Housing group sues Buckingham over apartment accessibility
The National Fair Housing Alliance alleges in a lawsuit that four of the local apartment developer’s properties violate Fair Housing Act accessibility requirements.
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Gas leaks force 29 from central Indiana apartments
Authorities have ordered the 29 residents of an Anderson apartment complex to leave their homes until gas leaks found in all five of its buildings can be repaired.
$22M foreclosure suit targets local apartment complexes
The three complexes are Dogwood Glen Apartments on the city’s northwest side, Elmtree Park Apartments on the far-east side and Heathmoore Apartments on the southeast side.
One Mass Ave project starts; another one is in limbo
Insight Development has begun building an $11.5 million, 61-unit apartment project at Massachusetts Avenue and East and North streets. But the fate of the second phase is up in the air because its financing had been tied to a project Insight and Flaherty & Collins Properties had hoped to develop across Mass Ave at the site of the Indianapolis Fire Department headquarters.
Developer gets OK for second phase of apartment project
Trinitas Ventures of West Lafayette plans to break ground next spring on a $20 million student housing project on Indiana Avenue with 214 units. The developer already has built 253 units on the site.
City selects developers for Mass Ave project
City officials have picked the apartment specialist J.C. Hart Co., retail developer Paul Kite Co. and architecture firm Schmidt Associates to redevelop a prime Mass Ave parcel currently occupied by the Indianapolis Fire Department.
Report: Apartment gains could cool in 2013
Indianapolis-area apartment occupancy and rent rates should continue to grow in 2013, albeit at a slower pace, as developers finish more units and the single-family market picks up steam, the locally based apartment brokerage Tikijian Associates predicts in a new report.
Milhaus buying site for more downtown apartments
The local developer has agreed to purchase the former Mitchell & Scott industrial complex in the 600 block of College Avenue and is in the process of pulling together a plan for the site.
Fishers Marketplace gets new life under Thompson Thrift
A high-end apartment project and neighborhood retail center are scheduled to break ground soon as the first components of the retooled Fishers Marketplace development at State Road 37 and 131st Street.
Second-tier office buildings Indianapolis now top-of-mind for buyers
Class B admirers are benefiting from low prices and lending rates, and turning the buildings into apartment and company headquarters.
Virginia Avenue attracts yet another project
Englewood Development has under contract the former Shirley Engraving property at 460 Virginia Ave., where it plans up to 50 apartments, about 5,000 square feet of retail space and an underground parking garage.
Package of 16 apartment complexes back on the market
The local Zender Family Limited Partnership again is attempting to sell the buildings after failing to attract a suitable buyer four years ago. The family is expecting better results this time because it’s willing to break up the portfolio and sell the buildings individually.
Troubled Di Rimini apartment building closer to opening
A controversial downtown Indianapolis apartment building that never opened due to severe design deficiencies is a step closer to being ready for tenants after city officials granted the project’s new owner a zoning variance.
CityWay sells out first phase of apartments
Developer Buckingham Cos. has taken deposits for all 100 apartments in the first phase of its $155 million CityWay project at Delaware and South streets in downtown Indianapolis.
Large Broad Ripple apartment complex slated for $10M renovation
New owner of property bought out of foreclosure seeks city revenue bonds, state low-income housing tax credits.
Developers prefer low-rise apartments in downtown Indianapolis
Building codes add more expense to high-rise projects.
Whitsett’s Lockerbie project will be market rate
Whitsett was counting on selling state-issued affordable housing tax credits to finance the $27 million project, but it wasn’t among the projects awarded credits.
16 Park developer to rebuild after ‘heartbreaking’ fire
The Friday blaze engulfed a four-story, 28-unit apartment building due to open this fall as part of the $34 million 16 Park project. The Indianapolis Housing Agency says construction will resume as soon as possible.
Cause, origin of apartment building fire undetermined
The fire destroyed part of 16 Park, a $34 million affordable housing development that's intended to help spur a revival of the 16th Street corridor.
Illinois Place apartments planned for former Winona site
The $6.5 million project, led by the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, will include 50 apartment units, 22,000 square feet of commercial space and a 2-acre park. Construction could start by the end of the year.