JULY 24-30, 2017
The parent company of Circle Centre mall’s sole anchor, Carson’s, is facing steep challenges, with some retail experts wondering whether it will be the next big chain to collapse. Scott Olson delved into new questions about the mall's future. Also in this issue, Anthony Schoettle examines the challenges for the Pacers’ season-ticket push with an overhauled roster that’s short one superstar. And in A&E Etc., Lou Harry reviews a new Greek cuisine option on Mass Ave.
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Carson’s in Circle Centre is part of reeling department store firm
The parent company of Circle Centre mall’s sole anchor, Carson’s, is facing steep challenges, with some retail experts wondering whether it will be the next big chain to collapse.
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After fessing up to failings, travel-insurance firm remakes itself
With the help of an outside consultant, Carmel-based Seven Corners Inc. has spent nearly three years on a corporate overhaul.
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Auto-auction powerhouse KAR investing heavily in digital transformation
The used-car auction business might sound like a low-tech industry, and one destined to stay that way. But KAR’s executives think otherwise.
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Will new Pacers roster fill seats at Bankers Life Fieldhouse?
The Indiana Pacers sales staff is gearing up for a crucial three-month stretch before the season tips off.
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Hospital systems blitzing area with urgent care centers
Urgent care centers, which already seem to have blanketed nearly every retail strip and neighborhood in central Indiana, are continuing to spring up at a surprising rate.
Read MoreSimon, Kite seek to dispel ‘retail apocalypse’ narrative
Some portfolio managers believe the market is painting the retail sector with too broad a brush. Yes, they say, many malls will go under, as will many retailers. But developers focusing on high-end properties—a description that fits both Simon and Kite—should fare just fine.
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URBAN DESIGN: Our parks get a bad rap—even though spending lags
National ranking doesn’t tell the full story of Indy’s green spaces.
Read MoreCarmel’s proposed City Center hotel expected to cost $38 million
The proposed high-end hotel at Carmel’s City Center would be partially owned by the city, which would use bonds to finance it.
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Apartments, grocery proposed in $32M renewal effort on key stretch of 38th Street
Plans are taking shape to revamp dilapidated and underdeveloped properties in the Maple Crossing area, north of 38th at Illinois and Meridian streets.
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As Lucas Oil Stadium nears 10th year, new director rolls out ambitious agenda
Eric Neuburger, hired in April to run Lucas Oil Stadium, hopes to draw more conventions and other non-sports events to the $720 million venue.
Read More$20M hotel to be loaded with eateries
Ironworks Hotel Indy will feature 15,000 square feet of street-level retail space, including Blue Sushi Sake Grill, Massage Heights and Cunningham Restaurant Group’s Rize. Cunningham also will operate Provision in second-floor retail space.
Read MoreVisit Hendricks County giving $10,000 in tourism grants
Visit Hendricks County will award a total of $10,000 in 2017 to support local events that entice visitors to the county.
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MORRIS: Health care wheel-spinning continues
Republicans better at campaigning on health care than changing it.
Read MoreOSILI: Older employees are crucial to our workforce
Years of life experience, maturity and age-accumulated wisdom suggest a tech-smart older workforce is greatly beneficial to any community.
Read MoreSPRINGER: Broad Ripple High should remain a school
Yes, boutiques and coffee shops are wonderful amenities, but schools are often the determining factor for families choosing a home or neighborhood.
Read MoreSKARBECK: Target-date funds aren’t always best 401(k) option
Investors have different financial profiles that might require a more hands-on approach.
Read MoreBOHANON & STYRING: It’s time to own up to Social Security shortfall
No myth causes more mischief than the fiction of the “Social Security Trust Fund.
Read MoreLETTER: Vouchers’ effectiveness completely unproven
Basically, we have a one-party political state that holds itself up as being conservative yet we continue to take millions of dollars out of the public school system and plow it in to vouchers and charter schools without any significant, measurable, or quantifiable increase in student achievement.
Read MoreLETTER: Canal park plan reflects ‘irrational exuberance’
Goodbye restful greenspace, hello garish hardscape showcase.
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Great American Songbook Foundation joins forces with Grammy Museum
In a move that puts it in the company of the National Blues Museum in St. Louis and the Beatles Story in England, the Carmel-based Great American Songbook Foundation has been named a Cultural Affiliate of the Grammy Museum.
Read MoreIndy-based parking tech company buys Atlanta software firm
With the deal, T2 Systems gains access to new U.S. markets, its CEO said.
Read MoreCarmel awards $28.8M contract for 96th and Keystone roundabout
The Carmel Board of Public Works approved the agreement with a Goshen-based construction contractor at a meeting Wednesday morning.
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