March 26, 2009
New headquarters and museum planned: Workers are renovating space in Claypool Court for a new Drum Corps
International headquarters and a museum for the Percussive Arts Society. The not-for-profit DCI plans to take...
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March 23, 2009
The owners of two vacant buildings and a fenced lot along Washington Street downtown aren’t giving up on
redevelopment even after their plans for a...
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March 11, 2009
Wrecking crews this week tore down the Best Rentals building at 123 N. New Jersey St. The most recent plans
for the space, revealed to city planners...
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March 9, 2009
The West Coast fast-food stalwart Jack in the Box is looking to expand to Indianapolis this year. The San
Diego-based burger chain plans...
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March 3, 2009
An iconic flatiron building on Massachusetts Avenue downtown has a new owner nearly three years after the
property first went on the market, IBJ's Chip Cutter reports...
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February 10, 2009
A new restaurant called Stanley's New York Deli plans to open Feb. 28 at the corner of 86th Street and
Ditch Road. Owner Greg Abes named the 3,800-square-foot deli for his father...
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January 20, 2009
A hip frozen yogurt chain with a foothold in California and New York is getting ready to stake a claim
in Broad Ripple. Red Mango has filed...
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January 9, 2009
Scholar's Inn Bakehouse has closed its cafe at the corner of College and Broad Ripple avenues. The locally
based chain still is operating...
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January 7, 2009
The restaurant, bar and concert venue Music Mill plans to shut down next month after a four-year run at
3720 E. 82nd St. near the Fashion Mall...
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December 30, 2008
Looks like the Taste of Tango will get off the ground after all. Workers yesterday installed a black awning
on the building's brown facade (fashion...
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December 22, 2008
Noodles & Co. plans to open in the long-vacant former home of Hard Times Cafe, which is just west of Houlihan's
and Steak n Shake on Maryland Street. The Colorado-based chain...
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December 15, 2008
In a move that probably won't surprise anyone who tried the food, J. Gumbo's is closing after a six-month
run on the first floor of the Hampton...
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November 25, 2008
The Hot Box pizza chain has reached a deal with a pair of veteran local restaurateurs to open two new
locations in Carmel. The first, scheduled to open in January, will...
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November 18, 2008
A Dallas-based sandwich chain plans to open up to 10 locations in central Indiana in the next several years,
IBJ's Chip Cutter reports. Local franchisee Darcie Mueting is scoping out real estate...
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November 11, 2008
Several retail nuggets to peruse today:
Reis-Nichols plans to add 2,000 square feet to its Greenwood store by taking over the former Steve's Flowers
& Gifts space. The $500,000 project is slated to...
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October 10, 2008
A popular northside wine bar will close at the end of October to move to a smaller space behind Castleton
Square Mall. D'vine a wine bar moved from Woodfield Crossing...
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October 2, 2008
A $60 million project slated for South Street between Meridian and Pennsylvania streets is on hold until
credit markets return to some semblance of normal, the developer...
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September 30, 2008
Loads of retail news to report today:
UPDATE: The Taste of Tango restaurant may be back on track. A sign on the door says the restaurant is
"coming soon" and "now hiring." Old...
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September 15, 2008
The owners of downtown's new BW3 and city planners have reached agreement on a new design. Changes shown
in the rendering below include new lighting fixtures and removal of yellow "highlights" behind them, along
with removal of black-and-white checkers on...
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September 11, 2008
A California chain called Jody Maroni's Sausage Kingdom plans to open a new store in Circle Centre Mall.
The restaurant calls itself "Home of the Haut Dog" and serves gourmet...
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September 9, 2008
Tavern at the Temple restaurant at 11th Street and the Central Canal in Buggs Temple will close for good
on Wednesday. Creation Cafe, a casual restaurant and...
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September 3, 2008
The back-and-forth continues between city planners and the developer of a new Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant
along Washington Street downtown. Franchise owner Pete Watson has offered to tone down the facade a bit,
offering this picture:
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August 20, 2008
Buffalo Wild Wings has responded to the city's beef with its Washington Street façade by submitting a new
plan showing the exact design it already constructed. The...
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August 14, 2008
Indy is becoming a hotbed for chain stir-fry restaurants. A popular player, Flat Top Grill, has signed a
letter of intent with developer Kite Realty Group Trust to open a new...
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August 5, 2008
Kite Realty Group Trust remains mum on its plans for the Rivers Edge shopping center just east of Clearwater
Crossing, even in an application for rezoning filed this month. Kite...
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.