Quack Daddy Donuts expanding with franchised store
The seller of customizable doughnuts that started in Pendleton will be joined later this year by a second store in a new Westfield retail center.
Kurt Christian
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Urban Vines eyes move to former equestrian campus
The Westfield-based winery and online garden supplier intends to move its production facility to the property near Grand Park. It might also build lodging and self-storage facilities there.
Q&A with Libby Sutherland, Hamilton County Mask Brigade organizer
The 56-year-old teaching assistant at Noblesville’s North Elementary School started growing a small army of stitchers and drivers on March 23.
Pay cuts, layoffs hit white-collar workers, too
Experts say the wave of layoffs and pay cuts that first ravaged the service industry in mid-March are starting to erode management, upper-level and even executive jobs.
KAR Global shares slide 11% as auction giant cuts costs to weather COVID crisis
Pay reductions helped the auto auction giant partially offset the temporary closing of its physical auctions and other fallout from COVID-19.
Zionsville, Lebanon newspapers merging; Anderson paper reducing operations
Three central Indiana newspapers are making changes due to ongoing industry-wide economic issues that were further aggravated by the pandemic health crisis.
EdgeRock Development proposing $18M apartment, retail complex in Westfield
There’s still some debate about whether the roughly 100-unit apartment complex with 30,000 square feet fulfills an expectation that senior apartments would be built on the property.
Fishers video surveillance firm adding jobs
Qumulex is ramping up plans to help commercial clients enjoy some of the same surveillance and access control features people are already using in residential settings.
Goodwill reopening stores where possible, but closing Vintage Vogue locations for good
Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana, which has begun reopening many of its 76 retail locations where possible, is cutting costs by eliminating its three Vintage Vogue stores.
Loss of Ruoff ticket tax will hit Noblesville’s budget
The city counts on a portion of the music center’s sales to pay off debt it assumed to improve roads and sewers adjacent to the facility.
Fat Atom Marketing’s demise hastened by lean pandemic budgets
Carmel-based Fat Atom Marketing has gone out of business, citing the health crisis as the final straw. Marketing industry experts predict there will be a big increase in the number of firms forced to close due to the impact of the coronavirus.
Dunn Hospitality planning 145-room hotel in $60M development in Fishers
Evansville-based Dunn Hospitality Group is planning to build a $20 million Courtyard by Marriott near Interstate 69 and 116th Street in Fishers by the end of 2021.
New Fishers health department to redirect money usually pegged for county
Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness and other members of the city’s emergency incident response team identified free COVID-19 testing for residents as a function of the new health department.
Probo Medical is straying from narrow focus to continue rapid growth
The Fishers-based company’s latest acquisition realizes its transition from a niche repair firm for ultrasound components to a multinational imaging-machine supplier.
Heartland Distillers, Porkopolis plan joint facility on Carmel’s west side
The Carmel Plan Commission on Thursday approved an expansion project that would double the space in Porkopolis’ existing building, allowing room for a distillery and tasting room.
Area businesses could take $85M blow from Grand Park closure
While the expected economic impact to the region is high, Westfield officials say they don’t expect the closure to have a game-changing impact on the city’s budget.
Vent makers turn to Noblesville firm’s technology
Since the pandemic took hold, SMC Corp. of America has ramped up production of ventilator parts for manufacturers around the world.
Are local governments ready for the storm clouds brewing? At least they have time to plan.
City and county officials are grappling with the sacrifices they’ll have to make as plummeting employment, delayed collections and reduced economic activity cut into tax revenue.
Three tech firms plan expansions in Fishers that could add 223 jobs
The city of Fishers announced Wednesday morning that Genezen Labs, U.Group and Highbridge intend to grow their operations in the city.
Home2Suites joins Whitestown hotel boom
Cincinnati-based Jetha Group is building the hotel near five other established or planned hotels in Whitestown, and town officials think there’s room for more.