Baton Rouge, Louisiana – Laurie Lipsey Aronson, President of Lipsey’s LLC along with her sister Wendy Lipsey Shiroda announced today that they have completed a property exchange with the Casemore family that gives them a five and one half acre tract at the corner of Exchequer and Reiger Road where they have plans to construct a 80,000 square foot office warehouse for their much needed expansion. 

The Casemore family, as their part of the exchange, now own Lipsey’s LLC’s existing 27,800 square foot facility that will remain occupied by Lipsey’s during construction of the new facility.  Aronson said she expects to break ground in early September.  Edward Rotenberg, Associate Broker and Partner with Saurage Rotenberg Commercial Real Estate, LLC represented Lipsey’s LLC and Bob Kirby of the same firm represented the Casemore family.


 
Edward Rotenberg is a graduate of Baton Rouge’s Episcopal High School and Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.  An industrial member of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors® (SIOR), he is also a past member of the Board of Directors of the Commercial Investment Division of the Greater Baton Rouge Association of REALTORS® (GBRAR CID).  He is currently a member of the Louisiana Commercial Data Base (LACDB); the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR); and the Greater Baton Rouge Association of REALTORS® Commercial Investment Division (CID).  

Bob Kirby, a commercial leasing and sales consultant with Saurage Rotenberg Commercial Real Estate, has over 37 years of sales and management experience.  Licensed in Louisiana and Mississippi, Bob is a member of the Mississippi Commercial Association of REALTORS® (MCAR); the Greater Baton Rouge Association of REALTORS® Commercial Investment Division (CID); a candidate member of the Certified Commercial Investment Member Institute (CCIM); and an affiliate member of the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) and NAR Commercial.

Saurage Rotenberg Commercial Real Estate is a member of the Baton Rouge Area Chamber of Commerce (BRAC); the West Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce; the Baton Rouge Better Business Bureau; the Louisiana Commercial Data Base(LACDB); and the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). Several agents, on an individual basis, are members of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors® (SIOR), the Certified Commercial Investment Member Institute (CCIM); the National Association of REALTORS®(NAR); and the Greater Baton Rouge Association of REALTORS® Commercial Investment Division (CID).