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Welcome to the archives for NewsTalk, an IBJ blog published from November 2007 through December 2010.
Real estate Blog Posts
Indiana is a bigger Amish state than you think
September 10, 2010
Comments(7)How much longer until even Pennsylvania is eclipsed?
MoreBest real estate agents get severe haircuts
August 30, 2010
Comments(4)One perspective shows top-selling teams working just as hard to sell 27 percent less.
MoreIndiana bombs in rankings of 'new economy' states
August 25, 2010
Comments(8)State has a dire future if Business Facilities' latest lists are any indication.
MoreTwo reasons for optimism about a local housing recovery
August 24, 2010
Comments(6)Pending sales are shooting up this month, and list prices are edging up over the long haul, a broker notes.
MoreStudy calls for restricting development in Indy area
June 29, 2010
Comments(9)Prime farmland is disappearing fast, Indiana University researcher warns.
MoreTime to bring I-69 downtown?
May 28, 2010
Comments(43)Dusting off the original plans to extend the highway from I-465 to downtown would ease congestion. But, oh, the downsides.
MoreRealtor school is crammed with students
April 2, 2010
Comments(3)Renewed popularity might be a sign of spring in the housing business after a long winter.
MoreCenter Township revival in the offing?
March 3, 2010
Comments(10)Finally, a perceptible population spurt. One observer thinks the future is bright.
MoreTag readers come to real estate
March 2, 2010
Comments(2)Soon, you’ll be able to point your smart phone at a code in an advertisement or yard sign, and take a virtual tour of
a house.
MoreReal estate commissions
December 30, 2009
Comment(1)Realtor incomes went down this year despite a miniscule increase in commission rates.
MoreRich flocking to real estate
November 30, 2009
Comments(6)A survey shows wealthy investors are targeting real estate. But what about Indianapolis?
MoreHolding steady on Wawasee
November 10, 2009
Comment(1)Lake Wawasee, the popular northern Indiana getaway for some of the wealthiest people in the Indianapolis area, is doing fairly
well despite the real estate bust.
MoreRating prestigious ZIP codes
November 4, 2009
Comments(6)A top-selling real estate agent pegs 46032 in Carmel and 46240 in Indianapolis as tops.
MoreMarketing a former nerve gas site
October 29, 2009
Comments(2)Will it be harder to attract businesses to the Newport Chemical Depot than to sell a house where a grisly murder took place?
MoreIndy housing market getting some traction
September 30, 2009
Comments(0)The grueling years of the housing downturn in the Indianapolis area appear to be over, a real estate veteran says, but a full
recovery is one to two years away.
MoreAssessing downtown cleanliness
September 9, 2009
Comments(4)Indianapolis' downtown has its strengths. But what are those smells?
MoreMore than Harley-Davidson
August 20, 2009
Comments(3)Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson isn't the only company scouting for places to plunk new operations, a long-time economic
development expert says.
MoreMicro thaw hits custom homes
August 13, 2009
Comment(1)The tiniest of warm breezes is beginning to blow through the custom home business, says one of the regionâ??s
preeminent builders.
R.J. Klein, whose Carmel firm specializes in homes costing as much as $6 million, says one of three projects
that...
MoreThe housing bust has come to this
July 14, 2009
Comments(3)For a peek into just how hard the housing bust has hit the Indianapolis area, look no further than a new
study by the Indiana Business Research Center, an arm of Indiana Universityâ??s Kelley School of Business.
The region,...
MoreHousing gridlock
June 23, 2009
Comments(4)Itâ??s old news that houses arenâ??t selling. But did you realize the situation is so bad that migration
around
the country has all but stopped?
Thatâ??s what Ball State University economist Mike Hicks and a colleague at the Mackinaw Center for...
MoreMass transit potential
April 27, 2009
Comments(13)For an interesting take on how mass transit could help revitalize Indianapolis, see IBJ reporter Chris Oâ??Malleyâ??s
story this week on the topic. Ball State grad students dreamed up several concepts for plunking new rail
stations along existing...
MoreC.P. Morgan aftermath
February 27, 2009
Comments(32)Tract house builder C.P. Morgan officially bites the dust today. Which raises plenty of questions:
--Has anyone else been more influential in the type of housing stock built in the Indianapolis area in the
past decade than Chuck Morgan?...
MoreCheering up the real estate crowd
September 30, 2008
Comment(1)Imagine being asked to speak to a crowd hit by the biggest downturn in its industry in decades, and motivate
them to get back out there and keep selling. Or try to sell.
Thatâ??s what Dan Lappin faces when he speaks...
MoreBurial in a 'green' cemetery
September 24, 2008
Comments(7)A funeral director is planning a â??greenâ?? cemetery west of Bloomington, where plots will be identified
by
small field stones tied to global-positioning coordinates rather than by traditional headstones.
Nathan Butlerâ??s Evergreen Forest Cemetery will look more like a natural landscape...
MoreSigns and the First Amendment
September 17, 2008
Comments(8)The American Civil Liberties Union has taken up the case of a Plainfield man who says a city zoning ordinance
tramples his First Amendment right to free speech.
Plainfield officials told the man, Nick Crews, to take down a...
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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?