Dean of IU business school stepping down after decade
Idaline Kesner is the first woman to lead the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, which has 14,471 enrollees in Bloomington, Indianapolis and online.
Mason King
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Ball State kicks off plans to revitalize Village district, build performance venue
The university hopes to bolster the declining business-and-culture district by creating a center for theater and dance and green-lighting an Ohio firm to develop a hotel, apartments, retail spots, and spaces for office and research work.
Wheeler Mission begins search to replace longtime CEO
When Rick Alvis took the top job in 1990, the not-for-profit had 17 employees and a budget of $700,000. Today, Wheeler has approximately 175 employees and an annual budget of nearly $16 million.
Parking meter rates going up in downtown’s core, Broad Ripple
The partnership of private firms that operates Indianapolis’ parking meters plans to raise the hourly rate for nearly half of its 4,211 spaces.
Q&A with Danny Milisavljevic, a Purdue University astronomer
Milisavljevic, 42, an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Purdue University, orchestrated a proposal for the James Webb Space Telescope, which launched in late December as the high-powered successor to the legendary Hubble Space Telescope.
Murtlow retiring as CEO of United Way of Central Indiana
Ann Murtlow has been one of the Indy area’s most visible and influential female corporate leaders for nearly two decades, and she led several significant organizational changes at the United Way.
Carmel-based maker of cannabinoid products to hire as many as 270
3C Labs LLC, a cannabinoid research and manufacturing firm, intends to invest $1.5 million in expanding its Indy-area operations, according to a contract with the Indiana Economic Development Corp.
2021 Year in Review: Lessonly, KAR among tech dealmakers
Indiana’s tech sector hit a red-hot cycle of mergers and acquisitions, pushing the number of deals well past marks set in 2018, 2019 and 2020 by the end of 2021’s third quarter. Experts said the M&A activity spoke to how the state’s tech sector had matured, as well as the gobs of cash burning holes in investors’ pockets.
Upscale Mexican chain planning downtown eatery, cantina
Los Arroyos Mexican Restaurant and Take Out, which opened a Carmel restaurant in 2016, is branching out with plans for a location near the mouth of Mass Ave.
Civil War Museum relaunches in expanded form in Indiana War Memorial
Curators cleared all of the artifacts from the Col. Eli Lilly Civil War Museum in 2018 after a leak in the Soldiers and Sailors Monument’s basement endangered the collection.
Q&A: Eastern Star youth pastor now a guiding light for city zoning
This fall, Percy Bland Jr. also accepted a two-year volunteer appointment by the City-County Council to the Marion County Board of Zoning Appeals.
Fast-growing Sweetgreen, ‘the Starbucks of salads,’ to debut in Indiana with north-side restaurant
The national fast-casual salad chain is in expansion mode as it prepares to become a public company. Filings with the state show that it’s also considering a downtown Indianapolis location.
Greenfield retail project by I-70 lands trifecta of Chick-fil-A, Chipotle, Panera
Indianapolis-based developer Midland Atlantic Properties recently acquired a high-profile piece of property in a bustling retail corridor for the project, to be dubbed The Greenfield Market.
State planning $35M archives building on Indianapolis’ near-east side
After a years-long search for a compatible site, the state intends to build the 50,000-square-foot building on state-owned land in a primarily residential area.
Long-tenured downtown Japanese restaurant to close in December
The restaurant at 148 S. Illinois St. is family-, women- and minority-owned, according to an announcement of the closure. Its owners say they plan to return with a new project soon.
Fast-growing chicken-wing chain plucks downtown location
The publicly traded firm is on a tear, having added 153 wing-and-tender spots in 2020. Its downtown eatery will join several that already ring the city.
Sporting-goods firm establishing HQ, manufacturing in Plainfield, plans to hire 300
The company, recently formed to consolidate several prominent athletic gear brands, plans to invest nearly $19 million in the new facility. The state has pledged $5 million in economic development incentives.
Roots Burger Bar in Muncie growing with new restaurant in Carmel
The ownership group, headed by former Scotty’s Brewhouse owner Scott Wise, has agreed to lease a 2,500-square-foot space in a retail center that recently underwent a transformation.
Hot-chicken restaurant chain to nest on Mass Ave
The downtown restaurant is part of a larger plan by a Fort Wayne-based group of franchisees to open several locations in central Indiana.
Q&A: Jace Swims on the business of exotic sea creatures
Jace Swims built a tech career on the West Coast, but the pandemic brought him back to Indianapolis. He since has turned his passion for tropical fish into an entrepreneurial venture.