Duo to open Hamilton County’s first CBD dispensary
Vape and Wellness is expected to open this month in a 1,400-square-foot store near Kroger on Logan Street in Noblesville.
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Dunkin’ taking on Starbucks with improved espresso drinks
Dunkin' has a long way to go. Starbucks controlled 56 percent of U.S. coffee cafe sales in 2017, while Dunkin's share was 27 percent, according to a food industry research company.
Memory Bank: The Indianapolis Brewing Co.
In this photo, taken Oct. 9, 1944, workers are packaging October Ale at the company’s facility at 316 Agnes St., which is now University Boulevard.
Outdoor fireplaces, flex space, technology are hot trends in new homes
Thanks to Pinterest and HGTV, buyers often know just want they want when they are building a new home, experts said.
Two Chicks and a Hammer to open retail space
The store, located in the Bates-Hendricks neighborhood, plan to sell items featured on Two Chicks’ HGTV home-rehab show, “Good Bones.”
Recycling company plans $6.5M warehouse redevelopment in Irvington
A Quincy, Illinois-based company has acquired a warehouse on the east side of Indianapolis and plans to transform it into an 81,000-square-foot recycling facility.
Former online-only retailers setting up shops in malls near you
Stiffening competition, surging online advertising costs and cheap mall space have prompted web retailers like Warby Parker and Bonobos to open physical stores, including locations in Indianapolis.
Area builders stay on hot streak, but study says pace won’t meet demand
A new report from the Builders Association of Greater Indianapolis and MIBOR Realtor Association says builders have a long way to go if they want to keep up with the area’s future demand for new housing.
Local fireworks retailer going out of business with huge auction
A company that operated more than 240 seasonal stores is scheduled to auction off about $4.5 million in fireworks as well as vehicles and equipment later this month.
Airport board approves $21.4M land sale for Infosys campus
The airport will sell 132 acres to the city of Indianapolis in phases over the next several years. In turn, the city will sell the property to Infosys for pennies so it can create a $245 million training campus.
Songbook Foundation to sell 107-acre Asherwood estate in Carmel
The Great American Songbook Foundation received the massive property earlier this year as a gift from Bren Simon, the widow of late shopping mall magnate Melvin Simon.
Splenda maker settles trademark lawsuit against IHOP, Applebee’s franchisor
Carmel-based Heartland Food Products Group said it reached “an amicable resolution” of its differences with the franchisor of 3,700 restaurants.
Kite to build 2 hotels at Pan Am Plaza; city to spend $120M on attached meeting space
The Capital Improvement Board has selected a Kite Realty Group plan from among three proposals in its effort to expand the city’s convention capacity. The CIB is expected to vote Friday to move the project forward.
Memory Bank: Drive focuses on minority voters
Indianapolis Mayor William Hudnut participated on Sept. 24, 1983, in a march for Operation Big Vote, a coalition of labor and social groups created to increase voter registration among minority groups.
URBAN DESIGN: Parking has outsized influence on downtown’s built environment
Do we want to be known as a lively urban place … or a place for parking?
Simon to weather, maybe even benefit from Sears’ decline, analysts say
Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group and other mall landlords actually might be looking forward to redeveloping Sears’ massive stores with more promising tenants as the once-mighty retailer enters bankruptcy.
Sears files for bankruptcy just as things are looking up for retail
With shoppers feeling more free to spend and nicer shopping malls on the upswing, bankruptcy is a clear sign of individual weakness, not an industry trend.
Last remaining local Sears, Kmart stores set for closure
Sears Holdings announced it was closing 142 more stores as part of Monday’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization plan.
Sears files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid plunging sales, massive debt
Given Sears’ sheer size, the bankruptcy filing will have wide ripple effects on everything from already ailing landlords to its tens of thousands of workers.
IBJ Podcast: Developing a downtown neighborhood from scratch
Ambrose President Aasif Bade is mum about Amazon but explain the new name for the project, when site preparation could begin and why the riverfront is so important to the project.