Ex-Indiana player Leary arrested in fraud case
The 39-year-old Leary was being held Friday in the Monroe County Jail in Bloomington on charges out of Allen County.
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Simon, partner selling European malls for $981M
Unibail-Rodamco SE, Europe’s biggest shopping-center owner, has agreed to pay Simon Property Group and Ivanhoe Cambridge Inc.
$981 million for stakes in seven malls in France and Poland.
Steak n Shake changing its name, moving HQ to Texas
Indianapolis is on the verge of losing one of its most prominent public companies. The Steak n Shake Co. is planning to
change its name to Biglari Holdings Inc. and move its headquarters to San Antonio. The Steak n Shake restaurant chain would retain a presence in Indianapolis.
Brizzi contributor Epperly no stranger to controversy
Harrison Epperly has made a fortune in his business career, but he’s also sparked controversy.
Prominent local car dealer Tom Wood dies
Indianapolis car dealer Tom Wood died Thursday morning after battling lung cancer. Wood grew his business from a single dealership
he purchased in 1967.
City lists former Winona Hospital for sale
Indianapolis’ Metropolitan Development Commission sets $667,500 minimum price for the long-vacant property at Meridian and
32nd Streets.
Movie Gallery files second bankruptcy in two years
The second-largest company in the movie-rental business behind Blockbuster Inc. is immediately closing 760 locations. The
chain operates 14 stores in central Indiana,
according to its Web site.
HHGregg’s profit, sales rise
HHGregg’s profit and revenue both increased in its fiscal third quarter, despite a slight dip in same-store
sales. The opening of 19 stores helped offset the decrease.
Law firm adds historic home to campus
Plews Shadley Racher & Braun has finished a careful restoration of the Eden-Talbott House, continuing a strategy of shunning
glass and steel.
COPPER: Misunderstandings put Indiana school funding in a bind
State government overreacted in its attempts to reign in construction costs, and should seek middle ground
Board votes to protect historic German church
The Metropolitan Development Commission has approved an emergency motion to protect a 1914 church at the northeast corner
of Washington Street and German Church Road.
Deborah Simon says other potential trustees have conflicts
Melvin Simon’s daughter, who’s seeking to remove her stepmother from overseeing a trust that holds her late father Melvin’s
fortune, says a corporate trustee is a better option than brother David Simon or family financial adviser Bruce Jacobson.
First hotel in downtown Marriott complex to open doors
The Fairfield Inn & Suites on West Washington Street downtown will open Wednesday. The hotel is the first of four comprising
the 1,600-room Marriott Place project to welcome guests.
Emerson Heights wins historic designation
Emerson Heights, a streetcar suburb just west of Irvington, has been added to the State Historic Register and will be considered
for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.
Clarian eyes vacant Levitz space for office, warehouse use
Clarian Health Partners is considering converting a long-vacant, 180,000-square-foot Levitz furniture store on East Washington
Street into a center for home-health and pharmacy services.
Melvin Simon’s daughter seeks to oust Bren as trustee
Deborah Simon is seeking
the removal of her stepmother and appointment of a corporate trustee while her lawsuit challenging changes
to the late billionaire’s will plays out. The move is the latest salvo in an escalating battle over
an estate that could be worth $2 billion.
Cincinnati investors buy apartment complex anchored by mansion
Sundance Real Estate Holdings and other investors closed on the 37-unit Mansion Row apartments at 2550
Cold Spring Road on Dec. 30.
Steak n Shake posts profit, plans new corporate name
Steak n Shake Co. said Friday it posted a fourth-quarter profit, and said it is planning to change its corporate name to Biglari
Holdings Inc.
Independent bookstore in Carmel ends seven-year run
The Mystery Co. in the Arts & Design District plans to host a farewell party Jan. 30, and close for good a few
days later.
Apartment developer investing $100M in Hamilton projects
Carmel-based developer J.C. Hart Co. is making a $100 million bet that luxury apartment communities will continue to thrive
in Hamilton
County, particularly along 146th Street.