SEPTEMBER 25-OCTOBER 1, 2017
Local developer Keystone Group is nearing a deal to buy the 20-story AT&T building just north of Monument Circle and is considering a range of possibilities for the half-million-square-foot property. Scott Olson examines the challenges that vexed its current owner. Also in this week’s issue, Susan Orr reports that more than 20 companies in Indiana are contributing to NASA’s effort to send people to Mars. And in our Meeting and Event Planning Guide, Anthony Schoettle explains how the glitz and glam of high production values have become essential to conventions and expos.
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Keystone poised to buy AT&T tower that vexed current owner
Local developer Keystone Group is nearing a deal to buy the 20-story building just north of Monument Circle and is considering a range of possibilities for the half-million-square-foot property.
Read MoreFirms find gold helping vendors sell on Amazon
Amazon has become such a colossal retail force that scores of companies have formed specifically to support Amazon vendors. And some of those firms are based in Indiana.
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New housing options for homeless foster stability
A 38-unit downtown apartment building for the chronically homeless that opened in January 2016 is Indianapolis’ first project to employ a so-called “housing first” model.
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Grand plan on ropes to redevelop Simon estate
The residential redevelopment of the sprawling Simon estate on Ditch Road known as Asherwood that local homebuilder Paul Estridge Jr. announced late last year might not happen after all.
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Hoosier firms helping NASA chase lofty goal to send astronauts to Mars
In its quest to send people to Mars, NASA’s road to the Red Planet passes straight through central Indiana.
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Ex-American Senior Communities CFO who avoided indictment blasted in new lawsuit
Roger Werner played a “central role” in helping fellow executives fleece the nursing home company, according to a new federal lawsuit.
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New investor in IBJ Corp. says he’ll start by listening
Nathan Feltman now owns one-third of the media company, along with longtime co-owners Michael Maurer and Bob Schloss.
Read MoreGeneral manager ousted at WRTV amid low news ratings
A Scripps official flew in Monday to inform the WRTV staff of Larry Blackerby’s firing and his interim replacement.
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Fountain Square, Fletcher Place businesses weigh special tax to fund safety, upkeep
Property owners are voting on establishing a precisely targeted district that would help them pay for improvements to the up-and-coming neighborhoods.
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EDITORIAL: Cook dealmaking puts community first
Many firms based across the country take corporate citizenship seriously. But it’s human nature for executives of those firms to put the best jobs—and to show the greatest corporate engagement—in their headquarters towns.
Read MoreBRENNER: Our connectedness could help lure HQ2
Indy is a place you can join in. You don’t have to be a native to quickly engage and make an impact.
Read MoreKENLEY: Feds should follow Indiana’s fiscal example
The ideals of freedom, democracy, opportunity, free enterprise and the chance for all to get ahead economically are threatened by the federal government’s current high-tax, large-deficit fiscal program.
Read MoreCULP: Diversity leads to better business decisions
It is intimidating as hell to find your place when you lack almost any similarities with the majority of people in the room.
Read MoreKIM: Betting against Buffett is a costly proposition
Don’t buy when he’s selling or sell when he’s buying.
Read MoreBOHANON & STYRING: Yes, there is such a thing as a free market
In a free market, government plays a vital role in enforcing laws against violence, fraud and theft, and in resolving contract disputes.
Read MoreLETTER: Zoning editorial off base
There is no indication that Indiana’s drainage statutes are inadequate.
Read MoreLETTER: Keep tiny house parked
Tiny houses should stay in your back yard, at the lake or in the woods where they can be enjoyed, not being hauled around wasting more resources than were saved creating them.
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First Internet Bancorp raises $44.8 million in secondary stock offering
The Fishers-based financial company announced late Tuesday that it had sold 1.65 million shares of common stock at $29 per share.
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Murat group again exploring deal to sell Old National Centre property
The latest offer calls for the developer to build the Murat Temple Association a 40,000-square-foot headquarters as part of a larger hotel project on the downtown site of the Murat Shrine Temple.
Read MoreAnthem buys Florida insurer in first acquisition since Cigna deal failed
The deal for HealthSun gives Anthem another 40,000 members and helps build its base in south Florida.
Read MorePurdue wins federal approval for online university for NewU
Purdue University says it has won U.S. Education Department approval to move forward with its plan to acquire for-profit Kaplan University and operate it online as Purdue NewU.
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