IBJ Podcast: Inside the mind of a rising Indy apartment developer
After five years with Indianapolis-based Birge & Held, Jarod Brown decided he wanted a business with his name on the door. For his HQ, he bought the former Broad Ripple Library.
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The 10 most-downloaded IBJ Podcast episodes of 2024
At the top of the list is host Mason King’s interview with Chick McGee, who has been a fixture on Indianapolis radio for 38 years as a cast member of “The Bob & Tom Show.”
William McGowan, key figure in Indy’s convention and sports tourism strategy, dies at 89
McGowan led the Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association from 1984 to 2002 and was instrumental in the city’s efforts to land the 1987 Pan American Games, the 1980 and 1991 Final Fours and the Indianapolis Colts.
IBJ Podcast: Mission of Indy furniture maker ‘is about building other people up’
More than 240 people who have struggled with addiction, homelessness, incarceration and other obstacles have been employed and trained by Purposeful Design. And sales of its high-end furniture cover most of the cost of operation.
IBJ Podcast: Josef Newgarden, Indy 500 champ and avid investor, also races against S&P 500
Newgarden enjoys being a hands-on caretaker of his financial life, including managing his investment portfolio. He says if he weren’t a racer, “I think I’d be an equity trader or some kind of strategist.”
IBJ Podcast: Inside jeweler’s decision to close one of downtown’s oldest businesses
Windsor Jewelry has operated within a stone’s throw of Monument Circle since 1919. Owner Greg Bires details his decision to close after the store survived the pandemic and the 2020 downtown riots.
IBJ Podcast: Pete the Planner on Trump’s potential impact on investors, taxes, inflation and the auto industry
The president-elect is expected to employ tariffs to influence trade, loosen government regulations on companies and try to lower corporate taxes. Pete weighs in on potential winners and losers.
IBJ Podcast: Inside the plan to extend life expectancy for residents of five Indy neighborhoods
The Indy Health District’s leaders want to find solutions for the issues weighing heaviest on these neighborhoods, including housing, transportation, land use, safety and food deserts.
IBJ Podcast: What Indy tourism guru Chris Gahl learned from his father’s murder, surviving cancer
Under the care of a legend in the Indianapolis medical community, Gahl got a clean bill of health last year. But he’s still sorting through the repercussions of the loss of his father.
Hotels across nine-county area sold out for Eras Tour weekend
Indianapolis’ agency for conventions and tourism also reports that short-term lodging bookings through Airbnb and Vrbo have surged 207% in the Indianapolis area as compared to Nov. 1-3 of 2023.
IBJ Podcast: How Taylor Swift will give Indy a massive platform to promote itself
About 80% of ticket holders over the three concerts will come from outside Indiana, presenting an immense marketing opportunity for Visit Indy, the agency in charge of promoting Indianapolis for conventions and other tourism.
Real Estate Weekly: Oct. 15, 2024
The following items were in the Oct. 15, 2024, edition of IBJ’s Real Estate Weekly e-newsletter.
IBJ Podcast: What’s the potential impact of Lilly’s $4.5B ‘medicine foundry’ in Lebanon?
Lilly wants to know how to improve new medicines and speed them to market more quickly. The project promises hundreds of high-paying jobs and could help lift Lilly among a handful of the most valuable companies in America.
Real Estate Weekly: Sept. 10, 2024
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Real Estate Weekly: Sept. 17, 2024
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Real Estate Weekly: Sept. 24, 2024
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Real Estate Weekly: Oct. 1, 2024
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Real Estate Weekly: Oct. 8, 2024
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IBJ Podcast: Indy’s ‘A Couple Cooks’ on becoming internet famous, publishing new cookbook
From the kitchen in their home south of Broad Ripple, Sonja and Alex Overhiser have created, tested and posted more than 3,000 recipes to their 14-year-old food-influencer website, which receives millions of pageviews per month.
Made in Indiana: Inverters for electric vehicles by Hitachi Astemo Indiana Inc.
History: Hitachi Astemo Indiana Inc.’s Greenfield manufacturing facility was established in 1989 by Keihen, an affiliate of (and major supplier to) Japan-based Honda Motor Corp. It was known as Keihin Indiana Precision Technology Manufacturing, and its products included automobile air and fuel management systems. Its parent company was Japan-based Keihin Corp., which was established in […]