Butcher, brewery team up for retail, lounge combo on College Avenue
Columbus-based Savory Swine and Indianapolis’ Cannon Ball Brewing Co. are collaborating on a plan to occupy the century-old downtown building that formerly housed 501 Tavern.
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Dammann’s closing east-side nursery location after 36 years
The family-owned business says it wants to focus its efforts on its main location, a 10-acre growing facility and retail store on the city’s west side.
IBJ Podcast: Developing a downtown neighborhood from scratch
Ambrose President Aasif Bade is mum about Amazon but explain the new name for the project, when site preparation could begin and why the riverfront is so important to the project.
Kite Realty Group makes first CFO hiring since 1999
Heath R. Fear has been named executive vice president and CFO of the Indianapolis-based real estate investment trust, replacing Dan Sink, who stepped down June 30 after serving as Kite’s CFO for almost 20 years.
Southern-inspired eatery/wine bar to open on Mass Avenue
It will be the fifth location overall for the Louisville-based restaurant chain, which opened a Fishers location in 2016.
Work begins on remaking former Milano Inn restaurant site
The South Bend-based developer that last year bought the landmark restaurant and the block on which it sits is searching for office and retail tenants for the space.
Hamilton Crossing, other businesses hurt by Carmel construction, road changes
As one of Hamilton Crossing Centre’s key tenants prepares to close its doors, the future of the Kite Realty development along Meridian Street in Carmel remains unclear.
Two more hotels planned for burgeoning Whitestown development off I-65
Once populated largely by cornfields, the landscape at the intersection of I-65 and Whitestown Parkway has exploded in recent years with retail and restaurant projects. A smattering of hotels has followed, and two more projects now are in the works.
U.S. mall owners happy with steady, ‘boring’ results
Mall landlords, besieged for the past two years by the rise of online shopping and retailer bankrupties, are trying to push a new narrative of improving sales and increased demand for empty space at their properties.
Upland planning big brewery, restaurant project in heart of Fountain Square
The 13,000-square-foot facility is slated for the site of a former discount retailer, located a block east of the center of Fountain Square’s resurgent commercial and cultural districts.
North-side Italian mainstay serving up second restaurant in Yard at Fishers project
The 3,800-square-foot restaurant will maintain much of the menu of the original but add Neapolitan pizza, flatbreads and other elements suitable for lunch patrons.
Comedy club chain signs lease for downtown location inside Circle Centre mall
The owner of Helium Comedy Clubs says he saw lots of opportunity in the Indianapolis metro area, where at least two major comedy venues have closed since last fall.
Golf superstore in expansion drive to open 82nd Street location in former Babies ‘R’ Us
This will be the first Indiana location for Georgia-based PGA Tour Superstore, which currently has 33 locations and is growing quickly by securing sites vacated by Toys “R” Us and Babies “R” Us.
Whitestown exit along I-65 explodes with retailers, fast food
The commercial openings are part of the $1 billion Anson development, led by Indianapolis-based Duke Realty Corp.
Owners of Broad Ripple eyesore hire brokers to sell property
Community leaders have tried for years to get the owners to sell or redevelop the mostly vacant building on Broad Ripple's main drag. It was built in 1920 and last updated in 1980.
Kroger’s strategy leaves some Marsh sites in limbo
Since the grocer bought seven former Indianapolis-area Marsh stores last July, it has reopened only a three.
Students’ solution for Lafayette Square: ‘Tear it down, build industrial’
Leaders of a collegiate contest for real estate development elected the struggling west-side shopping center as a case study. The winning entry suggesting wiping the slate clean.
How an Indianapolis family turned Keystone at the Crossing into real estate mecca
The Larmans’ fingerprints are all over Keystone at the Crossing—from The Fashion Mall at Keystone to a recently built $100 million mixed-use development.
Bank of America building first local stand-alone center in Indy push
The bank has staked out the upscale Keystone at the Crossing submarket for a staffed, free-standing addition to its growing local operations.
Nora, developer reach settlement on controversial development
The settlement will allow developer Green Indy LLC to build a revised version of the so-called Alexander at the Crossing project that was initially denied by the Metropolitan Development Commission last year.