Stephen Moret
Stephen Moret
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I really think five years from now people will be talking about Baton Rouge the way they talked about Austin (Texas) five years ago.
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The common need is cash. Cash meets payroll. Cash pays business loans.
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It doesn't take long to get in a big hole. You've got an entire market that's down, and it will probably be down for six months.
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The most unfortunate thing is we do not have enough space to accommodate the companies that have been displaced.
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There's so many businesses that are vulnerable right now.
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New Orleans has 28 million square feet of office space and 8 million feet of warehouse/industrial space. Most of that is displaced for several months. Pretty much everything in the capital region is going to be scooped up in the next few days.
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There's going to be a huge increase in the population of Baton Rouge. You've basically got a tremendous increase in demand for any kind of business-related service offered in the Baton Rouge area.
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We've met our 10-year business-development plan in just a few weeks. It's an opportunity, but it's a difficult situation because it's within all our interests for New Orleans to get back on its feet.