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Big names competing for Butler project

Butler University is finalizing plans for a mixed-use parking garage project near Clowes Hall that would include neighborhood retail and housing and might cost as much as $45 million.

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Major Westfield development projects making progress

Several big development projects planned for Westfield are under way or awaiting approval, but plans for a retail center at U.S. 31 and 161st Street have been on the shelf for several years due to the economy and road construction.

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Vacant Consolidated Building purchased by local buyers

Two local buyers are angling to revitalize a century-old, 15-story downtown landmark that has confounded redevelopment attempts since its last tenants departed in the late 1990s. Ambrose Property Group and The Whitsett Group hope to transform the Consolidated Building into 98 apartments with first-floor retail or restaurant space.

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City to consider connectors for downtown garage

The developer of a five-story parking garage downtown is seeking city approval to build two upper-level pedestrian connectors to offer easier access to the garage, especially for employees of nearby OneAmerica Financial Partners Inc.

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City delays approval of downtown parking garage

A local developer’s plans for a parking garage, part of an $85 million project, met resistance from a city official who said the structure’s design needs to be more “pedestrian-friendly” for the area of Illinois and New York streets.

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First stage of $85M downtown project up for approval

The city is set to hear a request on Thursday by a local developer to build a five-story parking garage at the corner of New York and Illinois streets downtown. The garage is part of a development that would be anchored by a Marsh store.

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Massive Anson project showing residential, retail progress

Duke Realty Corp. has retrenched at its massive Anson development in Whitestown—focusing on the most promising sections, rearranging some of its site plans, and letting land-purchase contracts expire on about 300 acres where development prospects are likely several years away.

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Georgia Street redevelopment looking old already

The newly spruced-up stretch of Georgia Street between the Indiana Convention Center and Bankers Life Fieldhouse is looking older than its age. Stone pavers are dislodged and stained. The wooden boardwalk is badly discolored. Bollards are askance after taking hits from errant vehicles.

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Plan envisions hot growth for downtown Indianapolis

A study commissioned by the office of Mayor Greg Ballard envisions a much more densely populated, walkable downtown core stretched by several blocks and supported by another Circle Centre mall's worth of retail and enough new office space to double the size of Chase Tower.

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Deal rekindles $45M downtown project

Former partners in Kosene & Kosene Development have settled a legal dispute that jeopardized redevelopment of the vacant former Bank One Operations Center downtown. Milhaus Development has until May 1 to begin construction.

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Pan Am Plaza redevelopment brewing

The two entities that control the future of Pan Am Plaza have come to an agreement that could lead to the redevelopment of one of the most valuable parcels downtown.

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