The Richmond City Council declined to vote last night on a 1-percent food and beverage tax that would have funded construction of a conference center. Mayor Sally Hutton asked councilors to table the vote in order to give supporters more time to collect and present details to councilors, according to The Palladium-Item of Richmond. Several […]
It is likely that “Chakaia Booker: Mass Transit,” the 10-piece exhibition running through April 1, will invite a greater negative reaction than the two previous public art shows that dotted downtown. Unlike Tom Otterness-with his rounded smileys masking money-is-evil messages-and Julian Opie-many of whose “Signs” could have served as, well, signs-Booker creates work that is abstract, defiant and unpolished. The pieces-constructed from tires-aren’t pretty, they aren’t funny, they aren’t slick and they don’t seem aimed to please. As such, they…
Marion County economic development officials are proud of their latest headquarters attraction. Bowen Engineering Corp.
will inject 103 high-paying jobs into the Indianapolis economy immediately. And over time, the company expects
to add another 138. Their average salaries will top $70,000. The deal didn’t require Mayor Greg Ballard
to travel to Japan, or even to another state. Bowen Engineering is moving all of 8.4 miles, from its former
home in Fishers to the 8800 block of North Meridian Street.
Bulldozing history shouldn’t be easy Ivy Tech should keep its promise Ivy Tech Community College says it is continuing to seek feedback from the public about how best to redevelop the old St. Vincent Hospital property just north of downtown, but it already has an architect’s drawing of what could replace the neoclassical structure built in 1912. Does that mean Ivy Tech’s leaders have their minds made up about the property’s future? We hope not. The city turned over the…
Several landmark commercial properties fronting Interstate 465 on the northeast side could be in the path of bulldozers
when the state begins adding lanes as early as 2012. Memos prepared by a consulting firm to the Indiana
Department of Transportation go as far as estimating acquisition prices for buildings, including that of
country station WFMS-FM 95.5 and other Cumulus Media stations at 6810 N. Shadeland Ave.
Wow, what a busy day. First off: No luck so far snagging a rendering of the new Buffalo Wild Wings under construction along Washington Street…
The Madame Walker Theatre Board said it has chosen a preferred developer for a mixed-use development and renovation of the historic venue on Indiana Avenue. Full Spectrum of NY LLC would lead the mixed-use development, which may include retail and restaurants, office space and a boutique hotel. The first phase will involve renovating and expanding […]
Eighteen years have passed since the Americans with Disabilities Act opened doors for people who hadnâ??t been
able to participate in much of American society â?? and brought a corresponding flood of construction costs
and lawsuits.
Now the Justice Department is…
The Chicago region experienced a sluggish economy last month, according to the latest Beige Book report by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Mixed consumer spending was influenced by federal tax rebates and increased retail discounting as well as by slowing auto sales. Tourism and agriculture was hurt by wet weather, and discretionary spending on […]
Record flooding in early June won’t spark an economic shot in the arm for Indiana like the typical rebuilding process that follows hurricanes and many other natural disasters, according to Richard DeKaser, senior vice president and chief economist at National City Bank. That’s because most of the damage was to agricultural crops, which cannot be […]
JOHNSON COUNTY Franklin distribution center to have eye appeal Officials for an Ohio-based tire manufacturer this month announced plans to relocate a distribution facility to Franklin, bringing 60 jobs to the city 25 miles south of Indianapolis. Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. will move into a new 808,500-square-foot building in Franklin Tech Park near Interstate […]
Carmel’s play for the arts Some fear it will come at Indianapolis’ expense The $80 million-plus Carmel Performing Arts Center, a neo-classical-styled concert hall designed to be an acoustical masterpiece, is still two years from opening. But it’s already the source of some dissonance in the Indianapolis arts community to the tune of Mozart’s String […]
The $80 million-plus Carmel Performing Arts Center, a neo-classical-styled concert hall designed to be an acoustical masterpiece, is still two years from opening. But it’s already the source of some dissonance in the Indianapolis arts community to the tune of Mozart’s String Quartet No. 19, in C major. On one hand, Indianapolis-area performing arts groups would sacrifice to theater god Dionysus for a chance to perform at the 1,600-seat music hall or at its adjacent 500-seat theater. But others fret…
Duke Realty Corp., the developer of the mixed-use Anson in Boone County, has chosen Hansen & Horn Group Inc. to build single-family houses in the project. Locally based Hansen & Horn replaces Los Angeles-based KB Home Inc., which backed out of plans to build in Anson when it exited the Indiana market in July 2007. […]
Fast-growing Fishers has the kind of assets economic developers dream about-strong schools, affordable housing and median family income of $81,971. Now the town wants to build on that foundation by adding a high-tech business park to its list of amenities. “Businesses are looking to come to a site where they can find employees with the requisite level of education and the ability to get additional education close by. Education is the key,” said Fishers Town Council President Scott Faultless. “We…
Danny Hutson jumps down from the cab of his truck, grabs a giant yellow and black hose, and gets ready to deal with a familiar
smell: human waste and disinfectant. It’s all part of the job for Hutson, who cleans as many as 45 portable toilets a day
for Aardvark Tidy Toilets, a division of Indianapolis-based Gridlock Traffic Systems Inc.
Construction of Pan Am Plaza in the mid-1980s was a major step in the evolution of Indianapolis into a sports town worthy
of hosting a Super Bowl. But the office building, parking garage, skating rinks and public gathering place came up short over
the years in other ways for both taxpayers and developer, the Indiana Sports Corp.
An Indianapolis law firm has paid $50,000 to the Indiana Department of Insurance in a deal that extricates it from an $18 million jury verdict stemming from the collapse of a health insurance trust. The department released Fillenwarth Dennerline Groth & Towe from the massive judgment that a Marion County jury handed down against the […]
A key hotel in the tourism community of Nashville plans to rebuild after a fire in January 2007 eliminated half its rooms. Andy Rogers, who owns The Seasons Lodge, submitted plans to the town’s Development Review Commission this week. The commission OK’d the plans despite his not securing the certificate of appropriateness necessary to gain […]
As motorists rush to buy antacid pills with each $4.25-a-gallon fill-up, the same car dealers who got pudgy five years ago selling SUVs with $6,000 profit margins are scrambling to profit from Aveos or anything else with decent mileage.
