$65M downtown development
A proposed incentive deal to kick-start a $65-million development adjacent to the former site of Market Square Arena calls for the…
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Restaurant in a bit of a Pickle
Indianapolis didn’t exactly warm to Spicy Pickle. The Denver-based restaurant chain shut down both of its Indianapolis-area locations shortly after opening them last year. But the chain hasn’t rid itself…
Developer plans apartments at 707
A local developer hopes to convert the unfinished eight-story 707 E. North St. condo project into a mostly affordable apartment building…
Sad news out of Madison
The 154-year-old Jefferson County Courthouse caught fire last night, and the damage looks serious. Workers were finishing up renovations in preparation for Madison’s bicentennial next month. You can follow Twitter updates from the Madison Courier here. The…
Kroger eyes Altum parcel
Kroger is looking at land in Zionsville for a new store. The Cincinnati-based grocer is in talks with the owners of Altum’s Garden Center along Michigan Road between 106th and 116th Streets,…
Owner has gourmet vision for Za
The proprietor of a planned new pizza joint called Za in Broad Ripple, Michael Keenan, says he has enlisted an all-star…
Around town pizza roundup
Couple of pizza-related nuggets:
A new pizza restaurant called ZA is planned for the former Slinky women’s clothing store near 62nd Street and College Avenue in Broad Ripple. Plans call for the restaurant…
What to do with the old airport
A group of eighth grade girls from a local charter school spent all day Friday learning about real estate and developing plans for reuse of…
Looking for a waterfront condo?
An auction has been set to sell nine remaining waterfront condos in a bank-owned development on Morse Lake in Cicero. The project, One Waterfront Plaza,…
Indy named best for recent grads
Some good news from an Apartments.com and CBCampus.com survey: Indianapolis has been named the top city for recent college graduates. The study looked for cities with the highest concentration of young adults,…
Up and away at Conner Prairie
Looks like the folks at Conner Prairie in Fishers have beat White River State Park to the hot-air-balloon-ride punch. They plan to unveil…
Windows join endangered list
The Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana has added four new structures and an architectural feature to its annual list of the 10 Most Endangered Hoosier landmarks. Additions…
Bait shop bids farewell
Barbara Hoffman plans to close her bait shop along Fall Creek Parkway after 42 years in business. She has agreed to…
Parcel near LOS lingers on market
Have property values around Lucas Oil Stadium risen as fast as the profit expectations of the owners? Perhaps not, at least if you consider the Cambridge Transmission…
Fort Ben reuse marches on
The Fort Harrison Reuse Authority is preparing to break ground on a massive infrastructure project that will lay the groundwork for the master-planned Lawrence…
Conservancy work begins & more
The Nature Conservancy broke ground Thursday for its new Indiana headquarters. The organization still needs to raise most of the $4.4 million cost of the building, but…
New project at 22nd and Meridian
A developer is planning a 3,200-square-foot, two-tenant retail building at 2181 N. Meridian St. in another small sign of progress for the uptown…
Animation of Marriott Place
The developers of a new convention hotel complex plan to brand the four new hotels and existing Marriott Indianapolis as Marriott Place Indianapolis. The 2,200-room complex will be anchored by the 1,005-room, 34-story JW Marriott. All the hotels are slated…
Around town real estate roundup
New headquarters and museum planned: Workers are renovating space in Claypool Court for a new Drum Corps International headquarters and a museum for the Percussive Arts Society. The not-for-profit DCI plans to take…
New life for Illinois Building?
A local developer is working on plans to save the vacant 10-story Illinois Building, considered in recent years as one of the state’s most endangered historic…