Premier project gets a name: Venu
Premier Properties has unveiled some of the details of its $750-million plan for a huge mixed-use development at the southwest corner of 86th and Keystone Avenue. The project is called Venu, a…
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Plans develop for South Meridian
Locally based Urban Space Commercial Properties is working to fill space in a new hotel/retail project at the northeast corner of Meridian and South streets, company founder Brian Epstein said today. Here are preliminary renderings for the project, which is…
Plans take shape for IMA park
Contractors are laying the groundwork to start construction on the $50-million Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. IMA has chosen a construction manager, The Hagerman Group, and work is slated to begin in…
City selling Martindale land
City officials are seeking bids to redevelop 7.5 acres northeast of downtown in the Martindale neighborhood. The property is the old Ertel Manufacturing plant at 2045 Dr. Andrew J. Brown Ave. The…
Penn Centre renderings
The project is being designed by locally based Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf. The partner in charge of the project is Greg Jacoby.
Gaming chain targets Indy
A California-based chain that sells videogames and gaming equipment has plans for at least two stores in central Indiana. Play N Trade has filed plans for stores in Carmel and Indianapolis….
Marian College plans new dorm
Marian College is about to add its first new student housing in more than 40 years. Construction is set to begin this summer on a 78-rooms, 144-bed residence hall, designed by…
New Pan Am owner has retail plans
A Houston firm has agreed to buy Pan Am Plaza’s office building, skating rinks and the plaza itself. The company, Principle Equity Management, is planning a low-rise, restaurant-anchored development that would…
STARTUP GAZELLE WEB & CONSULTING LLC: Entrepreneur offers to help entrepreneurs
STARTUP GAZELLE WEB & CONSULTING LLC Entrepreneur offers to help entrepreneurs Type of business: Consults with startup and growing companies Location: 885 Waveland Lane, Greenwood Phone: 450-7746 E-mail: lott.brandon@gmail.comWeb site: www.gazellewebandconsulting.comFounded: December 2006 Owner: Brandon Lott Owner’s background: Lott, 33, grew up in the south side of Indianapolis and graduated from Indiana University in 1998 with a health care degree. He went to New York in 2005 to work as an operations manager for retailer Alan Flusser Custom Shop, but…
Merger has bank near top: Huntington a big player after acquisition of Sky
Huntington Bancshares Inc. entered the Indianapolis market in 1986 and since has led a relatively unassuming existence, barely cracking the top 10 in local deposit amounts and operating just a few dozen branches. So, the Columbus, Ohio-based bank is entering uncharted territory following its $3.6 billion acquisition of fellow Buckeye bank Sky Financial Group Inc. in Bowling Green. Huntington completed its purchase of Sky on July 2, making it the 24th-largest domestic bank in the United States in terms of…
Pan Am buyer to raze rinks
A Texas firm has agreed to buy Pan Am Plaza’s 12-story office building and skating rinks and is planning to replace the rinks
with a more-than-$50-million restaurant and retail development.
New kind of high school pairs projects, technology: Educators hope approach boosts graduation rates
Students at three new Indiana high schools this fall are going to learn the California way. No, they won’t be holding classes on the beach. They’ll use technology and a project-oriented curriculum to learn about math, science and history, plus gain 21st century skills business leaders say today’s work force needs. The New Technology High School model, which began in Napa Valley, Calif., in 1996, will launch in Indiana this fall with New Tech High at Arsenal Tech, New Tech…
Here comes Spicy Pickle!
A Denver restaurant chain named for the pickles that come on every plate wants to open 10 locations in central Indiana. The 31-restaurant chain plans to begin construction on its first location…
Beilouny buildings filling up
Beilouny Luxury Properties has lined up Tantrum, a new local clothing boutique, for its 757 Mass Ave building. The company also has been talking with several restaurants about taking an…
Five Guys has big Indy plans
Five Guys Famous Burgers and Fries has filed plans for a new restaurant near Greenwood and is looking for 10 more locations in Marion County. The chain also is preparing to open…
West Merrill sketch rendering
By popular demand, here’s the other rendering of West Merrill Tower. You can also see it here. This is the side of the building that would face downtown:
Marsh drops abatement request
Marsh Supermarkets has withdrawn a request for a five-year tax abatement for renovation of the downtown O’Malia’s store. Marsh officials notified the city Tuesday, shortly after Property Lines reported on the…
Another hotel tower proposed
A development team including locally based Prince/Alexander Architects has filed plans to build a 24-story tower between Eli Lilly & Co.’s Faris Campus and Lucas Oil Stadium. The $47-million project calls…
Tax abatement on Aisle 5
Marsh Supermarkets is hoping for final approval next month of a five-year tax abatement worth about $50,000 for a renovation of its downtown O’Malia’s store. The company plans to invest $1.5 million…
If you build Honda, they will come
Two Indianapolis developers plan to break ground this week on a new Greensburg hotel catering to
The project, by locally based Street Corner Group and The Worthington Group, is adjacent to the $550 million Honda plant.
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