Company servicing industrial, commercial, and municipal customers has now expanded five times at St. John Properties-owned business community and will soon occupy 45,900 square feet of space

BATON ROUGUE, LA – John H. Carter Company, Inc. has signed a lease with St. John Properties, Inc. for 10,080 square feet of additional space at Barringer Foreman Tech Park, a 28-acre business community located on Airline Highway (US 61) in Baton Rouge. This represents the company’s fifth expansion with St. John Properties, and they will soon occupy 45,900 square feet within the nearly 220,000 square foot business park. St. John Properties Regional Partner Todd Pevey represented the landlord in this lease transaction.

Founded in 1933, John H. Carter Company is one of the largest and most comprehensive manufacturer’s representatives in the Gulf South and Deep South region, with fourteen facilities throughout Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi. The company offers a wide range of industrial automation solutions to industrial, commercial, and municipal customers, and provides specialized products and services to the chemical, refining, oil and gas, pulp and paper, and power generation industries, among others.

The company is taking additional space within 14141 Airline Highway, a single-story building comprising 60,240 square feet of flex/R&D space to house its Machinery and Engine Solutions division. With an expected occupancy in Q2 2025, approximately 40 employees will work in the space and focus on industrial asset reliability, including rotating equipment protection and prediction solutions, engine optimization solutions, and related diagnostic and monitoring services. John H. Carter Company expects to ramp up employment, over time, to more than 50 employees in the new space.

According to company Vice President Tim Walker, Barringer Foreman Tech Park was “the natural first choice for the expansion due to the company’s existing operations within the business community and its familiarity with and confidence in St. John Properties.” The company’s first lease in the complex consisted of 13,500 square feet in 2013, and the group will soon occupy space in three separate buildings.    

“Given our long-term investment and presence within Barringer Foreman Tech Park, combined with our comfort level with the management team, moving forward with this expansion was an easy decision,” stated Walker. “Having multiple facilities within the same business community will create valuable synergies, improve operational efficiencies, and facilitate communication. Our employees can literally walk to our different spaces. The business community has served us extremely well over the years with a strategic location that provides quick connections to our customers,” he added.  

“John H. Carter Company’s decision to expand its presence within Barringer Foreman Tech Park reflects our ability to anticipate and accommodate the customized commercial real estate needs of existing and future tenants,” explained St. John Properties’ Regional Partner Todd Pevey. “We have enjoyed a mutually-beneficial relationship with the leadership team for more than 11 years and are gratified to watch the company prosper, add market share, and continue its growth within our portfolio.”      

Barringer Foreman Tech Park is situated 30 minutes from Baton Rouge’s Ryan Airport and 60 minutes from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. St. John Properties has developed and manages more than 530,000 square feet of commercial space across six business communities in the greater Baton Rouge and Gonzales areas.

Founded in 1971, St. John Properties, Inc. is one of the nation’s largest and most successful privately held commercial real estate firms. The company is distinguished by its commitment to customer service, achievements in green building, and top-rated workplace culture. Throughout St. John Properties’ 54-year history, the company has developed more than 24 million square feet of flex/R&D, office, retail, and warehouse space and has investments in over 3,000 residential units. The company proudly serves more than 2,600 clients in Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Tennessee, Virginia, Utah, and Wisconsin. For more information about the company, visit www.sjpi.com.