Plans are taking shape to transform a three-block stretch of Georgia Street in downtown Indianapolis into a pedestrian-friendly
corridor connecting the expanded Indiana Convention Center to Conseco Fieldhouse.

Starbucks plans to close its coffee shop in Conseco Fieldhouse later this month after it failed to come to terms on a lease
renewal.

Renovation work finally has begun on the Penn Arts building at 16th and Pennsylvania streets.

Efforts to save the former home of Crawford's Bakery at 16th Street and Capitol Avenue appear to be gaining momentum.

Clarian Health is planning a bed tower, parking garage and offices in a massive project that shows renewed commitment to the
downtown campus.

The new owners of the eight-story condo project formerly known as 707 East North Street have set an opening target of June
for what will be known as 707 North Apartments.

Steak n Shake's downtown headquarters is getting new signage.

Another for-profit college is eying an expansion into the Indianapolis area. The publicly traded Corinthian Colleges Inc., based in Santa Ana, Calif., plans to take 40,000 square feet in the Heritage Park office park southeast of Interstates 465 and 69.

A city planning board has denied a request from IBJ Media Corp. for a new sign including a small variable-message component
outside its headquarters at 41 E. Washington St.

An around town retail roundup includes several new restaurants including Monon Food Co. and Puerto Vallarta, a new international
grocery on
the south side, and a new butcher shop in Noblesville.

A local developer's plans to renovate a long-vacant and graffiti-covered 1915 building along Meridian Street have hit
a snag over a lack of parking.

Strip-center specialist Sandor Development Co. is moving its headquarters to Hamilton County after almost 50 years
in Indianapolis.

The law firm Plews Shadley Racher & Braun LLP has spent more than $1 million to add the 1871 Eden-Talbott house to its
campus in the Old Northside Historic District.