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…
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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…
Apartment conversion for Maxwell
Sluggish condo sales have led developer Kosene & Kosene to consider turning its latest downtown project, The Maxwell, into apartments. The local company has moved its corporate…
Drugstore shuffle on 86th
A rough economy hasn’t calmed the grudge match between drugstore giants Walgreen Co. and CVS. Both stores are planning new locations at the busy intersection…
Feast on Indiana Live!
The $200-million Indiana Live! casino opened Friday night in Shelbyville. If the free-money giveaways around town, faux Obama commercials and the buzz around a promised ribbon-cutting appearance…
Cosmopolitan a total loss?
The remains of the Cosmopolitan on the Canal project continued to smolder today as a small crew of firefighters worked to put out remaining hot spots. They were using a crane to demolish a portion of the building’s remaining facade…
Sad news: Cosmopolitan burns
A $33-million apartment and retail project along the canal downtown caught fire early this morning. The Cosmopolitan on the Canal project, by Flaherty & Collins Properties, had been nearing completion on a site bordered by the canal, Senate Avenue, Michigan…