
Lebanon planning board OKs design for Lilly Medicine Foundry at LEAP District
The foundry will give the pharmaceutical maker the ability to research new ways of producing medicines.
The foundry will give the pharmaceutical maker the ability to research new ways of producing medicines.
IMAGE GALLERY: The 200-acre Lilly Medicine Foundry is expected to add 400 full-time jobs for highly skilled workers, including engineers, scientists, operations personnel and lab technicians.
The ongoing progress to develop the planned LEAP Innovation and Research District, a 9,000-acre tech park in Boone County, was among the top local tech stories of 2024.
Card & Associates is making plans to grow Hickory Junction, which already includes the $31 million Farmers Bank Fieldhouse and two planned hotels.
The state will eventually recoup much of that investment when LEAP land is sold to tenants, officials from the Indiana Economic Development Corp. said.
The state’s job-creation agency is seeking $27 million to purchase about 307 acres and pay for deposits and option payments for additional land west of Interstate 65. Another $33 million is being sought for infrastructure work.
The Lebanon City Council on Monday night approved the creation of a tax-increment financing district and performance-based incentives to try to secure a deal with the parent of Facebook and Instagram.
The Indiana Finance Authority approved the loans to support the proposed extension of the Citizens Energy system to provide 25 million gallons of water per day to the LEAP Lebanon Innovation District and surrounding Boone County developments.
Casey and Abbie Samson own and operate the colonial outfitter that produces and sells more than 800 varieties of mostly late-18th-century-era clothing, accessories and living-history supplies.
More than two years after Gov. Eric Holcomb’s Indiana Economic Development Corp. quietly disclosed plans for the 9,000-acre campus in Boone County, the endeavor’s future now largely depends on the guidance of the next governor.
The 1,600-square-foot restaurant opening Wednesday “will be the first of many planned for the Hoosier State,” the company said.
The Citizens Energy and Lebanon Utilities project would supply the Eli Lilly and Co. manufacturing complex expansion, additional park tenants and new development in the city.
The new project would involve Citizens Energy likely tapping into water systems in Westfield and Whitestown to sell the resource to Lebanon Utilities for the city’s growing needs, though discussions are ongoing, officials said.
Multiple retailers, restaurants and other businesses recently opened, closed or began planning new locations in the north suburbs of Indianapolis.
Indianapolis-based Pure Development has developed more than 35 real estate projects nationally and has a contract with the Indiana Economic Development Corp. to lead efforts on the LEAP Lebanon Innovation and Research District.
South Carolina-based RealtyLink is suing Lebanon for more than $25 million, alleging the city withdrew incentives after the project was delayed by the city’s inability to service the park with water.
Among the recipients are the Lido Building, formerly a movie theater that opened in 1914 as the Olympic Theatre, and the Collier’s Corner Building, which was constructed in 1883. The Eichman Exchange Building was rebuilt in 1938 following a fire.
Former insurance broker Brian Simms perpetrated the fraud through his company, Brendanwood Financial Brokerage LLC in Carmel.
Without an additional source, Lebanon cannot currently offer water to companies and developers looking to build in the city who have not already reserved allocations.
The company said the site footprint will not expand, but the company will fill in the property with more buildings and equipment. Manufacturing capacity will almost triple there.