Three dining options at Buggs Temple are scheduled to open Oct. 19. They include Tavern at the Temple, Buggs Grille
and Cornerstone Coffee House. Staff training is scheduled to begin tomorrow and a health department walk-through is scheduled
for today, said Buggs spokeswoman Amanda Cravens. No open date has been set yet for a Ritter's Frozen Custard also planned
for the historic 1918 Buggs Temple. The building's $3.5-million renovation has dragged on for years, and the developers have
missed several target opening dates.
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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.
Three dining options at Buggs Temple are scheduled to open Oct. 19. They include Tavern at the Temple, Buggs Grille
and Cornerstone Coffee House. Staff training is scheduled to begin tomorrow and a health department walk-through is scheduled
for today, said Buggs spokeswoman Amanda Cravens. No open date has been set yet for a Ritter's Frozen Custard also planned
for the historic 1918 Buggs Temple. The building's $3.5-million renovation has dragged on for years, and the developers have
missed several target opening dates.
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First, the Athenaeum is going to have to get past the hurdle with the Lockerbie residents and the agreement that the parcel would be residential. Second, and in my opinion, this prime piece of property should include parking, PLUS, a black box theater(s), some market rate and affordable artist housing and a plan to renovate and reconfigure the second story theater. I would negotiate to add the DeHaan property surface parking lot into the development mix, place a one story surface parking garage on the DeHaan lot on the street level (for the Dehaan tenants use during the daytime) and add a second story to the garage that would become an addition to the current second story theater and then change the direction of the theater by moving the stage across the alley and on top of the DeHaan lot parking. You can add all the stage elements that are currently missing from the Athenaeum stage to make it more attractive for use by Ballet, Opera and traveling productions. Plus, the theater changes would probably help solve some of the soundproofing issues. Alas,it does not seem to be a part of the strategic plan to conduct a study to determine best use of the property. Seems like the current plan is a quick and easy move that ignores the property best use/potential and any strategic property planning for the effect on future generations.
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I recall that MSA's pilings are still in the ground and hard to remove. It’s not likely any proposal will include significant underground construction/parking because of this. Start adding 2 floors of retail, 8 floors of parking and 5-10 floors of possible hotel, and/or 10-20 floors of residential, and you are at 30 floors already with possible expansion of all the uses. But then again I could be wrong.
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Accoriding to their website there is no deadline to the Do Not Call list. What is this article referring to??
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On what planet are they entitled to this largesse from the stockholders? These people make multi-million dollar salaries: Pay for your own personal travel.
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It matters because they're already paid enormously fat salaries: Pay for your own personal travel. Being "taxed on it" isn't a valid excuse--so what? They're still being gifted a raft of luxury perks from somebody else's money on top of an enormous, lavish salary.
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Thanks for the help in future posts.
Seriously, I hope the establishments do well, but I just have to marvel at the timing. braingirl, I'll be watching for your review. Its not too far from campus, so I might walk over there sometime for lunch, assuming the canal walkways are free from ice. ^_^
You're probably thinking of the old pump house (which is an old brick building with a dark roof, kind of similar looking from a distance). The Buggs Temple is on the oppisite end of the Canal. 11th Street I think.....
Thanks!
The steel framing section is particularly cool.
Does anyone remember what Downtown was like before the Canal development? The area is so much richer for having great options to live, play and eat. Indy's reputation is changing big-time, and Buggs Temple has a piece of that momentum.
(And, no, I'm not being paid to testify. I can just hardly wait to check out Buggs and then work off half a tenderloin with a brisk walk to the steam clock in front of the State Museum.)
I really hope they restock some fish in the canal after the cleaning. Always fun to see them swimming by as your walking. Especially now that you'll actually be able to see them once the thing is cleaned out.
isn't it odd that a new franchise would open at Bugg's Temple? Is it doomed
for a melt down even before it opens?
Mark
http://dig-b.blogspot.com/2007/10/developmentbeer-buggs-temple-first.html
(if that link doesn't show up properly, just click on my name above and scroll down to Friday Oct. 19th)