Cook Group to restore southern Indiana movie theater
Bloomington-based medical device maker Cook Group announced Tuesday it would restore the 750-seat Tivoli Theatre in downtown Spencer, which was built in 1928 and boarded up in 1999.
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Penn Arts owner buys historic apartment building
The Piccadilly, at 16th and Pennsylvania streets, will undergo a historically sensitive renovation of its 58 units.
Irvington apartment, streetscape projects clear hurdles
Two significant construction projects are closer to starting in Irvington, where the district’s East Washington Street commercial corridor is bouncing back even as one of its key buildings faces demolition.
Mass Ave restaurant plans clear first hurdle
The city’s Historic Preservation Commission has approved rezoning and variance requests for two buildings sought by the owners of Broad Ripple’s Brugge Brasserie just south of the intersection of Massachusetts and Park avenues.
Fixes to historic preservation tax credits may have to wait
Fixes to the state's historic preservation tax credit program pushed by Indiana Landmarks may have to wait another year after the Indiana Senate put the brakes on a bill that garnered unanimous support from the Indiana House.
Technology helps Ivy Tech marry new, old construction
3-D scans match former hospital with building plans.
Brugge owners eye downtown buildings for brewery, eatery
Owners of Broad Ripple’s Brugge Brasserie want to bring a new restaurant concept to the Massachusetts Avenue district downtown, where they also plan to relocate the craft brewery that supplies beer to Brugge.
Local developer rescues 1913 apartment building from wrecking ball
A local developer and historic preservation group have teamed up to save a 1913 apartment building near the Children’s Museum from demolition.
Bush Stadium gets last hurrah
City leaders and economic development officials planned to pay tribute Oct. 28 to Bush Stadium’s historical significance before work begins to convert the venue into loft apartments.
Commission approves demolition for Indy East Motel
The Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission unanimously approved the demolition of the former motel at 5585 E. Washington St.—with a few conditions. Developers plan an $8.7 million project for the site.
Developer zeroes in on troubled Irvington site
A developer that wants to replace a vacant Irvington motel with an $8.7 million apartment building could get permission as early as next week to clear the site for redevelopment.
LEADING QUESTIONS: Design guru abides in rocky economy
Why does the owner of A2SO4 Architecture believe a 20 percent drop in billings is a victory? Just how cutthroat has the design field become? What's the significance of moving the firm into a church? Sanford Garner has answers.
Critics: Wrecking ball won’t fix Indianapolis neighborhoods
Many neighborhood leaders have hailed Mayor Greg Ballard’s initiative to raze some 2,000 abandoned homes by the end of 2012 as a long-overdue means of tackling urban blight. But some residents and experts fear rampant demolition—without a clear plan for how to redevelop the properties—will fail to improve neighborhoods.
Local architecture firm moving HQ to former church
The architecture firm A2SO4 plans to spend about $1 million to renovate a long-vacant former Catholic church near the Lockerbie neighborhood as its new headquarters.
Bush Stadium rehab is Watson’s latest creative project
Longtime Indianapolis developer launches spirited attempt to save baseball palace.
Owner of several properties south of Mass Ave starts to divest
The pending sale of two historic buildings and a vacant lot just south of Massachusetts Avenue is the first of what could be several deals in the area as one of its largest property owners begins to divest its holdings.
Carmel home is not-your-average caddy shack
Mike and Sally Kerr can see directly to the past as they walk around their Southern plantation-style residence built completely around the walls of Woodland Country Club’s original club house.
Tentative settlement reached in lawsuit over historic church
A provisional settlement in a federal lawsuit filed last September against the city by St. John United Church of Christ gives parties in the case six months to find a buyer for the nearly 100-year-old church.
Ratio finishing City Market design work
The architectural firm is set to be awarded a $120,000 contract to complete the work after the original designer of the renovations, Woollen Molzen and Partners Inc., disbanded last month.
Fountain Square project to include concert venue
The new owner of a 110-year-old building in the heart of Fountain Square is planning a renovation and expansion that will turn it into a restaurant, bar and 450-seat music hall called Pioneer.