Indiana fairs, festivals await stage rigging rules
Organizers of some of Indiana's county fairs and small festivals are anxiously awaiting new rules governing the type of rigging involved in last summer's deadly State Fair stage collapse.
Organizers of some of Indiana's county fairs and small festivals are anxiously awaiting new rules governing the type of rigging involved in last summer's deadly State Fair stage collapse.
Work is starting on an 8-mile-long tunnel under the south side of Indianapolis that is the first major part of a $1.6 billion project aimed at reducing the release of raw sewage into the city's rivers.
Renovation of library space creates academic attraction.
Pulte is tossing out the prior builder's playbook, which called for duplexes aimed at buyers 55 and older. Pulte rezoned the land to allow for single-family homes on larger lots. The resulting 123 home sites will accommodate ranch-style homes starting in the low $100,000 price range.
Investment Property Advisors agreed to reduce the size of the apartment building from 26 stories to 10 stories and from 485 units to 319 units to help gain support from the city.
The two-week continuance granted to remonstrators on Tuesday by the Metropolitan Board of Zoning Appeals follows a previous seven-day delay. The board is set to consider a zoning variance for the $15 million project on May 1.
New-home permits in the Indianapolis metropolitan area rose 13 percent in the first three months of 2012 compared with the same quarter last year, bolstered by stronger activity in February and March.
The developer and contractors who built the FBI’s new $39 million Indianapolis field office, just north of Castleton Square Mall, are squabbling in court a year after wrapping up work on the project.
The facility at IUPUI will include nearly 34,000 square feet of research and classroom space and is the first phase of a planned two-stage project to improve the university’s research facilities.
Residential building permits are being filed nationally at about half the rate considered healthy by most economists, but builders have grown more confident over the past six months after seeing more people express interest in buying a home.
Former partners in Kosene & Kosene Development have settled a legal dispute that jeopardized redevelopment of the vacant former Bank One Operations Center downtown. Milhaus Development has until May 1 to begin construction.
The governors of Indiana and Kentucky on Monday agreed to use tolls to pay for two new Ohio River bridges and a revamped Interstate 65 bridge over the river, all in the Louisville metropolitan area.
Leading indicators for Indiana’s economy are looking up: Banks are increasing lending, real estate developers are pulling the trigger on long-shelved projects, manufacturers are expanding, and consumers are even buying big-ticket items, including automobiles.
3-D scans match former hospital with building plans.
Architects were told to push the envelope and integrate. Be mindful of where you are in the city and integrate well.
Increase in federal funding helps developers finance projects that include mixed-income rental housing.
ProClad Inc. founder Brad Hitzfield invested in a 30-year business veteran to help him remake his
specialty construction firm when profits couldn’t keep pace with revenue.
All outdoor stages in Indiana would have to pass inspections before any performances under a bill approved by a state Senate committee.
New-home construction in the Indianapolis area slid in 2011, marking six straight year-over-year declines in residential building. The 3-percent decrease in building permits, however, was the smallest decrease since 2006.
ASI Limited informed an estimated 250 employees by letter that the company was no longer profitable. The manufacturer’s high-profile projects include Lucas Oil Stadium and the JW Marriott hotel.