Westfield’s next big bet: $25M downtown plaza
Westfield city leaders are making downtown a priority in 2015, aiming to start work on an urban park with a festival plaza and outdoor stage.
Westfield
Articles
In unusual deal, Westfield sells fiber network for $5M
The city of Westfield and its school district recently exchanged their homegrown network for $5 million in in-kind services. As a result of the agreement, city and school officials will not have to worry about things like paying for Internet service for the next 10 years.
Clay Terrace bakery closes, 3 youth retailers to follow
Paradise Bakery & Café closed its location at Carmel’s Clay Terrace on Tuesday, leading off a mini exodus of retailers from the upscale outdoor mall.
On tap for Grand Park arena: soccer, trade shows and …. beer?
The Westfield City Council is reviewing a pair of proposed subleases that reveal new details about a $25 million indoor soccer arena in the works at Westfield's Grand Park. How much will tenants pay, and who's planning a sports bar?
Municipalities including Westfield join trademark game
Legal brand protection is all but required in the corporate world, where businesses must guard against unauthorized use of the brands they’ve invested time and resources to build. Now, the public sector increasingly is following suit as communities work to establish identities of their own.
Westfield OKs publicly funded facility lease
Westfield’s $45 million-plus bet on youth sports got bigger Monday, when its City Council approved a publicly funded lease to build a $25 million indoor soccer facility at Grand Park.
Westfield weighs public lease for soccer arena
City officials are proposing to pay for the $25 million project at Grand Park Sports Complex through a publicly funded long-term lease.
Cambria hotel in works near Westfield’s Grand Park
A Cleveland-based development group intends to build a $17 million, 150-room Cambria Suites hotel along 186th Street across from Westfield’s burgeoning youth-sports complex.
Environmental contractor plans $2.8M HQ in Westfield
Environmental contractor Thieneman Construction Inc. plans to build a $2.8 million headquarters in Westfield’s Custom Commerce Park, more than doubling its staff there over the next decade.
Investors plan $6M Grand Park Fieldhouse in Westfield
A private investment group led by Fishers entrepreneur Andy Card on Tuesday announced plans to build Grand Park Fieldhouse, a $6 million indoor facility for basketball and volleyball at Westfield’s Grand Park Sports Campus.
Current to add Geist to growing newspaper stable
Current Publishing LLC, a Carmel-based firm which publishes five weekly newspapers covering parts of Hamilton and Boone counties, continues to thrive as the print news industry as a whole lags.
Third specialty grocer eyes 146th Street corridor
The competition among specialty grocers is heating up along 146th Street, where startup Fresh Thyme Farmers Market is planning a store less than two miles from sector stalwarts Whole Foods and The Fresh Market.
Mortgage firm eyes long-vacant Westfield office complex
Once home to the regional headquarters for telecommunications firm GTE, a long-vacant two-building office campus on U.S. 31 in Westfield is slated to get a new tenant.
Mortgage firm to expand to Westfield, add 360 jobs
California-based Carrington Mortgage Services said Thursday it plans to spend $3.2 million to open an office in Westfield. In addition to the new hires, about 180 employees in Fishers would move to the Westfield location.
Ideal owners needed for tricky north-side properties
Size and age complicate the sale of several prominent structures in Boone and Hamilton counties.
Fishers redevelopment draws homegrown Pure Eatery
The owners of Fountain Square’s Pure Eatery are planning to open a second location in downtown Fishers early next year. Plus: Gumbo A Go Go, Wolfies and pizza news.
Plans for long-contentious Westfield corner gain steam
An Indianapolis-based development group is moving forward with plans for a CVS Pharmacy-anchored commercial development at the southeast corner of 161st Street and Spring Mill Road in Westfield.
New Grand Park in Westfield already $6M over budget
The Westfield City Council this month voted 5-1 to lend the project $6 million from a city infrastructure fund, money that the administration said would be repaid through future sponsorship revenue and possible litigation windfalls.
Buckingham reignites plan for Lantern Commons project
Buckingham’s plans for the property at U.S. 31 and 161st Street in Westfield show a mix of retail and residential uses.
Grand Park helps Hamilton County hotels run up score
Hotel business is booming in Hamilton County, with mid-year occupancy up 9 percent from the first half of 2013. Open since March, Westfield’s massive Grand Park Sports Campus has thrown its weight behind the surge.