House Public Health Chairman Ed Clere said Tuesday that negotiators had found a compromise that would ban new construction for two years except in counties whose nursing homes are at 90-percent capacity or higher.
The bill passed 55-40 and now returns to the Indiana Senate, which has already passed the bill and can now approve changes made by the House or send the bill to a conference committee for further consideration.
A City-County Council committee recommended approval for the 28-story building but only if the developer pledges that 30 percent of the workers it hires to build the tower live in Marion County.
Technology and work habits are prompting firms to squish space allotted to workers.
The Indiana Finance Authority has preliminarily selected a team called I-69 Development Partners and led by Isolux Infrastructure Netherlands BV for the $325 million, 21-mile Section 5 of the extension.
Nearly two-thirds of the state’s nursing homes are now participating in partnerships with county-owned hospitals that effectively double their profit margins.
House Bill 1002 transfers the balance of the Major Moves 2020 Trust Fund to the state highway fund before July 1, 2015. The legislation received support from both parties and passed 91-2.
Scott Miller, who stepped down May 31 as president of the Indy Chamber, has been hired as president of The Hagerman Group, one of the state’s largest construction contractors.
Shelby County commissioners have awarded a $2.3 million contract for construction of the new grandstand to Zionsville-based RL Turner Corp.
The bill would give the State Budget Committee the authority to transfer $400 million from the Major Moves Trust Fund to the state’s main highway fund.
Nursing home companies went on a building spree in Indiana, and now most of them want the Legislature’s help reining in high operating costs brought by over-capacity.
The Commerce Department said construction spending increased 1 percent in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $934.4 billion. That's the fastest rate since March 2009.
A major supermarket chain is hoping to expand into the Indianapolis market, starting with an anchor position in a mixed-use project under construction in Carmel.
Slow but steady growth in central Indiana’s new-home market has chipped away at the supply of available lots, leaving developers and builders scrambling to keep up with demand.
The central Indiana home construction industry reversed course in October, with a rare year-over-year decrease in the number of single-family building permits filed. The drop follows a recent downward trend.
They plan to spend $14 million to build the 542,000-square-foot warehouse on 33 acres on the city’s west side. One condition of the tax abatement is finding a user that would create at least 50 jobs by 2018.
The four-star establishment plans to overhaul all 13 floors and 573 guest rooms, beginning in November, as its competitors trigger similar upgrades.
The plans announced Wednesday call for a building that will more than triple the size of the northeastern Indiana school's current student union in Upland.
The appeals court declined to hear an appeal from Getrag Transmission of a Tipton County judge's ruling that the lawsuit filed by Walbridge Construction should go to trial or settlement.
HSA Commercial Inc. plans to break ground later this month on the 220,000-square-foot building in the Gateway Business Park near Columbia Road and Ronald Reagan Parkway.
