Developers that stripped a high-profile parcel on the north side of its trees months ago to prepare the site for a $13 million senior living center did so without receiving proper permitting.
Mayor Joe Hogsett pledged to use federal Hardest Hit Funds, which the city announced with great fanfare in September 2014, to demolish about 336 properties by the end of 2017.
Negotiations with property owners to buy a few parcels of land in the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood appears to have stalled. City-County Council members this week will discuss exercising eminent domain.
The decision follows a seven-week investigation into an alleged incident involving Democrat Zach Adamson that the accuser said occurred last fall.
Indianapolis officials say the firm failed to adequately complete its job to install a computer-aided dispatch system for police, fire and emergency use.
City Councilors soon will weigh tighter rules for stores and restaurants along I-69 to streamline the "hodgepodge" of development standards and give them greater say over new projects.
Most of the special disbursement has to be spent on transportation funding, but the city can decide what to do with 25 percent of its $53 million distribution.
The 84-year-old building at 56th and Illinois streets is expected to draw plenty of interest from restaurateurs due to its proximity to the neighborhood’s prime commercial corner.
Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard on Monday said he’d rather stay in his current job than run for the 5th Congressional District. The Republican ballot opened up earlier this month, and Brainard told IBJ he was considering it.
Local cab drivers have complained that current rules put them at a disadvantage when trying to compete with ride-sharing services Uber and Lyft.
Mayors, their staffs and policy experts from across the country—about 1,200 conference attendees in all—will attend the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ annual summer gathering that runs Friday through Monday.
Indianapolis will host the U.S. Conference of Mayors this weekend for the first time in the group’s 84-year history.
REI Investments, the Carmel-based developer who had been under contract to redevelop about half of the site into a $30 million concert venue, has mutually agreed with owner RACER Trust to terminate the plan.
Local billboard company GEFT Outdoor LLC expects to seek millions of dollars from the city of Indianapolis after a federal judge’s ruling that the city’s former sign ordinance was unconstitutional.
The city plans to end a moratorium on new streetlights by installing 100 lights in areas with high accident and crime rates, and in growing neighborhoods, Mayor Joe Hogsett announced Thursday.
The distribution is part of $505 million that county auditors have distributed to local government units statewide, $435 million of which can be used for transportation funding.
Jennifer Ping, a principal at Bose Public Affairs Group, stepped down because the new rules prohibit certain political leaders from doing business with the city.
In his first State of the City address, Mayor Joe Hogsett said Wednesday that crime problems wouldn’t be solved simply with a new building. A new task force also would focus on issues like mental illness and addiction.
A similar measure was vetoed by former Mayor Greg Ballard last year, but this one is likely to stick.
The question will be whether Marion County voters are willing to approve a 0.25 percent income-tax hike to pay for expanded mass transit.
