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Waste of space!!! Unimpressive!!!! How’s that changing the skyline???? Booooooooo!!!!!¡! Booooooo!!!!!
Gotta agree. Not sure how this even begins to deliver on the promises made for or the potential of this space
Completely agree. So disappointing.
Perfect Suburban office building in a urban location. Such a waste of a valuable piece of property.
I think it’s great news!! Great use of an abandoned space.
So, $135m in TIF money to this project. I sure hope IBJ will look into this. I saw recently a TV station made mention of TIF money going to the giant Walmart warehouse in Plainfield that recently burned, intimating that the combination of TIF giveaways and other factors meant that “economic development” project was in actuality a massive loss for the taxpayers of Hendricks County. Please, IBJ: Do a deep dive into this TIF-giveaway landscape.
This – very interested in understanding how/why these TIF bonds actually create growth.
Agree. I’d like to see a in depth look at this as well. I’m for tax abatements on projects that make sense, but it seems now TIF money is given away like candy on Halloween. This opens the door to all kinds of corruption at taxpayers expense.
I hope there’s a plan to install glass that is designed to keep birds from flying into the windows…especially since Elanco, is, you know, about animal health.
This is wonderful news!! I agree with Lauren- it’s a great use of abandoned space. Love the innovative, environmentally-sustainable, employee-focused design. Lots of positives with this news…not only with the beautiful headquarters campus, but also with Elanco’s partnerships and plans to create more jobs!
It is a nice design but at that height it’s not really going to be very prominent. Surprised they didn’t do more with such an important piece of property. Zero “skyline impact” . This building could’ve gone anywhere in Indianapolis.
I agree the design is boring and derivative. But, I am surprised anyone thought they would incur the expense of building a skyscraper on a big flat piece of land set away from the core of the central business district. And,,they even said from the beginning it would be smaller than their current headquarters since they don’t need to house as many employees. It is basically a suburban office park in the city, which they got a massive public subsidy to build.
I never really realized that “skyline impact” created jobs. If you don’t like this project you don’t understand the economic impact that this will have on the city. I’m not being critical, but do a little more research than reading an IBJ article. This is HUGE!
“The city will build all the internal roads on the campus, with a year-long construction schedule slated to begin in November 2022. It will also pay for a new Henry Street Bridge, connecting the campus to the larger downtown area. Construction on that project is expected to run from July 2023 to November 2024.”
I hope this does not impact the much needed pot hole filling needed all around town.
Hideous
Not sure why a high rise is more important than having a global headquarters located just outside the core of downtown. This will have a huge impact on that area of the city and may very well prove transformative.
A high rise isn’t necessary, but an architecturally noteworthy building should be expected when a Fortune 500 company is building a brand new global HQ with enormous public subsidy. Think of what Cummins built in downtown, and that isn’t even their main HQ. If I were an official of the city or the state I would consider this a massive slap in the face. This building could quite literally be anywhere.
Chris nailed it with this comment. After reading this comment and the numerous other ones this building is quite the let down. It’s boring, not architecturally pleasing, and does no justice for the neighborhood.
Lilly doesn’t provide much for an architecturally noteworthy building…just a large footprint
Agree. What’s wrong with E-BLAH-nco?
Nobody is wrong here. Landing this headquarters was a big win, but the design is uninspiring to say the least. The fact that the city is seemingly OK with it, after all the taxpayer money being pumped into this project, is pretty disappointing. When giving away money, why not set some design expectations?
The skyscraper homers are almost objectively wrong.
At a time when skyscrapers are having a hard time filling their existing spaces, why would anyone expect a new skyscraper should be built by a company that obviously doesn’t need that space? In architecture and construction, “form follows function.”
Skyscrapers are the product of a by-gone era. Sorry folks.
Im just here for the comments and boy, as usually, you guys didn’t let me down. I get both aspects, people want to see more inspiring architecture in the city, especially downtown. Indy, although I adore the place, is lackluster when it comes to an exciting skyline. The design of this building could of been way better.
The math suggests that the footprint of the building will cover less than an acre, and the story says its a 40-acre site. That sounds like a whole lot of grass and/or surface asphalt will accompany it.
To all who take issue with the design, you should know that DMD now has a full-time paid position of “City Architect”. If they wouldn’t be reviewing this project, I”m not sure what they would be doing. So, perhaps you need to look that person up and let them know what you think.
That’s a bit unfair, Paul. For one, this has never been proposed to be a 40-acre Elanco facility. Much more of an integrated campus of compatible uses. Second of all, is this not just the rezoning stage as opposed to the design review stage? Also the City is limited in regard to how close it can hold a developers feet to the fire in regard to design, given the subjective nature of the topic and the open-interpretation of regional center guidelines. Finally, it’s not like a company of this size cannot bullrush approval through any board or commission despite what the city architect may comment. Perhaps we should be looking at who is on this commission and how they vote [and who is appointing them?].
Two comments: apparently no one has ever driven east on I-70 past the current (and previous “new”) headquarters of Elanco? It’s…suburban office park.
And, why treat this like a “win”? Central Indiana kept a business that has been headquartered in Greenfield for about 100 years. At best it’s a save.
The TIF almost nullifies any positive aspect in my opinion.
Lilly set up its agricultural division in 1954 and named it Elanco in 1960. So at most, this company is 68 years old, not 100.