The city is looking for a new tenant for the former Broad Ripple Monon rail station at
901 East 64th St. The building served the railroad line until 1959 and became the Whistle Stop Sausage House in the 1960s.
Most recently, it was the Whistle Stop Deli. Property records show it was built in 1907. City officials will conduct a site
tour with potential bidders at 10 a.m. Nov. 12. Bids are due by Nov. 24. What would you like to see here? (Photo/Kiel Kinnaman
via Flickr)
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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.
The city is looking for a new tenant for the former Broad Ripple Monon rail station at
901 East 64th St. The building served the railroad line until 1959 and became the Whistle Stop Sausage House in the 1960s.
Most recently, it was the Whistle Stop Deli. Property records show it was built in 1907. City officials will conduct a site
tour with potential bidders at 10 a.m. Nov. 12. Bids are due by Nov. 24. What would you like to see here? (Photo/Kiel Kinnaman
via Flickr)
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Esther, Indy has passed Chicago in the local government corruption arena. Don't downgrade us. We're No. 1 in the Midwest.
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Does the buyer get to keep the recent Accu-Chek J.D. Power award? Be careful, those Swiss cannot be trusted. Last June they pimped Mayor Ballard and former Governor Daniels at a media op, announcing plans to invest "$300 million at its Indianapolis headquarters, creating up to 100 new jobs by 2017," only to turn around and close the Roche Nutley, NJ facility and eliminate 1000 jobs there later the same week. It seems that healthcare can be innovated only as long as money is to be made. Right now Roche seems to have big eyes for China: there are many Chinese in China and potential billions in Swiss francs! Since Roche is having difficulty with US insurance companies swallowing the bill for overpriced cancer drugs (with debatable efficacy) why not sell insurance to the Chinese and market the drugs to them there? There is a name for these sort of business practices however proper decorum precludes it use in this forum.
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Same kind of Luddites who oppose I-69. Guessing their 501(c)(4) application probably sailed right through the IRS.
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:lol:
It's a nice little shop with good visibility. Barring a retail use, I think it would make a nice professional office for a former DMD / IHPC reviewer turned architect turned attorney. :)
(ducking)
So, I'd say, refreshments and gatoraide. I've noticed that when I biked from downtown to 86th street, I ended up at the grocery store. Now that's closed, and I can't really find an easy alternative that has decent hours right off the monon.
I can't think of anything else. you have a running shop, a bike store, and an outdoor supply all within that area.
PIER ONE!!!
STARBUCKS!!!
Something to give the neighborhood some character.
Perhaps, make it the northern headquarters for the Property Line Media Group.
At the time, the Broad Ripple Historical Society was meeting every Saturday a.m. to share stories of times gone by. Then Jerry Kosene wanted to built condos and Joyce Sommers agreed that it would be a good idea.
A lot of local folks wanted their councilman, Jim Bradford, to vote against it. Jim Bradford let them down. People stopped eating at his establishment.
The Baskin Robbins or Gelato idea is a good one but let's try and think locally for the place.
How's about Ice Cream from Nicole Anderson at H2O Sushi? She did it last year at the B Ripple farmers market and I think that she had great success. Maybe she could do sandwiches as well as the other treats that were available at the market as well last year. She didn't do the market this year though. Just a thought.
Yeah, its all Jim Bradford's fault for his voting not your way. :lol: Maybe the concelt just didn;t work, you would have to ask him.
As I said before, the place needs a big overhaul. Ice Cream, Deli, etc MIGHT work, depends on what the city wants rent wise. Not many restaurants are doing well these days, so I wouldn't think any local mom & pops would have the cash to expand in todays economy.
Maybe we can move the clown (Ballard) in there and we can all watch him scratch himself all day trying to figure out how to run this city into the ground. :lol:
(note to berwick guy: sarcasm at work)
I would love to see the City authorize a larger deck that wraps around the South end. That would triple the square footage 8-9 months per year without significantly increasing the operatinal expenses and that might make the space more attractive to a retail user. Bub's Burgers South anyone?
Chocolate. Fudge. Burgers. Ice Cream. Candy.
I think the most successful approach would be to bring over an established business (Rene's, Boogie's, etc.) - a base of established customers wiould help make this location more successful than trying to start from the ground up.
Outright name calling is not sarcasm. You need to rise about your tendencies.
It might be a good idea to put the Deputy Mayor's office there.
He could preside over Peace in the Streets from there. Do a daily revival right out on the deck. Can I have an amen?