Posts by Brent Altazin
No. 1 on the List: Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
Originally published in The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report JUNE 15, 2017 Merrill Lynch Wealth Management has the top spot in Business Report’s latest ranking of financial investment firms by the amount of local assets under management. The wealth management and investment firm, headquartered in New York, holds nearly $5.7 billion in local assets. The firm…
Read More$1.7M DEAL CLEARS WAY FOR NEW HOMES AT COPPER MILL IN ZACHARY
Originally published in The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report Alexandria Burris | @allyburris February 27, 2017 Level Construction and Development LLC has bought 34 vacant lots at Copper Mill in Zachary for roughly $1.7 with plans to build eighth and final filing of the subdivision and golf club. Represented by founder Todd Waguespack, Level purchased the…
Read MoreUpscale hotel, multifamily developments planned in Baton Rouge Health District
Originally published in The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report Sam Karlin March 6, 2017 Plans for a new upscale hotel in the burgeoning Baton Rouge Health District are underway, with a group of longtime hotel developers buying two acres of land along Summa Avenue last week. Ash Patel, whose family business owns and manages four…
Read MoreDantin Bruce acquires 15 acres in Baton Rouge Health District, plans mixed-use development
STEPHANIE RIEGEL OCTOBER 4, 2016 Originally Published By The Baton Rouge Business Report Developers Brian Dantin and Ross Bruce, principals of Dantin Bruce Development, have acquired two parcels totaling 15 acres in the heart of the nascent Baton Rouge Health District and plan to gradually develop the property into retail, residential and office space. In…
Read MoreCook: Valhalla under construction
Originally published in The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report Dantin Bruce Development has purchased a nearly 15-acre tract on the south side of Highland Road, at its intersection with Pecue Lane, for development of an upscale residential subdivision to be known as Valhalla. The property was purchased Feb. 5 from The South Baton Rouge Church…
Read MoreValhalla receives green light from Planning Commission
Originally published in The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report Dantin Bruce Development received the green light Monday from the East Baton Rouge Parish Planning Commission to begin Valhalla, a 20-lot development on a 15.4-acre tract on the site of the failed Heritage Oaks development. Brian Dantin with Dantin Bruce Development says the company hopes to…
Read MoreCook: Dantin Bruce sells first building in Offices at City Farm for $1.03M
Originally published in the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report Dantin Bruce Development has sold the first building in its Offices at City Farm development on Jefferson Highway, making a deal with Forty-Four Holdings LLC for $1.03 million. Cypress Title will move into the building by the end of the year. The sale price for the…
Read MoreDantin Bruce pays $2.8M for 60 acres in Prairieville, plans Hidden Farms subdivision
Originally published in The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report Developers Brian Dantin and Ross Bruce have for years searched for a tract of land in Prairieville on which they could develop a new subdivision. On Tuesday, the co-owners of Dantin Bruce Development closed on a $2,790,105 deal for roughly 60 acres located just over the…
Read MoreProperty Acquired for Prairieville Developlment
Originally published in The Advocate Brian Dantin and Ross Bruce have purchased 60 acres of land near Prairieville to build Hidden Farms, a 142-lot development, in the spring. DB Hidden Farms LLC bought the 60-acre site on Brown Jr. Road near Old Jefferson Highway in Prairieville for nearly $2.8 million, according to Troy Collins and…
Read MoreLack of developable land will likely push Baton Rouge toward infill projects in the coming decade
Originally published in Greater Baton Rouge Business Report After decades of rapid real estate development, especially in south Baton Rouge, a major factor has emerged. “There’s just not a lot of available land,” says Brian Dantin, a partner at Bruce Dantin Development. “And what is available is really expensive.” Consequently, the city may finally…
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