Westfield approves plans for gas station in Harmony neighborhood
The station will be part of a 275-acre development by Estridge Homes and T.M. Crowley with 650 single-family homes, 275 apartments and 170,000 square feet of retail space.
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Carmel City Council opposes steep salary increases
The council’s three-person finance committee voted Monday night to send a proposed salary ordinance back to the full council with the recommendation that increases for all elected officials be reduced to 2 percent.
Group revives plans for $12M project at granary site in Noblesville
The not-for-profit introduced the proposal for affordable housing and commercial space last year, but progress stalled after it narrowly missed out on $1.5 million in federal funding.
Roundup: Carmel brewery expands to Bloomington, Ikea breaking ground
Danny Boy Beer Works is opening a draft room in Bloomington. Firebirds Wood Fired Grill recently debuted in Carmel, and Rita’s Italian Ice is doing business in Fishers.
Denver-based senior community builder plans next project in Whitestown
Spectrum Retirement Communities LLC announced Monday that it received all the necessary approvals for a 174-unit senior living community in the mixed-use Anson development in Whitestown.
Fishers special census puts population at almost 88,000
The population boost means an additional $2.3 million in state tax dollars will flow into the city through 2021.
Boutique, salon moving to Edge in Fishers as project looms at current site
Two businesses that would be displaced by the next big redevelopment project in downtown Fishers are relocating a few blocks south to a hot new address.
Flooring exec, business leader John ‘Mike’ Blakley dies
John “Mike” Blakley, a Fishers resident, served as CEO and president for the specialty contractor and home-flooring retailer from 1974 to 2012.
Interview Issue features northern suburb notables
A former mayor of Carmel, a current mayor in Boone County, a bakery owner, a small concert venue owner, and two well-known Noblesville sisters are featured in IBJ’s annual Q&A extravaganza.
Despite challenges, regional counties carve out convention, tourism niche
While Indianapolis pursues major sporting events and massive conventions—gatherings that attract tens of thousands of people and score tens of millions of dollars in economic impact—many neighboring counties are chasing small and midsize corporate confabs, weddings and senior-citizen bus tours.
Hamilton County offering early voting in Fishers, Carmel for first time
In addition to having early voting at the Hamilton County Judicial Center, satellite voting centers will be open at the Carmel Clay Public Library and Fishers City Hall.
Fledgling Zionsville firm lands in former bank branch
The town announced Thursday that it would provide the 1,200-square-foot building at 390 S. Main St. to a Boosterville, a startup firm that offers a shopping app with a charitable bent.
The Interview Issue: Matt Gentry
Lebanon Mayor Matt Gentry could have gone into pig farming—but he chose a career in politics instead. And Gentry says, even as a 7-year-old, he knew he was a Republican.
Carmel could sell former emergency call center for redevelopment
The former dispatch facility would be demolished and possibly replaced with condos, according to Mayor Jim Brainard.
Carmel pursuing redevelopment on prominent downtown corner
The Carmel Redevelopment Commission has purchased one property on the northeast corner of Main Street and Rangeline Road and is in negotiations for the remaining parcels.
BlueIndy considering expansion into Carmel
Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard told Carmel City Council members during budget hearings last week that BlueIndy had received permission from its parent company, Bollore Group, to scout sites throughout the city.
Developer pitches big mixed-use project for 161st Street and Spring Mill
Quent Partners LLC is requesting a rezone of about 18 acres on the southwest corner of the Westfield intersection to allow for a bank, multiple retail and office buildings, a grocery store and a standalone restaurant.
New Noblesville headquarters in the works for Spectra Tech
The company plans to spend $825,000 to construct a 9,000-square-foot headquarters that will provide warehouse and office space.
Fishers could impose wheel tax starting in 2018
Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness plans to ask the Fishers City Council to impose a wheel tax to help fund future road maintenance projects. His proposal calls for the maximum allowable tax.
North-side retail roundup: The Well, Wild Eggs open in Fishers
Anytime Fitness is also adding two Hamilton County locations, and Chipotle Mexican Grill is coming to Noblesville.