City lists former Winona Hospital for sale
Indianapolis’ Metropolitan Development Commission sets $667,500 minimum price for the long-vacant property at Meridian and
32nd Streets.
Indianapolis’ Metropolitan Development Commission sets $667,500 minimum price for the long-vacant property at Meridian and
32nd Streets.
Work on another section of the Interstate 69 extension between Indianapolis and Evansville is expected to begin by April now
that the Federal Highway Administration has approved the project.
Tech executive Scott Webber and a local entrepreneur are out to revolutionize benefit auctions, which, despite their importance
in raising an estimated $16 billion a year for not-for-profits, can be remarkably primitive.
The federal stimulus programs are based largely on borrowing, not on taxation.
A former attorney who pleaded guilty to mail fraud has been sentenced to three years probation for submitting inflated bids
on foreclosed homes to the company for which he worked and pocketing the difference.
The court on Tuesday ruled in favor of Emmis in its bid to get a popular radio station it operates in Hungary back on the air.
Indianapolis receives a dozen responses to its proposal to privatize management of Lucas Oil Stadium,
the Indiana Convention Center and, perhaps, Conseco Fieldhouse.
Experts say a unique four-way partnership that includes the Pacers and Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association may be the favorite to run the city’s sports and
convention venues.
A dozen heavyweight firms have responded to Indianapolis’ proposal to privatize Lucas Oil Stadium, the Indiana Convention Center and, perhaps, Conseco Fieldhouse. IBJ reviewed all 12 responses, which the city released today, after a public records request. As sports industry experts expected and IBJ reported first on the front page of its Nov. 23rd edition, […]
A dozen heavyweight firms have responded to Indianapolis’ proposal to privatize Lucas Oil Stadium, the Indiana Convention Center and, perhaps, Conseco Fieldhouse. IBJ reviewed all 12 responses, which the city released today, after a public records request. As sports industry experts expected and IBJ reported first on the front page of its Nov. 23rd edition, […]
The Senate has passed President Barack Obama’s landmark health care overhaul in a climactic Christmas Eve vote, extending
medical insurance to 30 million Americans. But the Senate’s bill still must be merged with legislation passed by the House,
and there are significant differences.
The Center Township Advisory Board has picked Buckingham Cos. to redevelop a 2-acre property it owns
at 860 W. 10th St. near the IUPUI campus.
Locally
based Buckingham Cos. has won the right to redevelop a 2-acre property at 860 W. 10th St. near the IUPUI campus.
A symbolic topping-off ceremony early this month to celebrate a milestone on the massive JW Marriott hotel project can’t
hide the anxiety felt within the construction industry.
Hundreds of potential contractors turned out for informational meetings this week about construction work on a new Wishard Memorial Hospital.
A Virginia businessman is suing Tim Durham, alleging he and other defendants manipulated the September auction of a 1930 Duesenberg
that sold for $2.9 million.
Talk of expanding the NCAA tournament is almost always done in public, most notably by Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim in 2006.
Now, the Indianapolis-based NCAA is looking into it behind closed doors—at least preliminarily.
Two bidders have submitted plans to redevelop the vacant former Fall Creek YMCA along West 10th Street with apartments and
retail space.
Indirjit Singh of Greenwood is suing Atlanta-based Air Serv Corp. in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis for religious discrimination.
<p><strong>Dow AgroSciences LLC</strong>, which seems to sign a new deal every week, announced two, in fact, in the past eight
days. The Indianapolis-based developer of agricultural products announced Nov. 24 that its Canada subsidiary acquired the
assets of Hyland Seeds, a division of Thompsons Ltd. of Blenheim, Ontario. Dow Agro is adding distribution
capacity for the 2010 launch of its SmartStax variety of genetically modified seeds. Then on Dec. 1,
Dow Agro invested an undisclosed amount in Ontario-based Agrisoma Biosciences Inc. The companies have been collaborating
since 2004 to genetically engineer plant traits, and now will expand their work into field crops, such as corn and soybeans.
Dow Agro’s investment secured it a commercial license option for Agrisoma technology.</p><p>The <strong>Indiana
Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute</strong> has received $2.5 million to help it turn laboratory discoveries into
treatments faster. The money will be used to bring the <strong>University of Notre Dame</strong> into the institute, now a
partnership of Indiana and Purdue universities. Other funds will go to build up the institute’s Web site
and to figure out best practices for community-health efforts. Nearly $1 million of the funds will be used to recruit patients
to participate in clinical trials conducted by physicians at the Indiana Clinic, a new joint venture of the <strong>IU
School of Medicine</strong> and the Indianapolis-based <strong>Clarian Health</strong> hospital system.</p><p>Officials of
<strong>Wishard Health Services</strong> released details Tuesday of their first
request for bids on construction of a new Wishard hospital downtown. Hospital officials
are looking for contractors to build a 2,300-space parking garage, the first of five buildings to
house the new hospital. Marion County voters agreed Nov. 3 to back bonds that Wishard’s
parent organization will sell to fund the $754 million project. A meeting about
the bid process will be held Dec. 17. The new hospital is scheduled to open in December
2013.</p>