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Home-sale deals tick up in Indianapolis area

Home-sale agreements in the nine-county Indianapolis area rose 3.6 percent in July from the same month a year earlier, marking the third straight month of year-over-year increases after 14 months of declining sales.

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Home construction permits dip in July

The number of permits filed last month in the Indianapolis metropolitan area declined to 305, a decrease of 4 percent from the same month in 2010, according to the Builders Association of Greater Indianapolis.

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North of South gets a new name: CityWay

The $156 million mixed-use development at Delaware and South streets in Indianapolis has a new name designed to reference both the project’s downtown locale and the urban “way of life” it will offer.

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Precedent joins ranks of battered developers

The Precedent Cos.—the local developer of The Precedent Office Park, Mount Comfort Commercial Park and several upscale residential communities in Hamilton and Johnson counties—is winding down operations in an out-of-court restructuring.

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City ready to take down 1,100 abandoned homes

With the sale of its water and sewer utilities cleared by regulators, the city of Indianapolis is preparing to deploy $15 million to $25 million in funds from the deal into tearing down abandoned houses.

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Carrier to invest $36.5M in local plant, create 276 jobs

Carrier Corp. has spent $32 million to upgrade equipment in Indianapolis and plans to invest another $36.5 million to start a second production line, creating 276 jobs at the plant. The company is seeking a tax abatement to help offset the costs.

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Carmel home is not-your-average caddy shack

Mike and Sally Kerr can see directly to the past as they walk around their Southern plantation-style residence built completely around the walls of Woodland Country Club’s original club house.

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Startup takes on abandoned homes in Indianapolis

Indianapolis is in the early stages of expanding the practice of land banks, which allow government agencies and not-for-profits to take over tax-foreclosed properties and put them back into productive use,. Land banks have shown positive results in states such as Michigan and Ohio.

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