Hoteliers hesitant to bet on Grand Park Sports Campus crowds
A strong debut for Westfield’s Grand Park Sports Campus is driving hotel demand for a town without any rooms of its own and few hotels in the works.
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Another huge project to further test demand for youth sports facilities
With a second massive youth sports complex on the horizon in Hamilton County, is there enough demand to support both? Officials in Fishers and Westfield say they aren’t worried about competition, arguing demand is high and their respective sport complexes will offer sufficient variety.
Carmel’s TIF districts exceed assessed-value projections
Carmel’s tax increment financing districts have $32 million more in assessed value than projected about a year ago.
Noblesville considers tax break for $11M senior living center
The 37,000-square-foot memory care center that would be known as Poets Walk has been proposed by Senior Real Estate LLC, an affiliate of Florida-based Silver Cos.
Brainard, Sharp spar over calculating Carmel’s debt
The issue has been at the heart of the mayoral campaign in Carmel this year, with incumbent Jim Brainard and challenger and Carmel City Council President Rick Sharp consistently citing different numbers and sources.
Old Meridian project in Carmel nearing construction
The pieces of the Grand Boulevard and Main Street project in Carmel are starting to come together. The senior living facility, hotel, parking garage and apartment complex components have been designed and await final city approval.
Carmel council incumbents raise less campaign cash than challengers
The pre-primary campaign finance reports, which were due Friday, show that council members Carol Schleif, Sue Finkam, Eric Seidensticker and Luci Snyder raised less than their challengers in their respected races.
Plan to buy $3.1M building for Launch Fishers approved
The Fishers City Council agreed Monday night to purchase an office building to house the city’s fast-growing co-working entrepreneurial program.
Fishers sells quarter-acre property for $1.8 million project
The Fishers Redevelopment Commission recently approved the sale of a parcel of land in the Nickel Plate District for $25,000 to Re/Max Ability Plus. The real estate agency plans to spend $1.8 million to construct a 7,200-square-foot building.
Fees in northern suburbs repel food trucks
For the most part, mobile food vendors stick to downtown Indianapolis. More than 100 are licensed to do business in Marion County.
Whitestown adds sexual orientation as protected class
Whitestown is among the first communities to approve adding sexual orientation as a protected class in the wake of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act controversy.
Fishers to buy $3.1M building for co-working program expansion
The city of Fishers is proposing to purchase a new building for its entrepreneurial co-working space that would triple the size of the facility.
Grand Park adding more soccer fields for youth league
Westfield’s 360-acre sports campus already has 31 soccer fields, and officials intend to plant grass to add the equivalent of seven or eight full-sized fields that can be converted to smaller sizes for youth games.
Fishers considers $76M sports facility in Saxony
The facility’s developer wants Fishers to enter into a 20-year lease for specific usage rights that would cost the city $805,000 annually. It also seeks a 10-year tax abatement and a waiver of impact and permit fees.
Fishers creates task force to study digital billboards
Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness recently created a task force to study electronic outdoor advertising and make a recommendation to the city on how to proceed with inquiries for digital signage.
Downtown’s Punch Burger expanding to Carmel
The first franchise location for Punch Burger will be at 12525 Old Meridian St. in space that formerly housed When Eddie Met Salad. It’s expected to open in July.
Banquet hall in Fishers sold at sheriff’s sale
The Fishers Banquet & Conference Center was acquired at a sheriff’s sale Wednesday morning for just more than $1 million by an undisclosed buyer.
Sun King plans small brewery, tap room in Fishers
The 6,000-square-foot facility in North by Northeast Shopping Center will not interfere with Sun King’s hopes to open a much larger brewery and event center about a half-mile away. The bigger facility is on hold while legislators debate a bill over brewery production limits.
AgReliant plans $4 million expansion at Westfield headquarters
AgReliant Genetics LLC’s expansion is expected to help it retain 54 employees in Westfield and add another 31 jobs at the site during the next 10 years.