Industrial-solar-farm boom hits Hoosier backlash
Thousands of acres of farmland are being developed or eyed for massive solar farms that would install hundreds of thousands of solar panels as far as the eye can see. And not everyone is pleased.
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Thousands of acres of farmland are being developed or eyed for massive solar farms that would install hundreds of thousands of solar panels as far as the eye can see. And not everyone is pleased.
Memory Ventures, a local media digitization company, is taking over the redevelopment of a former Marsh Supermarket in Fishers. The site previously slated for partial demolition will now be turned into the growing company’s new headquarters.
The building, which formerly served as the post exchange for soldiers stationed at Fort Benjamin Harrison, was offered for sale by the Fort Harrison Reuse Authority this week. Also this week: Tru by Hilton, Culver’s and more.
The state’s pitch to keep Elanco Animal Health Inc. in Indiana for the long term began with a dinner at the Governor’s Residence two years ago.
SoChatti is adding the storefront to its production, research and warehouse facility in the Circle City Industrial Complex on the city’s near east side. Also this week: J’s Lobster & Fish Market, The Spice Box.
Elanco Animal Health Inc.’s announcement Friday that it will move its headquarters to Indianapolis came as a surprise to many business leaders in Greenfield. While disappointed, they say they are hopeful the move won’t be a significant blow to the city’s economy.
The total doesn’t include the value of the land the state will give to Elanco Animal Health for the project. Even so, the combined city and state package is possibly the largest amount of tax breaks ever considered for an economic development deal in Indiana.
The Gold Building’s exterior overhaul is expected to completely replace the iconic gold panels with “crystal gray” panels from the third floor through the 20th.
A City-County Council committee on Monday advanced a proposed tax abatement for a pharmaceutical company that plans to spend $72 million to build a new facility near the Indianapolis International Airport.
The now-vacant land quietly went up for sale in July. It’s now under contract along with Drury Hotels’ Pear Tree Inn at 9320 N. Michigan Road
The company does not plan to add any jobs as it expands operations southwest of downtown, but it will retain 374 employees who earn an average hourly wage of $33.92.
The Fishers City Council on Monday approved two economic development deals that are expected to lead to a combined $96 million in investment.
The Idaho-based veterinary and agricultural animal health products supplier plans to spend $5.8 million to expand its local operations.
Carmel-based SEP and Indianapolis-based developer Pure Development Inc. are partnering to build the 70,200-square-foot facility in Westfield by the end of next year.
The agritourism facility would bring a restaurant and cocktail lounge, event center, speakeasy, and whiskey production and aging space to the corner of Horton Road and East 191st Street by the end of next summer.
The planned, 2.2-million-square-foot Walmart distribution center is one of a dozen warehouses exceeding 900,000 square feet to enter the Indianapolis market since 2011.
Pennsylvania-based Exeter Property Group has acquired a 604,000-square-foot speculative industrial property at the Fishback Creek Business Park in Whitestown.
The Indianapolis-based shopping mall operator said all of its U.S. properties have reopened, with the exception of a handful in California that were forced to close for a second time on July 15 because of government mandates.
The project, which includes plans for a $125 million expansion of the Indiana Convention Center, would also create 2,500 construction jobs before completion in 2025.
In the past seven years, the drugmaker has received tax breaks worth nearly $40 million in exchange for investing more than $500 million at its Indianapolis properties.