Facility Concepts Inc., one the country’s largest commercial furniture makers, plans to move its headquarters and 117 jobs to a $10 million development in AllPoints at Anson by Duke Realty and Browning Investments.
The company, which expects to nearly double its current employee count, began renovations to its facilities in late 2016 and could begin operations this month.
The Boone County town has a population about a quarter the size of neighbor Zionsville, but new single-family housing permits filed for Whitestown have outpaced Zionsville’s since 2014.
A company that sold more than 160,000 trucks last year intends to spend $12.35 million to lease and equip a 283,500-square-foot facility for sending parts across the Midwest.
Traders Point Christian Church has acquired a 104-year-old building at the corner of 12th and Delaware streets and plans to spend $2 million to renovate it.
AmerisourceBergen Drug Corp. plans to have 120 full-time employees at the facility by the end of next year.
Police say Gary Ogle, 69, and Robert Fersch, 68, defrauded customers and subcontractors in Hendricks, Marion, Boone and Hamilton counties of $1.2 million.
A ruling from the Indiana Court of Appeals will allow 622 acres of unincorporated Perry Township to be absorbed into Whitestown after the Indiana Supreme Court declined to hear the case.
House Bill 1386, which would also tweak a 2015 law that deals with regulations for the vaping industry, was passed by Senate 63-30 on Monday.
For years, buildings in what’s known as the town’s “Legacy Core” sat vacant, but that’s slowly starting to change with offices, restaurants and retail shops renovating structures and opening doors for business.
The decision allows Zionsville to remain merged with Perry Township and keep the position of mayor.
Advertisements for traditionally low-wage jobs in hospitality and retail decorate major thoroughfares in the northern suburbs, offering management positions and higher pay as incentives.
The contentious case, which involves whether Zionsville has the authority to reorganize with Perry Township, has been through two courts and now is pending before the Indiana Supreme Court.
Most of the discussion at the hearing centered on whether Zionsville is adjacent to Perry Township, which is required under state law when governing bodies merge.
While businesses consider many factors before choosing where to locate, economic development experts say a community’s openness to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals increasingly is one of them.
Lauren Bailey, 24, the town’s first director of planning, is responsible for envisioning what the fastest-growing community in the state could look like in five to 10 years.
The Whitestown Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to petition the higher court to consider the case. Town attorneys also intend to ask the court to postpone the appellate ruling from taking effect until a final decision is made.
The battle between the two towns over Perry Township has heated up, with Whitestown demanding that Zionsville roll back moves it made in response to an Indiana Court of Appeals decision this week.
A fast-growing city like Fishers can add thousands of new residents in just a few years. But several state funding allocations are based on population numbers the U.S. Census Bureau collects only once a decade, which could grossly underestimate the city’s density.
The Whitestown Town Council will vote Tuesday on whether to appeal the ruling from the Indiana Court of Appeals allowing Zionsville to merge with Perry Township.
