in 2020 due…
NEW ORLEANS — On Friday, the front page of the city’s daily newspaper’s website looked like a casino homepage — complete with huge banner ads and articles on how to place bets — as mobile sports betting went live in…
NEW ORLEANS — Here are the week’s top business stories: North Carolina-based retirement and investment advisory firm Captrust Financial Advisors announced its recent acquisition of Crescent Capital Consulting, headquartered in New Orleans. Crescent provides investment management services to institutions as…
NEW ORLEANS — Here, from staff and wire reports are the week’s top business stories: Entrepreneur Robert Thompson’s hospitality firm Angevin & Co. has partnered with Cleveland-based real estate investment company GBX Group to purchase the Whitney Hotel from hotelier…
NEW ORLEANS — Here are some of the week’s top business stories: Boyd Gaming Corporation has announced plans to develop a new Treasure Chest Casino facility in Kenner. The gaming company plans to replace the existing riverboat casino with a…
NEW ORLEANS — Benson Capital, owned by Saints and Pelicans owner Gayle Benson, announced on Dec. 16 that it has acquired Corporate Realty Inc., a commercial real estate company based in New Orleans that serves the Gulf South. Benson’s investment…
NEW ORLEANS — Area business leaders are optimistic about their organization’s financial outlook in 2022 but clear-eyed about the dangers to the greater New Orleans economy posed by the uncertain trajectory of the pandemic and the prospect of more hurricanes…
NEW ORLEANS — Here, from staff and wire reports, are the week’s top business stories: Tulane University, along with developers 1532 Tulane Partners Inc. and SKK Opportunity Zone Fund I, announced a new phase in the redevelopment of the former…
NEW ORLEANS — Here, from staff and wire reports, are the week's top business stories: President Joe Biden has chosen as supervisor of his $1 trillion infrastructure plan Mitch Landrieu, who as New Orleans mayor pushed the city into recovery…
NEW ORLEANS — Here, from staff and wire reports, are the week’s top business stories: New Orleans-based beverage company Big Easy Bucha has announced its acquisition by Beliv, a Latin American bev-tech company with 28 brands in 30 countries. Launched…
NEW ORLEANS — News broke this week that the Cint Group, a Swedish market research firm, has agreed to buy New Orleans-based analytics company Lucid for roughly $1.1 billion. Cint, which listed on the Stockholm and NASDAQ exchanges in February,…
NEW ORLEANS — Here, from staff and wire reports, are the week’s top business stories: Louisiana’s legislative leaders balked Thursday at a $63 million debt forgiveness plan for the Superdome’s oversight board that Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration framed as…
NEW ORLEANS — Drew Brees hasn’t lost many competitions in New Orleans, but the contest to redevelop the former Six Flags/Jazzland site in New Orleans East is one of those rare cases. After the Brees-backed proposal to convert the 227-acre…
NEW ORLEANS - On Thursday night, billionaire Richard Branson hosted a series of events — including a short downtown parade featuring the St. Augustine Marching 100 — to promote the opening of Virgin Hotels New Orleans on Baronne Street. The…
NEW ORLEANS — Here are the week’s top business stories: This week, Saints owner Gayle Benson has revealed her succession plan for the NFL’s Saints and NBA’s Pelicans. The plan calls for the sale of the team to a buyer…
NEW ORLEANS - Here, from staff and wire reports, are the week’s top business stories: Procore Technologies Inc., a provider of construction management software, announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Levelset, a New Orleans tech company that created…
NEW ORLEANS - Here are the week's top business stories: Getting Messy Frustration increased citywide as post-Ida debris and trash still hasn't been collected from neighborhood streets. Regional leaders have failed to find emergency contractors who can get the job…
