While 400 business leaders, including a few Billeaud Companies Board of Directors, Staff Members and Guests, politely attended Loren Scott’s annual Louisiana Economic Outlook, put on by One Acadiana, that is about all anyone in the crowd really cared about. Sure, we want to know about employment, wages, new companies coming…
Top 10 Must-Have Features for Your Corporate Office Space
Location is more than just a set of GPS coordinates on a map. A corporate space must offer certain amenities to serve efficiently as your office. Before you can begin matching your business to available properties for rent, you must define any space requirements you have. Nailing down these non-negotiables…
Real Estate Options: When Business Space Outgrows the Budget
Profitability, productivity and growth define a business’ bottom line. Challenging economic times, however, can thin that line and even break it over time. Cutting some expenses can actually cost a business more in reduced services, customer dissatisfaction and employee turnover. Yet the challenge remains: How can business owners cut costs…
4 Factors to Consider When Leasing an Industrial Property
When evaluating industrial properties for lease, you should analyze a number of factors to ensure the success of your business. These key considerations may include the proximity to major roads, the number of available parking spaces near the property and the locations of nearby vendors and suppliers. Of the…
Lafayette Connector – Acadiana’s Path Forward
The time for Why is over, How and When are the Questions for today. Our city’s leaders began working long ago on a vision for Lafayette, a bold ambitious project that will boost economic development, improve how we move around our community and make us all safer while we do…
The St. Nazaire Commercial Corridor
The St Nazaire Commercial Corridor A Strong Heartbeat on Americas Energy Corridor With all of the sour economic news coming out of the oil patch and crude selling less than $30 a barrel, you would think that anything associated with “America’s Energy Corridor” would share the same ill-fated news. Think…
Billeaud Companies Board Members Attend Annual State of Economy Breakfast
What Dr. Loren Scott said and what I heard Jennifer Whitmore, Billeaud Company VP of Real Estate Operations and I, along with a few members of our Board of Directors attended the annual State of the Economy breakfast presented by The Independent. This event is a “not to be missed”…