Simon-backed group buys key parcel at potential MLS stadium site
The parcel, a parking lot of just six-tenths of an acre, was sold for $1.59 million by electric company AES Indiana.
The parcel, a parking lot of just six-tenths of an acre, was sold for $1.59 million by electric company AES Indiana.
For decades, Herb Simon’s downtown investment focused on owning Pacers Sports & Entertainment and managing Gainbridge Fieldhouse. But in recent years, Simon and his family have expanded their investments and holdings in downtown’s Warehouse District.
A consultant to the Simon family said their interest in the property predates discussion about a soccer stadium.
The move is one of six high-level promotions and transitions announced Tuesday morning by Pacers Sports & Entertainment.
The company is cutting more than 100 employees and furloughing others as it weathers the temporary shutdown of much of the retail industry.
The spat stems from a dispute over whether Mel Simon's sale of his half of the Indiana Pacers to his brother Herb months before Mel's death in 2009 was an arm's-length transaction.
Hotel and billboard magnate Dean White, who had been a fixture in the annual rankings by Forbes for years, fell from the list after his death in September at 93.
Three former presidents of the city’s Capital Improvement Board—Pat Early, Bob Grand and Ann Lathrop—are fighting an effort by attorneys for the IRS to depose them about what they learned about the Indiana Pacers' finances during discussions with the team.
Emails appear to buttress the IRS’ case that Herb Simon received a sweetheart deal when he acquired his ailing brother Mel’s 50 percent ownership in the Indiana Pacers in early 2009.
Cook Group CEO Carl Cook remains the wealthiest Hoosier, with a fortune valued at $4.8 billion, a $1.7 billion drop from the prior year.
Cook Group Inc. CEO Carl Cook is the richest person in Indiana with a net worth of $6.5 billion, according to calculations released Monday by Forbes magazine.
Cook Group Inc. CEO Carl Cook is among four Hoosiers on Forbes’ annual list of the 400 richest people in America.
Herb Simon, 79, says the $160 million deal the city struck with the Indiana Pacers this month for operating costs and stadium improvements is an outgrowth of negotiations that began way back in 2007.
Gayle Cook, 80, the widow of Cook Group Inc. founder Bill Cook, saw her net worth skyrocket in the last year.
Herb Simon serves on the advisory board of an investment fund that is raising $100 million to buy minor league baseball teams.
The widow of medical device industry pioneer Bill Cook again is the top Hoosier on the latest Forbes 400 list of the nation’s wealthiest people, and this time has cracked the top 100.
The donations from Jim Irsay and Herb Simon, combined with a $500,000 challenge grant from symphony board member Yvonne Shaheen, bring the orchestra nearly halfway toward its goal of raising $5 million by Feb. 3.
The widow of medical device pioneer Bill Cook ranks 104th with a net worth of $3.7 billion. Other Hoosiers to make the Forbes 400 list were shopping mall magnate and Indiana Pacers owner Herb Simon, hotel developer Dean White and Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay.
The Indiana Supreme Court has agreed to hear oral arguments Oct. 24 in the case involving a California lawyer that stems from a separate suit filed by a former nanny of Herb and Bui Simon.
A partnership of Herb Simon and Jeff Smulyan filed plans to buy up to an additional 1 million shares of Emmis Communications Corp. at no more than $2 apiece.