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Welcome to Property Lines, Indy's source for neighborhood real estate news. Your host is Scott Olson, IBJ's real estate beat
reporter. Edited by Cory Schouten.
Politics & Government Blog Posts
Restoration work begins for Old Northside landmark
March 1, 2010
Comments(4)Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana has taken over the Romanesque Revival former church known as Old Centrum along Central
Avenue at 12th Street.
MoreCity Market proposals: Microbrewery, bicycle hub, agriculture showcase
January 18, 2010
Comments(26)Six groups are vying to lead a redevelopment effort for the struggling Indianapolis City Market. Check out summaries of each
of the proposals.
MoreDeveloper plans expansion of Riley Towers apartments
January 12, 2010
Comments(15)The owner of downtown's Riley Towers apartments is working on plans for a 5-story expansion at 225 E. North St. that would
add 54 apartment units and more than 4,000 square feet of retail space.
MorePlanners recommend denial of IBJ variable-message sign
November 30, 2009
Comments(19)The city's planning staff is recommending denial of an electronic message screen proposed as part of a new sign for IBJ Media
Corp., the parent company of Indianapolis Business Journal.
MoreBush Stadium is now a dumping ground for clunkers
November 10, 2009
Comments(9)An auto salvage company is paying the city $2,000 per month to use the outfield of Bush Stadium to store vehicles collected
under the Cash for Clunkers program.
MoreGroup plans to auction relics of downtown architecture
November 4, 2009
Comments(6)The city has agreed to hand over architectural artifacts from a landmark downtown building to a historic preservation group.
IBJ Media seeking approval for new projecting sign
November 2, 2009
Comments(7)The parent company of IBJ has filed plans to add a new sign with an electronic-message component outside the newspaper's headquarters
at 41 E. Washington St.
MoreHistoric namesake for German Church Road facing demolition
October 29, 2009
Comments(16)Historic preservation groups are fighting to save a 1914 church at the northeast corner of Washington Street and German Church
Road in Cumberland. The congregation of St. John United Church of Christ has been working on plans to build a new church on
Carroll Road and struck a deal to sell the old one to a developer. The plans are rumored to include demolition
to make way for a CVS store.
MoreTrustee seeks bids for former Fall Creek YMCA branch
October 28, 2009
Comments(3)The owner of the vacant former Fall Creek YMCA along West 10th Street is seeking bidders interested in tearing down and redeveloping
the prime 2-acre site at 860 W. 10th St.
MoreEfforts target blight on 16th
October 13, 2009
Comments(9)A stretch of 16th Street could see new life as the Indianapolis Housing Agency plans to redevelop a troubled low-income housing
project and Kroger revives efforts to acquire land and plan a new supermarket to replace a cramped, old-format location.
MoreDeveloper plans student housing along canal
September 25, 2009
Comments(23)A local developer has filed plans to build a new apartment complex designed for college students a few blocks east of the
Central Canal.
MoreDevelopment slow around Lucas Oil Stadium
September 24, 2009
Comments(7)The hoped-for rush of new development around Lucas Oil Stadium has not materialized.
MoreAround town roundup
September 9, 2009
Comments(2)Find out about a new Latin market and tapas bar, plans to renovate the Apple Store and post office closings.
MoreFountain Square getting a new fountain
September 4, 2009
Comments(6)Fountain Square is getting a new fountain in a project that's been in the works for more than a decade.
MorePlans emerge for old Winona
August 14, 2009
Comments(13)A few weeks back, IBJ reported on early proposals for the vacant former Winona Memorial Hospital. The five-story property
is saddled with about $2 million in unpaid taxes and soon will become public property. So far, two groups have stepped up
with ideas...
MoreCity wins in digital billboard bout
July 29, 2009
Comments(29)A Superior Court judge has sided with the Metropolitan Development Commission in a dispute over digital billboards.
Outdoor advertising giant Lamar had sought a summary...
MorePrivatize parking meters?
July 20, 2009
Comments(0)City officials are considering several proposals to modernize and even privatize the city's roughly 4,000 parking
meters to squeeze out more revenue.
MoreWeigh in on the new Wishard
July 17, 2009
Comments(44)Check out this early rendering of a proposed replacement for Wishard Hospital. The $754-million project calls
for 11 stories and about 1.2 million square feet of space. It would be built just west of the current
hospital, next to the...
MorePrivatize parking meters?
July 13, 2009
Comments(37)City officials are considering several proposals to modernize and even privatize the city's roughly 4,000
parking meters to squeeze out more revenue.
MoreTouring the JW Marriott complex
May 12, 2009
Comments(26)The developers of the new JW Marriott hotel complex gave photographer Robin Jerstad and me a tour of the
$425 million project earlier this month....
MoreWestfield plans sports complex
April 23, 2009
Comments(24)The mayor of Westfield hopes to build a youth sports complex with a 4,000-seat multipurpose outdoor stadium,
indoor sports facilities and fields for baseball, soccer,...
MoreFort Ben reuse marches on
April 21, 2009
Comments(13)The Fort Harrison Reuse Authority is preparing to break ground on a massive infrastructure project that will
lay the groundwork for the master-planned Lawrence...
MoreJW Marriott taking shape
March 5, 2009
Comments(33)The new 1,000-room JW Marriott convention hotel is rising fast at West and Washington streets in anticipation
of a grand opening in March 2010. The $425-million complex also calls for a Courtyard by Marriott, SpringHill
Suites and a Fairfield Inn...
MoreGroup reconsiders demo request
February 18, 2009
Comments(25)The Salvation Army is rethinking a request to demolish an historic home it owns next to its headquarters
at Michigan and Alabama streets. The not-for-profit...
MoreA new anchor for Fall Creek Place?
February 2, 2009
Comments(27)Check out this rendering of plans for the vacant northeast corner of 22nd and Delaware streets. The two-story
project would be built to...
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The basic idea of nice apartments with parking and retail is a good one, but this design seems overwhelmingly big/tall for Broad Ripple. The size could be disguised a bit with lots of big trees/landscaping, but the complex is too massive to blend in easily. That section of canal between College and Westfield will also need to be upgraded on both sides. Nice apartments facing onto a nice promenade with shade trees/plantings could bring together the canal towpath/Monon recreation, the outdoor seating at existing restaurants, and this project into something that upgrades the whole area. A plan for the whole stretch makes more sense than facing nice new housing onto what looks like a ditch. Is there a plan? Does the public have input? Who pays? The apartment idea seems to be reasonable, but Whole Foods is not a good idea for appropriate retail. Besides the store being physically too big, there are already Fresh Market at 54xCollege and Whole Foods in Nora for fancy groceries. Good Earth and Kroger are within walking distance of the Shell site. There are at least 7 grocery stores within a safe bike ride. Whole Foods would add nothing but traffic congestion. This design is on the right track, but there needs to be more work done to ensure that it blends in with and enhances the existing community. A project that large will set a tone for that whole part of town. It could be a real asset, but only if done right.
I did not move to Zionsville to live in Carmel. This and the subsequent developments to follow will ensure a vanilla uniformity of strip malls and apartment buildings as we seek to bring our town down to the least common denominator. We were warned before recent elections that pro-development council members would make sure their friends (landowners and developers) would be able to make their millions off of the exploitation of Zionsville. Why in God's name would we sell out the best preserved small town in the State of Indiana?