Roundup: More craft-beer pubs on tap for August
TwoDeep Brewing and HopCat set to enter the craft beer scene; a third Pizzology opening; and a retail tenant coming to Ironworks at Keystone Avenue and East 86th Street.
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New downtown concert venue to seat 15,000
A music amphitheater soon will take center stage on the site of the former General Motors metal-stamping plant on the western edge of downtown, sources tell IBJ.
Ex-HHGregg manager’s lawsuit grows into class-action
The lawsuit now includes 62 current and former HHGregg employees who claim they were denied incentive bonuses totaling about $5 million.
Seventy-lot subdivision slated for Fort Harrison property
The proposed Residences of Lawrence at Fort Ben subdivision would be the first single-family project on the former army base since it closed in 1995.
Owner of controversial Geist billboard sues city
The company is seeking nearly $1 million from the city after it was forced to remove the billboard, even though it conformed to zoning guidelines for the property.
Butler to build new residence hall, parking garage
The projects are part of a larger plan to add more student housing, possibly construct a larger facility to house the university's business school and renovate existing academic buildings.
Fletcher Place gains destination status
Fletcher Place on the southeastern edge of downtown for years served as little more than a pass-through for folks traveling between downtown and Fountain Square. But the triangle-shaped historic neighborhood is starting to carve out its own identity by drawing more residents and visitors to patronize the restaurants and drinking establishments sprouting along Virginia Avenue.
Chicago firm closes on $120M acquisition of Precedent park
LaSalle Investment Management now owns the second-largest office complex in Indianapolis. It hit the market after a bitter legal dispute between its former owner and locally based HDG Mansur.
Former Omar Bakery building on East 16th set for revamp
A Lincoln, Neb-based firm plans to spend up to $8 million to convert the nearly century-old vacant building into a mix of apartments and retail uses, possibly furthering the revitalization of the East 16th Street corridor.
HHGregg ditches ad campaign, returns to former agency
The Indianapolis-based retailer is going back to Zimmerman Advertising a year after parting ways with the firm and just two months after unveiling a “brand transformation.”
Carmel developer sinks $66M into four senior communities
Leo Brown Group opened two facilities in Indianapolis and Avon in June, and has started construction on two similar projects in Ohio and Kentucky.
Roundup: Downtown microbrewery, CityWay deli, Clearwater tap
Chilly Water Brewing Co. is making batches in The Hinge along Virginia Avenue, while Gandolfo’s is coming to CityWay, where Chicago’s Yolk also will open.
Multifamily projects abound in Chatham Arch, Lockerbie
The four projects, one of them condominiums, would add nearly 280 units within about a four-block stretch from East Michigan Street north to Massachusetts Avenue.
Latest plans for Mass Ave land swap hit snag
The Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission has expressed concerns about a proposed parking lot tied to a complex land deal involving a credit union, firefighters union hall, and a planned $43 million development.
Ambrose snags vacancy-plagued Meridian Street property
Ambrose Property Group Inc. is doubling down on the struggling downtown office market by purchasing its second property within six months.
Good Earth avoids $1M judgment over Broad Ripple project
Browning Investments had sought to make the health food store and a Broad Ripple resident post a $925,000 bond to cover costs related to construction delays stemming from an appeal related to the apartment-and-retail project.
Ex-Center Township trustee official charged with theft
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged former CFO Alan S. Mizen, 59, of Zionsville with theft and embezzlement of federal program funds. If found guilty, he faces up to 10 years in federal prison.
New airport-area hotel will be rarity in market
Holladay Properties and Schahet Hotels Inc. are partnering on a new full-service Holiday Inn that’s expected to open early next year.
First Biglari, now Steak n Shake sign adorns building
The new, five-story Steak n Shake sign replaces the Business Furniture sign that stood guard over Pennsylvania and Maryland streets for decades.
Simon sues insurance companies over fatal escalator accident
The mall manager has filed a lawsuit against two insurance companies claiming they should have covered its loss stemming from a teenager’s escalator fall in 2009.