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Seems a shame that the Simon Cancer center is not even that old and it’s already being abandoned.
Rhea, along with the mono-rail. IU Health knows how to build, just not utilize. Interesting how they can waste so many dollars with minimal push back.
I am assuming that the Simon Cancer Center is going to Indiana University/IUPUI along with University Hospital, so it’s not being “abandoned.”
Yes Robert it is being abandoned by IU health. It is a relatively new hospital. What do you think Indiana University is going to do with an empty hospital building? That is my definition of being abandoned.
They have years to figure it out. My guess it that it will turn into research space, which would consistent with where the master plans for IUPUI’s and IU SoM want research space.
IU’s research activity in Indianapolis is much greater than that of IU Bloomington – it should easily be able to fill the space and further expand their research activity.
For many years, there has been an office building in the works by private developer Fire H2O LLC. at the southeast corner of Capitol and 16th. This project was supposed to have a grocery store on the first floor, but earlier this year, when they sought out a zoning variance for the first time, the grocery component had been nixed. I’d bet IU Health had their hands in that.
https://www.ibj.com/articles/67735-large-office-building-grocery-store-proposed-for-16th-and-capitol
If community health is the true goal here, the new Methodist Hospital site is not well positioned to serve the food desert to the north with noted low life expectancy. Neighborhoods in need of a grocery store are centered closer to 38th and Capitol than 16th and Capitol.
Among IUH land holdings, a grocery store at the north end of old Methodist along 21st would be better positioned to serve neighborhoods to the north. The former Ruth Lilly Health Education Center on the SW corner of 21st and Capitol is within a 1/4 mile of the Red Line station at 22nd/Meridian and has abundant vehicular access.
Amazingly enough, all of those locations you mentioned are just a few blocks from the Red Line.
My read on this is that the last thing that a new facility will want to do is cater to those who have less $$ that live in the area as opposed to those who have more who only work in the area; I mean, when is the carwash coming? This city should regret the closing of the old “Double 8” grocery stores that served the core city well; with everyone else seeming to be able to get tax credits, one wonders why they couldn’t have been preserved or at least helped to stay open by the city. Now, huge areas are food deserts. It seems like the incentives lie within building new buildings and moving on in this city.
Considering the current focus on public health and well-being, an additional beneficial possibility would be to dedicate for a Park the approximately one-acre of open ground which is owned by IUH and is situated immediately adjacent to (east of) the Indy Parks playground at Senate and St. Clair (SW corner). This land is in turfgrass and is used extensively by the public. Hopefully, IUH is not planning to put another office building there. It would significantly dimnish the appeal and utility of the area. In so doing, IUH could also compensatorially mitigate the public land grab in Broad Ripple Park by Community Health Network.
From a medical point of view it seems to be poor judgement to have a grocery store for a population of poorly vaccinated people in the area to be in a hospital building where sick and even immunecompromised people are receiving their medical care. If they want to serve the area with grocery availability lets put in a separate building close by, or across the street but not in the building where sick people are cared for.
Dr. B