Developers plan to unveil a significantly updated set of plans this afternoon for a JW Marriott convention hotel across the street from Victory Field. For one, the 1,000-room hotel will be taller than the 22 stories originally proposed, said Jeremy…

A $150-million luxury condo development known as Renaissance Bay will replace an apartment complex along Keystone Avenue at 78th Street. All that remains of The Landings apartments are massive piles of concrete…

A local developer is hoping to build another dense condo project in Broad Ripple along Winthrop Avenue. The proposal by locally based Page Development would bring 27 condos to 1.5 acres between Winthrop and the Monon Trail, just south of…

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A development team is hoping to replace an Indianapolis Public Schools operations center on Mass Ave with up to 400 homes and 200,000 square feet of retail space. The project would encompass 11 acres and preserve an historic former Coca-Cola…

Developers are planning a new 80-room Candlewood Suites hotel on the east side at 21st Street and Shadeland Avenue. Constructed is slated to start next summer on the hotel, which would be the fourth in Indianapolis for the InterContinental Hotels…

A new PetSmart store opening soon at Trader’s Point will be home to a 157-room PetsHotel, the first for the chain in Indiana. The store is slated to open in June and will…

A landscaping company is moving into the long-vacant former General Cinema theater at Lafayette Square Mall. Mainscape Inc. has signed a temporary lease and is working on a long-term deal with Simon Property Group, the mall’s owner. The company tore…

Apparently Darden Restaurants is no longer keen on the Hoosier dining scene. The Orlando, Fla.-based company announced this weekend it’s closing seven restaurants in Indiana, including Smokey Bones Barbeque and Grill locations in downtown Indianapolis and Avon, and the just-opened…

A Kansas developer has proposed a hotel, restaurant and retail space that would form a bridge over the Central Canal in the tradition of Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy (pictured). The plan…

An Argentinian restaurant called Taste of Tango is moving into a vacant building along East Washington Street downtown. The new owner, local real estate broker Fabricio Perez, has begun renovations and…

The 98-year-old Guaranty Building on Monument Circle has attracted several prospective buyers, said Mike McMains, who owns the property with John Barnard. The local entrepreneurs bought the 9-story, 100,000-square-foot building at 20…

The popular island-themed restaurant along East 96th Street closed Friday, surprising many customers. A spokesman for Orlando-based Darden Restaurants said the company closed 9 restaurants that weren’t in the best locations or performing…

Property Lines is hearing the owners of First Indiana Plaza are considering a sale of the struggling skyscraper. The 425,000-square-foot building is owned by New York-based Crown Properties Inc. The building’s general manager, Julie Clements, said today she has no…

Could it be? A long-promised Ritter’s Frozen Custard and a coffee shop apparently are on schedule to open later this month on the north end of the Downtown Canal. The $3.5-million renovation of…

A development team that bought 115 acres at the former site of Central State Hospital may soon buy another 33 acres from the city, at a cost of $223,500. Sound cheap? Mike Higbee, president of Development Concepts Inc. and one…