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…
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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Marsh Supermarkets has withdrawn a request for a five-year tax abatement for renovation of the downtown O’Malia’s store.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.
breaking ground this week
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Skating Academy wins extension
The Indiana Worlds Skating Academy has agreed to a 9-month lease extension for its space at Pan Am Plaza. The organization will remain downtown at least until April 2008, said Academy Executive Director…
Strides taken in life sciences, experts say: Industry panel: Thanks to ongoing efforts, Indiana has experienced serious progress as biomedical hotbed during last 5 years
Five leaders of Indiana’s life sciences industry offered their perspectives at the Indiana Convention Center June 26 as part of the Indianapolis Business Journal’s Power Breakfast Series. The panelists: Mike Arpey, managing director of global investment bank Credit Suisse’s Asset Management Division and manager of the $73 million Indiana Future Fund for BioCrossroads, the state’s life sciences economicdevelopment initiative. Ron Ellis, co-founder, president and CEO of Lafayettebased Endocyte Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the treatment of cancer through receptor-targeted…
Hotel tower planned by stadium, Lilly campus
After years of designing banks, churches and condo conversions, Prince/Alexander Architects Inc. is working
with unnamed partners on a plan to replace its headquarters with a $47 million, 24-story hotel and condo development called
West Merrill Tower.
NOTIONS: A property tax sigh of relief and a reform wish list
The nightstand clock reads 5:17. Too early to wake up. But hey, I’ve been tossing and turning for hours, so why lie here any longer, pretending? The cause for this night’s insomnia is money. Money for two kids starting college. Money to replace the Money to paint the house. Money for employees’ salaries. Money for employees’ parking. Money for employees’ retirement. Money for employees’ health insurance. Money for their families’ health insurance. Money to get the yellow highway paint off…
Brugge Brasserie gastro-pub to produce line of 10 beers
Since mid-2005, Brugge Brasserie’s beer tanks have been operating at full capacity–pouring out 400 barrels of its signature
Belgian brew each year. Now the Broad Ripple gastro-pub is aiming higher. Brugge owner Ted Miller is set to start producing
a line of 10 bottled beers–plus seasonal specialties.
VIEWPOINT: Art is good for business and the community
The Arts Council of Indianapolis and the Indianapolis Cultural Development Commission recently launched a campaign to encourage individuals and businesses to buy art from local artists. I couldn’t agree more with the message. In addition to the “Be Indypendent, Buy Indy Art” stickers you’ll no doubt see all over town soon, the campaign includes a Web site, www.beindypendent.org, with a downloadable “how to” guide, plus links to the Arts Council’s artist database that includes the work of more than 400…
Sizzling malls add more new stores
North-siders are set to get even more shopping and dining options in the coming months. Several new retailers have filed plans to open new stores in the Fashion Mall at…
A racy redesign
Check out the new look for the former Junior Achievement building at 21 Virginia Ave. The office building is getting a new name, 500 Festival Building, along with a renovation in…
New owners taking over Canterbury?
Downtown’s historic Canterbury Hotel apparently has been sold. An announcement of the deal for the 12-story hotel at 123 S. Illinois St. is scheduled for Monday. At a gathering of Wholesale District…
Another local retailer closing
Karstadt Reed Cleaners, an institution on North Illinois Street since 1898, will close later this month. Steve Stevenson, the owner for 45 years, says business has been “pretty bad.” The company is known…
What next for Old City Hall?
The Department of Metropolitan Development is seeking two independent appraisals of Old City Hall, the historic building that has housed the State Museum and now houses the interim Central Library. In…
Impasse over Crown Hill
Four months have passed since neighborhood pressure helped defeat a second proposal to develop 70 acres at the north end of Crown Hill Cemetery. A partnership of environmental groups including Indy…