Houston-based Waukesha-Pearce Industries plans to build a new heavy equipment sales and service facility on a vacant 8-acre tract along Airline Highway in St. George.
Earlier this month, Baton Rouge-based Commercial Properties Realty Trust, through its WPI Baton Rouge entity, purchased the property from a group that includes members of the late auto dealer Price LeBlanc’s family for an undisclosed amount. The site is near Baringer Foreman Road and Kleinpeter Farms.
A notice of work filed with the East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court’s office between Arkel Constructors and WPI Baton Rouge lists the project’s value at $8.9 million…