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Overhaul underway on IPS building

The administrative building for Indianapolis Public Schools is getting a $3.2 million overhaul to shore up two levels of parking. Workers have removed the facade from most of the second and third floorsJohn  Morton-Finney  Center

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Fresh Market delayed but still a go

Since crews finished clearing the old Atlas Supermarket site in March, the corner has been conspicuously quiet. The lack of construction work has helped fuel speculation that the deal for a Fresh…

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College leasing chunk of Lexington

A private college system plans to move into the Lexington project at Meridian and 12th Streets downtown. Brown Mackie College has executed a lease for 25,000 square feet in the 1921 building that…

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D’vine move clears way for big project

Premier Properties has taken another step toward its ambitious plan for Woodfield Crossing. The company has a deal to relocate D’vine A Wine Bar from an existing retail building on the Woodfield property to another building it owns.

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Deal in works for Hamaker building

Days could be numbered for an 85-year-old independent pharmacy at the northeast corner of Pennsylvania and 49th streets. The building that houses Hamaker Pharmacy, along with Cafe Patachou, D&Z Gifts, Meridian Heights Cleaners and Corks Grocery, is up for sale….

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Extreme Makeover: Cub Foods edition

There is a clear winner in the category of Most Surprising Reuse of a Former Cub Foods. Property Lines got a tour this morning of the new Calvary Christian School at…

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Cheesecake heads South

The decision by Cheesecake Factory to open its second Indianapolis restaurant on the south side seems to validate the consensus among brokers that the area has been underserved by restaurants. The California-based…

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Plan calls for mixed-use giant

A local developer is planning an ambitious project called Woodfield Crossing that would add 1.8 million square feet of development to the southwest corner of 86th Street and Keystone Avenue. The project,…

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Venu

Venu calls for a mall roughly the size of The Fashion Mall at Keystone, a 575-room hotel that would be the city’s third largest after a new JW Marriott and the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown, and an office building with nearly…

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Restaurant bonanza

A local businessman has plans for two new independent restaurants downtown near the corner of Ohio and East streets. One of them, Cabo’s Mexican Grill, is slated to open next week at 132 East St., across from Fifth Third Bank….

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A quest to revive TeePee

Dick Turner, the man who owns the name and recipes to the classic Indy restaurants from the 1930s to 1970s, is hoping to open an updated version on the south side. Check out the story here. At its…

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Hamilton Town Center starting lineup

Several major retailers are poised to open in the new Hamilton Town Center, the 900,000-square-foot shopping center under construction at Interstate 69 and the new 146th Street. Simon Property Group says in documents promoting the project that it will include…

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Super Bowl disappointment

Word of Indy’s Super Bowl defeat spread quickly among Hoosiers attending the International Council of Shopping Centers annual event in Las Vegas. Employees at booths for several real estate companies, including Simon, checked news Web sites all morning…

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Glendale plans include Panera

A site plan from Kite Realty Group shows how a new Target store will fit within Glendale Town Center and also reveals some of the shopping center’s new tenants. A…

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Simon carries a big stick

Simon Property Group obviously has sway in Indianapolis, having built its headquarters on a public plaza. But the company’s clout goes far beyond the Hoosier state. That is abundantly clear at the…

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Mann pitching new projects

Locally based Mann Properties is pitching retailers in Las Vegas this week on a couple of mixed-use developments slated for the north side: A project with 132 townhomes and a retail strip called Creekside Shoppes would be built along 86th…

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Update from Vegas

Because of the three-hour time difference between Indianapolis and Las Vegas, I won’t have much to say until this afternoon. I promise it’s the time difference and not that party last night at The Palms. I was working, promise. Asked…

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Leasing Las Vegas

Property Lines will be on location in Las Vegas next week for the retail real estate community’s version of the Super Bowl. The annual International Council of Shopping Centers event is the nation’s…

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Late lunch: Dining shakeup

Here are some restaurant nuggets, along with a chance to win free food: The Jimmy Johns on Pennsylvania Street downtown has closed. The chain has another restaurant about a block away, at Meridian and Washington streets.Hoaglin Fine Catering plans to…

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Update: Hotel could get “green” roof

Developers may add a “green” roof to plans unveiled yesterday for a $325-million JW Marriott hotel complex. A spokesman for the development team tells Property Lines that conversations are underway about installing the environmentally friendly feature atop part of a…

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