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re: Buc-ee’s coming to Livingston Parish?
Posted on 3/30/26 at 10:24 am to cryptkeeper
Posted on 3/30/26 at 10:24 am to cryptkeeper
There will be one in Lafayette and Pass Christian, MS. I doubt they will put another in between.
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Posted on 3/30/26 at 10:28 am to SG_Geaux
Hammond would make to much sense with 55 and 12
Posted on 3/30/26 at 10:45 am to KiwiHead
I wouldn't be so sure. The MS store is only an hour from the Loxley store, and it has become one of the busiest stores in the country after having a full year under their belts. The 10 is a beast.
Kentucky is working on their third store and then there will be 3 all pretty close to one another in smaller towns.
Kentucky is working on their third store and then there will be 3 all pretty close to one another in smaller towns.
Posted on 3/30/26 at 10:51 am to TheGeauxt9
That's the Lewis property
Posted on 3/30/26 at 11:03 am to Roy Curado
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don't believe this. Cities do not provide tracts to business to develop. Businesses find tracts to develop. On occasion, government officials will try to solicit businesses to come in but usually with policies.
Thats exactly what was said in a few post earlier from someone:
The landowner has been communicating with Buc-ee's to try to get them to come to Satsuma. The landowner is a huge landowner in this area. I'm sure he will make the price right and will reap the rewards later down the road. He basically owns 3 of the 4 corners at the satsuma exit. Hundreds and hundreds of acres.
Posted on 3/30/26 at 11:10 am to TheGeauxt9
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Well each buc-ees (Lafayette/Pass Christian) if they made one in Satsuma would be an hour or so apart
Depending how the basin bridge goes on any given day they could be 6 hours apart.
Posted on 3/30/26 at 11:34 am to TheGeauxt9
I have my doubts there will be another one built on the stretch of I-10/I-12. They will have Baytown, Lafayette, Pass Christian, and then Loxley. It’s perfect for the summer beach pipeline.
Posted on 3/30/26 at 12:25 pm to Defenseiskey
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Every other city would either pussyfoot around or couldn't provide a tract with decent infrastructure or were unwilling to.
Cities don't usually broker real estate deals like this. They may help with zoning or infrastructure, but it's rare for them to get that involved. Cities do not typically own vast swaths of available land within their borders in this country. Louisiana has a site prep office for major industry deals, but they don't usually chase retail business.
And the land needs is one of the few flaws in the Buc-ee's impressive business model. The size and scale that makes them awesome also makes it very hard to find real estate and fund expansion. They don't move quickly -they move carefully.
You just have to visit one to see that Buc-ee's needs a massive chunk of land for one of those stores. Their footprint is basically the size of a large car dealership or Bass Pro Shops; and it has to be visible to the interstate with very easy access for traffic. It can't have major drainage issues, and the site generally has to fit a specific shape requirement for their giant store and gas pumps (it can't be bisected by a major canal or rail line). Zoning also has to allow for their use as well; and it's not always a guarantee that local governments will re-zone for this.
And their site also has to be reasonably distant from other stores to avoid cannibalization. It has to be a in populated enough area to support staffing, but not so populated that traffic becomes an issue.
There are probably less than 4-5 potential plots like that left along I-12. They exist, but they aren't all available. Eastern Livingston isn't a bad area if they can find the real estate for one of these. I don't know much about the Satsuma typography. But the demographics are there to support staffing.
This post was edited on 3/30/26 at 12:34 pm
Posted on 3/30/26 at 12:33 pm to dewster
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They may help with infrastructure
That's what I said. Do you read?
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Cities do not typically own vast swaths of available land within their borders in this country. Louisiana has a site prep office for major industry deals, but they don't usually chase retail business.
I know and I never said that. I said most of the towns didn't have sewer or utility lines on most of the tracts they looked at. Breaux Bridge, Rayne, and Duson lost out for this very reason. I used to work in real estate, municipal and parish economic development departments did pursue retail projects and it was fairly common for them to compete on destination retail spots like Buccees or Bass Pro. You don't know what you're talking about.
This post was edited on 3/30/26 at 12:44 pm
Posted on 3/30/26 at 12:37 pm to jsquardjj
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That would make sense. Not much on the big stretch of I12.
Without being an expert on real estate beyond doing site selection for an unrelated industry well over 15 years ago......the first thing that jumps to me out as an issue with some of these exits along I-12 is that the few remaining undeveloped ones often have forested green space within the interchange, which could limit visibility for a giant retail operation like Buc-ee's during the spring and summer months.
That's fixable though with a little grub and brush maintenance. It's LADOTD property though. And LADOTD isn't exactly about maintenance.
Hope they figure it out. That would be a nice stopping point on the way to the Mississippi Gulf Coast for us. And we all know that there's plenty of traffic along I-12. Customers wouldn't be an issue for them. I could definitely see them being successful with a store somewhere between Hammond and Baton Rouge, the new Lafayette one, and another one around Sulfur or Lake Charles. That would keep them between 70-90 miles apart.
Juban Crossing area would have been a solid location 5-10 years ago before it got developed. I guess Buc-ees was still Texas only back then.
This post was edited on 3/30/26 at 12:46 pm
Posted on 3/30/26 at 12:50 pm to Defenseiskey
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That's what I said. Do you read?
You said this:
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Every other city would either pussyfoot around or couldn't provide a tract with decent infrastructure or were unwilling to.
Cities don't typically broker deals like this. They don't provide land and they rarely own large plots typically desirable to private retail operations.
Posted on 3/30/26 at 12:52 pm to TheGeauxt9
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I think that wouldnt be a bad spot, usually Buc-ees are placed on outskirts of metro areas or between them. Theyll have between Lafayette and BR, and then if so here, between BR and Hammond
Not a bad location.....
Is that a bayou down the middle of it?
Posted on 3/30/26 at 12:56 pm to Defenseiskey
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Apparently Lafayette was the only city in the area that was willing to get the ball rolling. Every other city would either pussyfoot around or couldn't provide a tract with decent infrastructure or were unwilling to.
It helps to have available land with fairly easy sewer taps near a giant highway exit. That site was available, and it was a solid location.
Lafayette didn't stitch the sites together though. If it were that easy, Denham Springs or Hammond would probably have one by now.
Seems like this is the OT version of Top Golf. Everyone denies its coming to Louisiana until one day they show up on Siegen Lane of all places.
Posted on 3/30/26 at 12:59 pm to Roy Curado
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Cities do not provide tracts to business to develop. Businesses find tracts to develop
Yeah.....a lot of posters seem to blame Baton Rouge, Shreveport, New Orleans, or Hammond for not having one.
Having available sites that works for their operation is a prerequisite.
Posted on 3/30/26 at 1:07 pm to dewster
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They don't provide land and they rarely own large plots typically desirable to private retail operations.
Never said the city owned the land but ok man, whatever you say.
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