Governor Jindal and IBM Senior Vice President Colleen Arnold Break Ground on New 800-Job Technology Center in Downtown Baton Rouge

BATON ROUGE – September 27, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Today, Governor Bobby Jindal and IBM Senior Vice President Colleen Arnold joined other leaders to break ground on the $55 million urban development in downtown Baton Rouge that will be home to the new IBM Services Center: Baton Rouge upon its completion in mid-2015. The project will create 800 new direct jobs, and LED estimates the project will result in an additional 542 new indirect jobs, for a total of more than 1,300 new permanent jobs in the Capital Region.