Area home- construction permit filings back on the rise
The central Indiana home-construction industry saw its second straight month of improving activity in March following a bitter winter that slowed business.
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HHGregg shares plummet on warning of weak sales quarter
The Indianapolis-based retailer announced disappointing preliminary sales figures on Tuesday morning for its fiscal fourth quarter, which it blamed on horrendous weather in major markets.
Lender bids $26 million to take over Indiana Limestone Co.
An investment firm was the only bidder for an Indiana company that supplied limestone to the Empire State Building, the Pentagon and other iconic buildings.
Chicago firm enters local industrial market with two big deals
CrossLake Partners spent more than $40 million to buy 21 buildings spread between the northwest-side industrial parks of Corporate Center North and Park 100.
Monthly retail sales jump by the most in 18 months
Sales of autos climbed 3.1 percent while sales at general merchandise stores, a category that covers retailers such as Wal-Mart and Target and department stores, increased 1.9 percent.
Dora Brothers affiliate loses downtown hotel in bankruptcy
The Fishers-based company lost the Comfort Suites City Centre near Lucas Oil Stadium in a bankruptcy reorganization filed by one of its affiliates, which owed a creditor about $12 million.
Muncie summer recreation site to be auctioned
The Water Bowl, a recreation site that has been used by area residents and Ball State University summer students for swimming, fishing, water skiing and camping since 1957, is going to be auctioned. The property could be converted to industrial use.
Steak n Shake sees appetite for organic
The Indianapolis-based burger chain won approval in late March from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to trademark the “organic signature steakburger.
Retailer Coldwater Creek going out of business
Coldwater Creek Inc., a 362-store women’s clothing chain that has four stores in Indianapolis-area malls, filed a Chapter 11 petition Friday to liquidate inventory in going-out-business sales to begin in time for Mother’s Day.
ANALYSIS: Turner stood to lose big in Statehouse fight
A top Indiana lawmaker, his family and investors in their company risked losing millions in future profits if a proposed ban on construction of new nursing homes in Indiana had become law this year, an Associated Press review has found.
IEDC urging government bets on spec-building
The Indiana Economic Development Corp. is encouraging local governments to help finance speculative industrial buildings, which could land new businesses but could put at risk hundreds of thousands in taxpayer dollars.
UPDATE: Simon Property wins dismissal of CEO pay suit
Simon Property Group won’t have to face a lawsuit alleging it improperly barred investors from voting on an executive-pay plan that resulted in a $120 million stock award to CEO David Simon. Public documents released Thursday show Simon made about $16 million last year.
Family Dollar to close about 370 stores, cut jobs
The discount retailer, which operates nearly 50 stores in Indianapolis, said it will shut down underperforming stores as it tries to reverse sagging sales and earnings.
Trailer parks lure ex-traders eyeing double-wide returns
Former hedge-fund executives who left Wall Street are finding new ways to milk profits from old trailer parks, including one in Indianapolis.
Roundup: Scotty’s Brewhouse openings, Mo’s returning and more
The locally based chain is opening restaurants to the west and north of Indianapolis, within a week’s time, while Mo’s is returning downtown in a restaurant rebranding.
Kite sells three retail properties for $35.2 million
Indianapolis-based Kite Realty Group Trust, which is in the midst of a major merger, had decided that the three properties scattered across the country were “non-core assets.”
Anderson businessman pays $7.9M for prime farmland
More than 800 acres of prime farmland in Delaware and Madison counties sold during open bidding on Tuesday for $7.9 million.
Approval for $22M sports complex sought in Greenwood
The project by Sarasota-based GoodSports Enterprises would include a 124-bed hotel and an attached 85,000-square-foot fieldhouse, built on the land once targeted by Cabela’s.
Revamped hotel key to Muncie revitalization efforts
The 91-year-old Roberts Hotel building has undergone a $17 million renovation that created the 83-unit Lofts at Roberts development. The project was crucial to the city’s ability to attract a new downtown hotel.
Micro-distillery opening in Fletcher Place neighborhood
Led by former U.S. Marine Travis Barnes, Hotel Tango Whiskey at 702 Virginia Ave. will be unusual for a couple of reasons, including its deal for state economic development incentives.