May 8, 2013
Scott OlsonThe downtown mall last year saw its sales per square foot increase to $354, a 5.3-percent increase from 2011, according to
an annual operating report it provides to the city. But non-anchor occupancy slipped below 90 percent.
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March 13, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinAs local activists push for stronger steps to curb disruptive gatherings by teenagers at local shopping malls, Simon Property
Group is standing by a corporate policy against restricting access to its properties.
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November 17, 2012
Cory SchoutenConstruction could begin soon in the former home of Nordstrom at Circle Centre mall, but the project does not signal an end
to the mall’s limbo following the 2011 departure of its marquee anchor.
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June 30, 2012
Cory SchoutenWithout a rapid-fire lease deal and renovation, the former Nordstrom anchor space at Circle Centre will sit idle for a second
holiday season. The more general-audience-oriented department store chain Macy’s remains the odds-on favorite to replace
Nordstrom, though it would take only a portion of the available space.
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January 30, 2012
Scott OlsonLandlord Circle Centre Mall LLC is suing the restaurant over $77,275.24 in unpaid rent, according to court documents. Circle
Centre also sued Bella Vita in June 2010 over $96,523.23 in overdue rent.
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December 3, 2011
Cory Schouten
New stories have debuted at malls across the Indianapolis area. Many are pop-up shops eager to capitalize on holiday shoppers
and the Super Bowl crowds.
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September 26, 2011
An attorney for the downtown Indianapolis mall has filed to dismiss the complaint, saying the two sides have resolved the
dispute through an out-of-court settlement.
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September 24, 2011
Cory SchoutenAs many as four large restaurants could open in the first floor of the former Nordstrom at Circle Centre mall under a plan
floated by mall manager Simon Property Group Inc.
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August 29, 2011
Scott OlsonA lawsuit filed by the downtown Indianapolis mall accuses Cinnaworks LLC, a franchisee of Cinnabon, of failing to pay its
$6,751-per-month rent.
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August 2, 2011
Scott OlsonThe massive space in Circle Centre mall vacated by high-end retailer Nordstrom could be used to host corporate events surrounding
the big game.
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June 4, 2011
Greg AndrewsNordstrom occupies a staggering 210,000 square feet spread across three floors—60 percent more space than the Seattle-based
chain occupies at the Fashion Mall at Keystone and likely more than any single retailer would be willing to lease.
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May 28, 2011
Cory SchoutenAnchor store Carson Pirie Scott negotiated a new lease in January, giving the downtown mall added stability at a key time.
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May 26, 2011
Scott OlsonCompany President Erik Nordstrom said sales have fallen by half at the Circle Centre mall store since Nordstrom opened a Keystone
Crossing location in 2008. The downtown store will close July 31.
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May 26, 2011
Cory SchoutenNordstrom plans to close its store at Circle Centre mall, dealing a substantial setback for downtown. The Seattle-based chain
was scheduled to announce the closure to employees at a mandatory staff meeting Thursday morning, a person familiar with the
plans told IBJ.
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October 23, 2010
IBJ StaffWichita, Kan.-based Opry GlowGolf LLC, which operates 20 similar courses around the country, took 6,500 square feet just up
the escalator from the food court.
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June 26, 2010
IBJ StaffCity government brought Circle Centre into this world. It makes sense, then, that city government is involved in positioning
it for the future.
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June 19, 2010
Cory SchoutenDeals for both Nordstrom and Carson Pirie Scott are up for renewal in the coming months.
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June 11, 2010
Peter SchnitzlerItalian restaurant that took over high-profile mall space in January is being sued by the landlord for $96,523.23.
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April 20, 2010
Texas-based Tilt Family Entertainment acquires GameWorks chain, which closed last month, leaving gaping hole on fourth floor
of mall.
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April 1, 2010
Scott OlsonDeparture of GameWorks arcade leaves another 27,000 square feet of vacant space on the mall's fourth floor, which has struggled
for years to
keep tenants.
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December 8, 2009
Scott OlsonAn Italian restaurant whose owner has ties to embattled local businessman Tim Durham is poised to take the first-floor
space in Circle Centre mall formerly occupied by Bertolini’s.
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August 29, 2009
Anthony SchoettleWhen Brett Favre signed with the Minnesota Vikings Aug. 18, cheers could be heard at MainGate Inc.’s 7900 Rockville
Road headquarters. Predictably, Favre jerseys went flying off the shelves—about 6,000 in the first 72 hours—and
MainGate gets to keep a portion of those sales. The Vikings are one of six teams the Indianapolis-based merchandising
specialist has signed deals with in 2-1/2 years, making MainGate one of the biggest retail players in the goliath of professional
sports leagues.
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February 16, 2009
Cory SchoutenA group of mostly local companies that made big investments to help launch Circle Centre mall soon could be asked to write
off a portion of profits they agreed to redirect into the construction of Conseco Fieldhouse.
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January 26, 2009
Greg AndrewsThe shopping mall business is fragile these days, with the recession sapping consumer spending as well as retailers' demand
for space. So how is Circle Centre, the centerpiece of downtown Indianapolis' 1990s revival, holding up? OK for now, it seems.
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November 10, 2008
Chris KatterjohnThe development of shopping, restaurants, museums, public arts and hotels downtown in the past 25 years has made Indianapolis
a vibrant, more interesting place to liveand to visit.
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These higher rates Co. e about only because physicians are now hospital employees. otherwise physicians couldn't charge these rates and share the windfall with the hospital. Community/rural hospitals probably not buying physicians practices and thus weren't getting the windfall anyway.
The incentive for poor people to get themselves off public assistance and "no longer be poor" is even with help...they're STILL POOR! Being poor, even with some assistance, isn't all that pleasant. (I speak from experience) It's a stubborn myth that poor people, who are on public assistance, are sitting in the lap of luxury. You should try living on just those "freebies" that you mentioned and see how meager they actually are. By the way, I didn't mean you had to buy/own a puppy...just pet one. :)
As near as I can tell the minority has ZERO constitutional obligation to offer a quorum to the majority. A requirement for quorum was inserted into the constitution so that tyrannical majorities could not simply shove through odious and objectionable legislation (which is exactly what they did.) By allowing a tyrannical majority to charge fines against the minority for exercising their constitutional prerogative to deny quorum the court as made a mockery of constitutional governance in the state of Indiana.
The voters elected the Reps to make a vote not walk out on the vote. They had to the right to exercise their opinion and vote "no" to the bill. Let me ask you this if you walked out of your job for 5 straight weeks would you get paid? Would you even have a job to go back to? If any elected official walks out on the people they should be arrested for stealing tax dollars from the public. They were elected to do a job and not leave when the job gets stuff.
I have been to several of their locations in Pennsylvania and always go in for 1 item and leave with a basket full of things. I'm very happy they decided on Indiana, now if only they would put the other store in eastside.