The former Conn’s property on Airline Highway has changed hands, with the buyer planning to lease the building to the Louisiana Secretary of State’s office.
Local investor Michael Divincenti Jr. purchased the property at 8888 Airline Highway from Ohio-based STNL Development for $4.5 million, according to a deal filed Monday with the East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court’s office.
The site includes a roughly 53,000-square-foot building and has been vacant since late 2024 after Conn’s vacated the space as part of a nationwide shutdown of all 170 of its retail locations across 15 Southern states. The company previously operated two stores in the Baton Rouge area…