Year gets off to slower start for Indianapolis-area homebuilders
A slowdown in home construction that began in central Indiana in late 2018 continued into the new year.
A slowdown in home construction that began in central Indiana in late 2018 continued into the new year.
The out-of-town group hired by the city has suggested pursuing some big ideas for mixed-use and recreational developments, but it hasn’t talked with the owners of the properties in question.
Mayflower Communities of Dallas, owner of 271-unit Barrington complex, has filed for bankruptcy after missing three bond payments and falling into default.
Their Bloomington-based owner is marketing them less than three years after completion. They include The Delaware, a high-profile complex at 22nd and Delaware streets.
Higher prices, low inventories and climbing interest rates have all combined to slow growth in the market.
Despite the disappointing closing month, 2018 turned out to be the busiest year for local builders in more than a decade.
Average home prices continued to rise in November in the 15-county area amid tight inventories.
Indianapolis-area homebuilders saw a surge in construction permits for new houses in November, marking the 14th straight month of year-over-year increases.
Rockstone Investments, parent company of Bedrock Builders, would spend $4.3 million to construct 31,000 square feet of office space plus a 17,000-square-foot warehouse.
The council gave the green light Monday to RealAmerica LLC’s plan to build a 130-unit complex along the proposed Nickel Plate Trail that would include 65 apartments with rents based on income.
Emma Capital Investments Inc., which entered the Indianapolis market earlier this year, has acquired apartment complexes on the city’s north and northeast sides totaling 496 units.
The Indiana Supreme Court declined to consider a case that was delaying the proposed redevelopment of the 800 block of North East Street. The project includes more than 50 condominiums, retail space, townhouses and single-family homes.
The proposed development at 421 N. Pennsylvania St. has undergone extensive changes since this spring, including rising from seven to 11 stories.
The abandoned, 336-unit complex “presents considerable safety and security challenges” for its surrounding neighborhood, according to the city.
George Tikijian, who founded the company in 2005, said the deal was finalized Thursday following several months of internal deliberation.
RealAmerica Development LLC’s plan to build 70 income-based apartments in downtown Fishers has been passed over for housing tax credits that would have helped finance the project.
A Chicago-based private-equity firm acquired the grocery-anchored 151-unit complex from a partnership consisting of developers Browning Investments and Sheehan Construction Co.
The developer of a proposed 164-unit apartment complex in the heart of Broad Ripple said it would consider going back to the drawing board in an effort to get the blessing of some area residents who have concerns about the project.
Sales and prices for existing homes were both on the rise in October in the 15-county area, according to the latest data from the MIBOR Realtor Association.
A senior housing community east of the St. Vincent Hospital campus is expected to undergo a major expansion over the next year that will add several dozen independent-living residences.