Retro arcade and tech training academy to partner up at Circle Centre
Gameplay at Circle Centre Mall’s Video Game Palooza Charity Arcade is helping to fund scholarships for Hope Training Academy.
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It’s ‘game over’ for Tilt Studio arcade at Circle Centre Mall
Closure of Tilt Studio arcade follows exit of Regal UA Circle Centre movie theater on the fourth floor of Circle Centre Mall.
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Regal UA Circle Centre movie theater closes after 29 years
The nine-screen complex on the fourth floor of Circle Centre Mall served as one of the shopping center’s original attractions.
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Hendricks closes on $85M purchase of Circle Centre Mall
Hendricks Commercial Properties—the developer of the Bottleworks District—plans to spend at least $600 million to convert the nearly 30-year-old mall into an open air, pedestrian-focused retail, office and residential district.
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Sugar Factory faces eviction at Circle Centre after allegedly failing to pay $300,000-plus in rent
New York City-based Sugar Factory opened in April 2022, replacing the Palomino restaurant that had occupied the space for 23 years. An eviction hearing is set for May 1.
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Foot Locker, sneaker brands among users of former Carson’s space during All-Star Weekend
The space will house numerous activities, including an interactive LED half-court, retail offerings, basketball clinics, footwear customization stations and athlete appearances.
Mitchell & Ness, Under Armour plan NBA All-Star shops at Circle Centre Mall
Mitchell & Ness and Under Armour will operate locations in the mall along with a pop-up from Indianapolis-based Cargo Streetwear.
IBJ’s 10 most-read stories of 2023 include reports about ‘Good Bones,’ Circle Centre
Two stories about Two Chicks and a Hammer—the company behind “Good Bones”—made the list: one about the house-flipping show ending after eight seasons and the other about the closing of its Bates-Hendricks shop.
Hogsett says mall redevelopment among downtown’s most significant wins
The mall redevelopment is not the largest downtown project in terms of cost. But it will elevate a vast and critical piece of real estate as more than $9 billion in other downtown projects are slated to come to completion over the next decade.
Hendricks strikes deal to acquire Circle Centre, plans $600M redevelopment
The Wisconsin-based firm behind Mass Ave’s Bottleworks District plans to spend the next decade transforming the downtown mall into an open air, pedestrian-focused campus with housing, offices and shopping.
UPDATE: Taco Bell Cantina franchisee schedules opening despite lawsuit
A lawsuit claims the planned Cantina is too close—within one-tenth of a mile—to Circle Centre Mall’s Taco Bell, setting up unfair competition in violation the Indiana Deceptive Franchise Practices Act.
Circle Centre adding new street-level restaurant, food-court tenant
A sushi restaurant plans to take over Circle Centre space at the southeast corner of Illinois Street and Maryland Street that was previously occupied by Primanti Bros. Meanwhile, a vegan eatery is slated for the food court.
Circle Centre gets boost to bottom line for first time since before pandemic
The 28-year-old downtown mall nearly doubled its profit in 2022 compared with the previous year, according to a report on the property’s operations.
Blues lounge set to open at Circle Centre in former Burger Study space
On Tuesday, the Alcoholic Beverage Board of Marion County approved the transfer of a beer, wine and liquor restaurant license to lounge owner and operator Larry Jones.
Logistics company to move into Circle Centre Mall space
Direct Connect has about 250 employees based in Indianapolis, with plans to hire an additional 150 workers by the end of 2023.
New off-price fashion retailer Daily Thread to open Circle Centre store
Parent company NYC Alliance Group, which owns several clothing brands, began opening Daily Thread stores in the Midwest a year ago and has already grown the chain to more than 40 stores, including at least five in Indiana.
North High Brewing Co. opening taproom in Circle Centre Mall
The Ohio-based brewer plans to begin serving pizza and craft beer Thursday in part of the former Granite City Food & Brewery location in the downtown mall.
Circle Centre owners take first steps in recasting downtown mall
The ownership group plans to begin conversations with potential developers in the near future, after receiving suggestions from four design groups for remaking the massive property as a mixed-use district.
IBJ Podcast: Stephen Goldsmith talks Circle Centre revamp, equity in workforce development
Host Mason King talks with Goldsmith about how the city and the mall owners should think about what’s next. And they discuss Goldsmith’s new book on one of the business world’s biggest problems, “Growing Fairly: How to Build Opportunity and Equity in Workforce Development.”
Circle Centre owners commit to ‘transformative’ mall revamp
What’s next for the two city blocks that are now Circle Centre mall could start coming into focus over the next year.
Circle Centre ownership largely the same after 27 years
The disclosure of the group’s composition is the first since the mall opened in 1995, and comes about one week after Circle Centre Development acknowledged Simon Property Group’s exit.
Simon unloads ownership stake in struggling Circle Centre mall
The remaining owners announced Friday that they were soliciting ideas for ways to redevelop the shopping center with an eye to multiple uses.
Sports bar Champps ends 20-year run in downtown Indianapolis
The downtown sports bar and casual dining restaurant opened in Circle Centre at the corner of Washington and Illinois streets in 2001 as Champps Americana.
‘I finally did it’: Students at Simon’s mall-based academy celebrate graduation
Simon Youth Academy, an alternative high school in Indianapolis Public Schools, was created to help juniors and seniors in danger of dropping out. This year, 62 students earned diplomas from the school based in Circle Centre mall—the most in its six-year history.