re: When was the last crane seen in BR's skyline?

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Marriott was just a renovation of an existing structure

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It was new construction. Opened in November.

You are thinking of the Watermark, which opened earlier last year. That’s an awesome hotel.

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Physical cranes are not the indicator that should be used to determine economic growth

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I guess there is no winning. The OP seems to think that cranes are an indicator of economic growth. Now that we know that Baton Rouge has seen cranes downtown very recently, they are not an indicator of economic growth.