Vacant downtown building targeted for restaurant
Locally based Zink Architecture & Development is buying the vacant building near the intersection of College and Massachusetts avenues and plans to renovate it for restaurant use.
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City seeking redevelopment ideas for IRT building
Built in 1927, the city-owned landmark has served as the Indiana Repertory Theatre’s home for 35 years. The city and the not-for-profit are working on a lease renewal.
Historic church once again target of demolition
Local preservationists are rallying to save the 101-year-old church from being razed to make way for a gas station and convenience store. Its congregation wants to start fresh in a new facility.
High-profile parcel along North Meridian corridor hits market
The last five acres of a seven-acre site where Tutwiler Automotive long operated is for sale with an asking price of $1 million per acre.
PulteGroup amasses 270 acres in Plainfield to build homes
PulteGroup is embarking on a large residential development in Plainfield that provides one of the clearest signals yet that the local housing market is on the mend.
Carmel commission to pay for reflecting pool repairs
Relatively flush after settling a years-old lawsuit, the Carmel Redevelopment Commission on Friday OK’d a $463,500 contract to replace the deteriorating concrete coping around the so-called reflecting pool at Carmel City Center.
IU Health on course to spare Methodist, close University
All signs point to University Hospital’s being shuttered as Indiana University Health goes from three downtown hospitals to two.
Developer bets $40M on mixed-use project near IUPUI
A West Lafayette firm plans to construct an 11-story downtown apartment and retail project that would add to the growing number of housing developments targeting IUPUI students.
Controversial Kroger expansion gets Fishers’ OK
Kroger Co.’s store at 116th Street and Olio Road in Fishers has a date with the wrecking ball—as soon as its super-sized replacement ready to open.
Sprawling industrial complex near Cottage Home attracts buyer
Teagan Development has agreed to buy the 539,000-square-foot building near Mass Ave and the Monon Trail and plans to convert some of the space into restaurant and retail uses.
Owners of popular Greek restaurant turning 1920s warehouse into event center
Taki and Jeanette Sawi of Santorini Greek Kitchen, in Fountain Square, are branching out to open a large banquet facility in a nearly century-old warehouse on the southwestern edge of downtown just across the White River and not far from Lucas Oil Stadium.
Panel postpones action on bill to limit local livestock rules
Senate Bill 249, if passed into law, would ban communities from adopting an ordinance preventing the construction of livestock facilities.
Westfield’s next big bet: $25M downtown plaza
Westfield city leaders are making downtown a priority in 2015, aiming to start work on an urban park with a festival plaza and outdoor stage.
Not-for-profit on east side eyeing expansion
Outreach Inc. wants to construct a 16,000-square-foot building at the intersection of East New York Street and Keystone Avenue to serve the growing number of homeless teens.
Fishers lines up tenants for construction firm’s HQ
Three businesses will sublease space in construction firm Meyer Najem’s $5.5 million Fishers headquarters—one of the publicly backed projects city leaders hope will transform the suburban downtown.
Trailblazing hotelier eyes Indy for new lodging concept
Jack DeBoer, a Kansas-based businessman known as the creator of the extended-stay hotel, is bringing his hotel/apartment hybrid to Indianapolis.
Butler Auto adding Alfa Romeo, plans new dealership facility
Butler Auto Group plans to move its Indianapolis Fiat and Maserati dealerships to a new facility on 96th Street that also will sell the resurgent Alfa Romeo sports car.
Carmel heart surgeon-turned-land developer dies at 81
Pioneering heart surgeon John N. Pittman, a Carmel resident who helped establish the cardiovascular program at Indianapolis’ Methodist Hospital, died on Christmas Day. He was 81.
Carmel City Center finale heads toward finish line
Pedcor Cos. pulled the trigger on the final phase of construction at the ambitious Carmel City Center redevelopment after city leaders OK’d public funding for a parking garage and other infrastructure.
Redevelopment of Speedway’s Main Street progressing north
The town’s redevelopment commission has agreed to sell the vacant building that housed Rosner Drugstore and will seek proposals next month to develop land across the street.