The former post office at Washington Street and Ritter Avenue once anchored a commercial hub in the historic neighborhood. About $400,000 in repairs are expected before the groups attempt to flip the property for a new use.
The town 25 miles northeast of Indianapolis was approved for the state’s branch of Main Street, a project of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, aimed at helping communities revitalize their downtowns and neighborhood commercial districts.
The 4.5-acre site of the St. John United Church of Christ is back on the market following the settlement earlier this year of a lawsuit between the church and the city.
Architect Myron Goldsmith and former Republic publisher Bob Brown developed the concept for the newspaper plant based on an open design offering full views of the building from the outside.
The St. Joseph County Public Library owns the boarded-up Avon Theater, and library officials want to demolish it and two other vacant buildings to clear room for more parking and a future expansion project.
The local developer has agreed to purchase the former Mitchell & Scott industrial complex in the 600 block of College Avenue and is in the process of pulling together a plan for the site.
Teagen Development Inc. has a purchase agreement for the 6,600-square-foot building at 1101 N. College Ave., rescuing it from an attempt—since withdrawn—to demolish the structure.
The amount of money awarded through the state's Historic Preservation Fund has dropped nearly $100,000 over the past year.
The Whitsett Group plans to invest $6.5 million to convert the building on East 46th Street into 60 senior housing units. The Lawrence Township school district put the structure on the block, and Whitsett submitted the winning bid.
The Corydon Group bought 125 W. Market St. Aug. 2 and will occupy the 4,200-square-foot top floor of the three-story building after renovations are finished in early November.
The Cotton-Ropkey House was built in 1850 and features Greek Revival and Italianate features, including six-over-six windows, walnut floors and crown moldings.
City Market officials are giving public tours of the catacombs beneath the marketplace, in the hope that someone will be interested in transforming the 20,000-square-foot space into a restaurant or event venue.
The Capital Improvement Board has owned the Ober building, at 107 S. Pennsylvania St. near Bankers Life Fieldhouse, since 1999. Members on Monday voted to begin soliciting bids.
A legal battle that had threatened the east-side landmark has been settled, and a $300,000 grant has been secured to begin stabilizing it.
Bill Oesterle’s firm Henry Amalgamated has purchased 48 properties in the Holy Cross neighborhood from 2006 through this May. Nearly 40 percent of those purchases have been made since Angie’s List struck a $7.1 million incentives deal with the city of Indianapolis in October.
An architect is proposing a study for finding a new use for Anderson's closed Wigwam gymnasium, possibly turning it into a convention center.
Those seeking the historic designation hope the four-acre industrial complex will be a catalyst for redevelopment of a stretch of East Washington Street.
Gayle Cook marvels at grand churches, courthouses and certainly, the awe-inspiring 200-foot-diameter dome above the West Baden Springs Hotel that she and her late husband, Bill, restored and reopened in the summer of 2007.
The theater, at 3155 E. 10th St., has the potential to be a catalyst for further redevelopment of the corridor if the not-for-profit that owns it can win complete control of the 1927 structure and stabilize it.
Preservationists want protections for the historic waterway, but the utility that just bought it is afraid National Register status will cause unintended consequences.
