Latest Blogs
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Kim and Todd Saxton: Go for the gold! But maybe not every time.
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Q&A: What you need to know about the CDC’s new mask guidance
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Carmel distiller turns hand sanitizer pivot into a community fundraising platform
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Lebanon considering creating $13.7M in trails, green space for business park
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Local senior-living complex more than doubles assisted-living units in $5M expansion
Transit center construction: A bird’s-eye view
Construction on the new downtown transit hub progressing nicely. Check out the view from atop the City-County Building. And for real-time action, IndyGo is chronicling the construction via webcam.
Roundup: BL&T, Kuma’s Corner, Wildwood Market
New eateries are popping downtown, in Fountain Square and in Fletcher Place, with a mix of cuisine inspired by French menus, finger food and heavy metal.
Fletcher Place distillery ships first batch, readies new restaurant
12.05 Distillery and the accompanying Repeal Restaurant are set to open in April in the historic Virginia Avenue State Bank building.
East-side battle over gas station plan rages on
The property owner at 10th and Emerson is ready to present an alternative design that might not need any variances, much to the chagrin of his opponents.
Roundup: Redemption, Twin Peaks and R2GO opening
New microbrewery Redemption Alewerks is opening on East 96th Street in space formerly occupied by Blue Crew Sports Grill, and Twin Peaks is set to breathe new life into the long-vacant Loon Lake Lodge building.
Former Colt Brackett bringing Georgia Reese’s downtown
The upstart restaurateur will take street-level space in McOuat Place just south of Monument Circle for the second incarnation of his Southern comfort-food concept.
Bank taking ground level of Broad Ripple office project
New Castle-based Ameriana Bank will open its first Indianapolis branch as part of a redevelopment along North College Avenue where two homes were demolished to make way for the project.
Roundup: Rocket 88, Shapiro’s, Scotty’s opening next month
The holiday season will bring a host of restaurant openings to the Indianapolis area, including a few new spots from old standbys.
Parcel along Central Canal in line for major makeover
The Indianapolis Parks Foundation and Downtown Indy are seeking a firm to mold the land into a “playscape” area at a cost of between $500,000 and $800,000, according to the request for qualifications.
Hot restaurateur targets Amici’s space downtown
Mike Cunningham of Mesh and Bru Burger wants to open a test kitchen and restaurant downtown at 601 E. New York St. But his original plan to tear down the building is meeting stiff resistance.
Former Colt Brackett ups stakes as restaurateur
Gary Brackett, who opened Georgia Reese’s Southern Table and Bar on the northwest side in September, has become the sole owner of the local Stacked Pickle chain.
Eskenazi Health takes top architectural honor
The hospital won the Monumental Award, beating out eight other projects vying for the prize recognizing excellence in architecture, engineering and construction.
Roundup: Quills Coffee hits Indy; new Broad Ripple eateries
Louisville-based coffee roaster Quills expects to open downtown this month, while Panda(ology) returns to its roots in Broad Ripple, Patachou’s Public Greens debuts nearby, and Chef JJ’s expands downtown.
Traffic lanes would shrink under plan to overhaul Circle
Officials charged with overseeing a $60 million project to make Monument Circle and surrounding streets more pedestrian friendly will unveil design plans to the public Nov. 5.
Villaggio retail spaces up for auction following foreclosure
The developer of the condo project on Virginia Avenue defaulted on the balance of an $11.6 million loan, prompting the sale of the ground-floor storefront units.
Splash park, ice rink part of top design for City-County Building plaza
The winning design was submitted by a Baltimore firm, whose project would cost $12.5 million to build. The city and the Central Indiana Community Foundation have begun fundraising efforts to pay for it.
Roundup: Second locations for B’s Po Boy, Three Pints; another Kmart closing
Three Pints Brewpub in Plainfield has expanded to Martinsville, while B’s Po Boy in Fountain Square plans to open a second location, in Irvington. Meanwhile, Kmart has added another local store to the closure list.
Milhaus wins skinny stretch of Market Street corridor for apartments
The developer plans to build 52 units on East Market in a unique deal with the city. The project will be much different from Milhaus’ other multi-family projects to the south.