Two defendants blamed for errors in the Central Library expansion project have agreed to pay the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library $1.27 million. Patriot Engineering and Environmental Inc. and The Rosk Group Inc., both locally based, agreed to a settlement May 15 after participating in a series of court-ordered mediations, the library announced this morning. Both […]
Two local developers are pitching retailers on a proposed 700,000-square-foot power center in Brownsburg. The massive project seeks to capitalize on a growing population center and the…
The Frank E. Irish Co., a large Indianapolis mechanical-contracting firm that’s been working on Lucas Oil Stadium, has ceased operations, according to company President John T. Irish. Irish said the company is striving to find alternative financing in the wake of current lender National City Bank’s move on Friday to shut down the contractor’s operations. […]
The strike at Detroit-based American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. was a drag on Indiana employment in April, according to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. Overall employment of 2.98 million was down 3,100 from March but up slightly from a year earlier, the agency reported late last week. The agency estimates that the 12-week-old […]
MORGAN COUNTY Church construction booms There’s no building trades recession in Martinsville or Mooresville where the Lord is concerned. Three churches and a Christian camp all are planning big projects. Church at Mount Gilead plans to build a worship center, vestibule and administrative offices at 6019 E. State Road 144 near Kitchen Road in Mooresville. […]
Indiana’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund is running out of money-fast. It opened this decade with $16.6 billion in assets. By the end of last year, it had dwindled to $302 million. And last month, the Indiana Department of Workforce Development said the balance was just $80 million. Though DWD in early May received $300 million in taxes collected from employers, the infusion is only a shortterm fix. By year’s end, the fund is expected to be short on cash again….
Tampa, Fla.-based DeBartolo Development has reached a preliminary agreement to buy Plainfield’s Metropolis mall out of foreclosure
and hopes to hook Macy’s and Bass Pro Shops to anchor a second phase.
Planners and politicians spent the better part of a decade and untold millions of dollars studying a mass transit system between
downtown and the suburbs. They have little to show for it except mounds of reports and an estimate of $690 million, but the
boys in bib overalls at the Indiana Transportation Museum think they can get it done for much less.
Bloomington-based ProCure Treatment Centers Inc. said today that it has received another infusion of $35 million in venture capital. Oklahoma City-based McClendon Venture Company LLC made the investment to help ProCure develop a network of cancer treatment centers across the country. McClendon also gave $35 million to ProCure in December 2006. “I have every reason […]
Indianapolis-area home sales slipped in April, and the average price continued falling. But the inventory of houses on the market shrank, offering hope that the downturn might be slowing. Pending sales of houses in the nine-county Indianapolis area fell 14.1 percent, to 2,520 units, from a year earlier, according to the Indianapolis brokerage F.C. Tucker […]
Noble Roman’s Inc. reported $321,431 in net profit in the first quarter, less than half the $703,003 it earned a year earlier. The Indianapolis restaurant chain said the decline was caused by slowing growth in co-brand franchises. Under an initiative announced in November, Noble Roman’s is screening potential franchisees more carefully, training new franchisees longer, […]
New traffic and sidewalk restrictions are being put in place near the RCA Dome so that demolition work can begin. Closing two lanes of Capitol Avenue in downtown Indianapolis will allow preliminary work, such as removal of the dome’s signs. City police officials do not expect the new lane restrictions to cause significant traffic troubles. […]
The clock is running out on plans to build the Indiana Museum of African American History in White River State Park, but the
ambitious project may find a new home on nearby Indiana Avenue. Less than two weeks before the museum’s option on a two-acre
parcel of park land expires, backers were talking with IUPUI about locating the museum on unspecified university-owned land
along Indiana Avenue.
A renewable energy company that is building an ethanol plant in Bluffton has agreed to be sold to an Omaha, Neb., ethanol firm. The acquisition of VBV LLC is valued at $383 million, the buyer, Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc., announced late yesterday. VBV is a Delaware company owned by Ireland-based NTR plc and the […]
Duke Realty Corp. and CB Richard Ellis Realty Trust have formed a joint venture that will buy from Duke up to $800 million of industrial buildings over the next three years. The agreement calls for the joint venture to buy six properties this year. The properties span 5.2 million square feet and are valued at […]
About a year ago, on a previous trip to NYC, I happened to be in town with a free Sunday evening. That’s usually not the most happening time in any town, but I knew there had to be something outstanding…
Four years ago, attorney Greg Maurer decided he wanted to try his hand at venture capital. So he began calling everyone he knew in Indianapolis for help. It took several years. But eventually, Maurer attracted a team of experienced venture managers to his side. He also assembled two expert boards: one filled with scientists to help analyze the technical side of new business plans, and another composed of veteran investors to consider their market potential. Maurer, 31, is the son…
An Indianapolis firm helping oversee construction of the city’s $1.2 billion midfield terminal is facing accusations from
Southwest Airlines that it failed to ensure the quality of a $12.4 million concrete apron at Long Island MacArthur Airport.
A depression in the home-building market has claimed a Fishers builder and continues to hammer locally based Davis Homes LLC–a
powerhouse for years that now is facing foreclosure on about 80 home sites.
Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP, the low-profile Indianapolis-based oil refiner, has been confronting challenges lately that would fray the nerves of even the most seasoned executive. First, the business is grappling with a huge spike in crude oil prices-the main input for its three Louisiana refineries, which churn out vehicle and jet fuel, along with solvents, waxes and other specialty petroleum products. Then there’s the delay-plagued expansion of its Shreveport refinery, which began in late 2006. The project was supposed…
