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‘Architecturally significant’ Cummins HQ likely won’t scrape downtown skyline
The engine maker’s planned global distribution headquarters downtown will seem modest compared to a 28-story apartment complex slated for across Market Street, but the firm has a strong history of promoting breath-taking architecture.
Cummins to build downtown office building for 400 workers
The $30 million project, which will include ground-floor retail and a parking garage, will occupy the two remaining parcels of the former Market Square Arena site.
Simon says court should dismiss CEO pay case
Simon Property Group told a Delaware judge on Tuesday that an investor lawsuit over David Simon’s huge pay package should be thrown out now that the company has rewritten the compensation plan.
Noble Roman’s awarded $1.5M in battle with franchisees
The Indianapolis-based pizza chain is still waiting to collect after being locked in a years-long legal dispute over franchise agreements and royalties.
Expensive homes selling quickly in Indianapolis area
Pricier houses are vanishing from the market faster than less-expensive homes due to a temporary bottleneck caused by rising demand and a slow recovery by builders.
Columbus looks to sell factory of failed solar-panel maker
Columbus officials will start accepting bids next month for the vacant Nusun Inc. facility in a city industrial park.
City puts land north of downtown back up for bid
The Department of Metropolitan Development issues a request for proposals due by April 16 to develop a parcel near 16th and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. streets. An attempt last year by Opus Development Corp. to build a project there anchored by a Meijer store failed.
Apartment owner jumps into office biz with south-side rehab
Ardizzone Enterprises Inc. in Beech Grove is preparing to open a two-building, 63-suite office complex on U.S. 31 south of Interstate 465. The company has invested $4.2 million in the project.
Simon plucks in-house execs for spinoff firm
Simon Property Group Inc. is reaching into its own stable of executives to stock the C-suite of its publicly traded spinoff for retail strip centers and smaller enclosed malls.
Broadbent in mortgage dispute involving retail center
The owner of Castleton Place, a shopping center in one of the city’s busiest retail areas, is the target of a $5 million foreclosure lawsuit by a lender that seeks to have the property placed in receivership.
Bold developer stirs up nursing-home business
Zeke Turner, the 36-year-old CEO of Mainstreet Property Group LLC—who frequently sports a boyish grin and a bold-colored dress shirt, but rarely dons a tie—said he’s “just getting started” in transforming the staid nursing home industry.
Fresh idea: Specialty grocers finally eyeing south side
The south side is beginning to receive at least some attention from grocery players, including specialty ones that are much more prevalent to the north.
Revitalization taking root along East Washington Street
A collaboration of not-for-profit community development corporations, or CDCs, has released a plan targeting four sections of the street, from Interstate 65 to Sherman Drive, that could be transformed in the next five to seven years.
As lease expiration nears, Indians continue years of investment in Victory Field
For almost 18 years, the Indianapolis Indians have poured tens of millions of dollars into Victory Field while the city has spent hardly a dime.
Cabela’s chooses Noblesville for first central Indiana store
The announcement from the Nebraska-based outdoor retailer comes five years after it abandoned plans to build a store near Interstate 65 and County Line Road in Greenwood.
Controversial Broad Ripple office project gets go-ahead
Metropolitan Development Commission members this time voted to approve the project on North College Avenue after a bizarre procedural twist last time prompted a re-vote.
Team vying to redevelop GM plant site releases its plans
Now that Mayor Greg Ballard is lobbying to build a criminal justice complex on part of the property—a use not included in any of five initial proposals—one hopeful development team believes it’s time for the public to see what it envisions for the site.
City pitches case for jail on former GM plant site
Indianapolis Director of Enterprise Development David Rosenberg met with west-side residents Tuesday evening to explain the city’s preference for putting a new criminal-justice complex on the former GM stamping plant property.
Home construction ticks up amid harsh weather
The central Indiana home-construction industry saw a small rise in business in February, the Builders Association of Greater Indianapolis reported Tuesday.