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IBJ Podcast: Park debuts with perch over two interstates
It took Tom Battista five years to get approval from the city, state and federal governments for The Idle, and just a couple months to build the micropark above the I-65/I-70 south split.
It took Tom Battista five years to get approval from the city, state and federal governments for The Idle, and just a couple months to build the micropark above the I-65/I-70 south split.
Sandwiched between homes to the south and commercial development to the north, the $19 million proposed project sparked concerns from nearby residents about its height and density, as well as its impact on drainage and traffic.
Justin Stuehrenberg and Katherine Bannon bought the 77-year-old brick edifice in the emerging Bates-Hendricks neighborhood for a song and completely gutted it. The new apartments will be available for lease next month.
In the week before announcing his retirement as the radio play-by-play announcer for the Indianapolis Colts, broadcaster Bob Lamey used a racial slur while telling a story in the presence of a black radio station employee, according to a media report.
White, a former superintendent of Indianapolis Public Schools, was hired in 2013 to put the university on surer footing. The black liberal arts college on the city’s east side had seen a string of presidents come and go since the retirement of its co-founder in 2007.
The chain founded by Jimmy Buffett had as many as 23 locations in 2012. On Tuesday, its website counted only two after closure of the south-side eatery.
A food worker at the restaurant tested positive for the virus and might have infected customers on Aug. 6, according to the Marion County Public Health Department.
Located less than two blocks from Monument Circle, the 120-year-old building could reopen as early as 2019 as a millennial-friendly Aloft property.
Over Eric Ellsworth’s tenure, membership has grown from 63,000 to 113,500, and the organization’s annual budget has swelled from $30 million to $55 million.
The 13,000-square-foot facility is slated for the site of a former discount retailer, located a block east of the center of Fountain Square’s resurgent commercial and cultural districts.
The 3,800-square-foot restaurant will maintain much of the menu of the original but add Neapolitan pizza, flatbreads and other elements suitable for lunch patrons.
The restaurateur behind St. Elmo Steak House is pivoting on plans for a Burger Study on 116th Street and instead intends to develop a more upscale, American-grill concept that would be unique to Fishers.
Lime follows electric scooter company Bird, which entered the Indianapolis market on June 15 by dropping its dockless scooters downtown, in Irvington and along Massachusetts Avenue. City officials are working on developing rules for such devices.
Maria Bertram had a great career as an engineer for Eli Lilly and Co., so why did she chuck it to open a little cafe in a distressed neighborhood?
After 11 years in charge of preserving and reinvigorating the landmark of local German culture, Cassie Stockcamp plans to decamp for Africa, South America and Southeast Asia.
The first episode of the Indianapolis Business Journal’s new weekly podcast explore how future leaders can use the experience of making music to learn how to inspire great performances from their workforces.
Combining Indianapolis-based Finish Line Inc. and JD Sports Fashion from across the pond could create a firm within striding distance of the sports apparel industry’s heavyweight, according to an analyst.
With the addition of NetShape Technologies, Westfield’s Metal Powder Products has 1,200 employees in the U.S. and China and annual sales of $200 million.
The extension includes immediate pay increases and improvements to retirement contributions from the company, according to the pilots’ union.
Officials with the soccer team are in ongoing discussions about the possibility of playing future games in Lucas Oil Stadium, while a soccer news website reports that the team will join the United Soccer League for its 2018 season.