Approval for $22M sports complex sought in Greenwood
The project by Sarasota-based GoodSports Enterprises would include a 124-bed hotel and an attached 85,000-square-foot fieldhouse, built on the land once targeted by Cabela’s.
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Revamped hotel key to Muncie revitalization efforts
The 91-year-old Roberts Hotel building has undergone a $17 million renovation that created the 83-unit Lofts at Roberts development. The project was crucial to the city’s ability to attract a new downtown hotel.
Purchase of Capitol Clutch building continues area’s resurgence
CrossFit NapTown bought the building at 922 N. Capitol Ave. and plans to expand its strength and fitness program in an area of downtown that’s enjoying a rebirth.
Great public architecture is worth the price
Public architecture represents a community’s confidence and aspirations. Public buildings are landmarks that welcome and connect us. They celebrate our arrival, become intersections for culture, symbolize our commitment to democracy and justice, and sometimes they heal us.
Shadeland Station shopping center bought for $9.5M
New York-based Time Equities Inc. acquired the northeast-side property that is anchored by a Marsh supermarket and 85-percent occupied.
Buckingham rethinking plans for prime Zionsville site
Buckingham Cos. says it is still weighing options for a key property it controls in downtown Zionsville, but two nearby landowners are trying to sell their parcels after talks with the developer broke down.
Angie’s List to take big chunk of Landmark Center
The move into nearly 100,000 square feet of office space is intended to consolidate Angie’s off-campus workers downtown. It’s a boon to struggling Landmark Center, which has been hemorrhaging tenants.
‘Architecturally significant’ Cummins HQ likely won’t scrape downtown skyline
The engine maker’s planned global distribution headquarters downtown will seem modest compared to a 28-story apartment complex slated for across Market Street, but the firm has a strong history of promoting breath-taking architecture.
Apartment owner jumps into office biz with south-side rehab
Ardizzone Enterprises Inc. in Beech Grove is preparing to open a two-building, 63-suite office complex on U.S. 31 south of Interstate 465. The company has invested $4.2 million in the project.
Revitalization taking root along East Washington Street
A collaboration of not-for-profit community development corporations, or CDCs, has released a plan targeting four sections of the street, from Interstate 65 to Sherman Drive, that could be transformed in the next five to seven years.
Controversial Broad Ripple office project gets go-ahead
Metropolitan Development Commission members this time voted to approve the project on North College Avenue after a bizarre procedural twist last time prompted a re-vote.
City pitches case for jail on former GM plant site
Indianapolis Director of Enterprise Development David Rosenberg met with west-side residents Tuesday evening to explain the city’s preference for putting a new criminal-justice complex on the former GM stamping plant property.
City to consider $7.7M bond issue to assist Broad Ripple project
Browning Investments Inc. says that it is seeking $5.7 million from the bond issue to help finance Canal Pointe, its controversial $30 million apartments-and-retail project.
Lawmaker Turner worked to nix nursing home ban
A powerful House Republican secretly lobbied colleagues in the final hours of the 2014 session last week to kill a measure that would have been disastrous for his family's nursing home business.
Council backs city financing plan for $81M tower
The Indianapolis City-County Council voted 18-9 Monday night to provide up to $23 million in city financing for the project, with the stipulation that 30 percent of the workers hired to build the 28-story building live in Marion County.
Home-remodeling firm giving new life to vacant Carmel center
The vacant, 14,500-square-foot property in the heart of the city has been purchased by a local home-remodeling company, which plans to occupy half the building and lease the rest.
UPDATE: Mayor picks GM site for criminal justice complex
Mayor Greg Ballard will recommend that a proposed criminal justice complex be located on the former GM stamping plant on the western side of downtown—not the airport property that ranked highest in a market study.
UPDATE: Anderson schools extend Wigwam gym deadline
The Anderson Community School Board is holding off demolition plans for the district's Wigwam gymnasium and giving more time to leaders of an effort trying to save it.
Developer to break ground on Fort Ben project
The 36,000-square-foot building will house 27,000 square feet of office suites. The remainder will be retail, with the local Jockamo's Pizza chain slated to open a restaurant in the largest space.
Red Cross rethinking downtown HQ design, delaying land swap
Re-examination of the scope of the not-for-profit group’s project has stalled progress on a three-way property exchange that would clear the way for a massive apartment project on Massachusetts Avenue.