October 20, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinMarion County is granting Simon Property Group Inc. a $2.4 million refund, after a tax review board cut the value of Lafayette
Square Mall and Washington Square Mall roughly in half.
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June 27, 2012
Mason King
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Big Car arts collective is shifting into a higher gear, with a budget this year of $250,000, a new westside events hub, and
a paid staff that no longer fits into a sedan. Executive Director Jim Walker provides a front-seat view.
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March 29, 2012
Scott OlsonAmerica's Incredible Pizza Co. shut down on Sunday, leaving a 75,000-square-foot vacancy in the struggling shopping center
on Indianapolis' west side.
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December 23, 2011
Local police were called to two Indianapolis malls to control crowds waiting to purchase the newest generation of Air Jordan
basketball shoe. Similar incidents have been reported nationwide.
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September 24, 2011
IBJ StaffMary Chalmers, a neighborhood liaison for the city, will leave that post to lead the effort to improve the area near 38th
Street and Lafayette Road.
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March 12, 2011
Lou HarrySecond in a month-long series of numeric restaurant reviews. This week: 3 in 1 Restaurant on the west side.
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June 9, 2010
Springfield, Mo.-based America's Incredible Pizza Company is negotiating to purchase Xscape and could have a deal finalized
as soon as Wednesday.
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June 1, 2010
Tom HartonA $20 million improvement of West 38th Street between Guion and High School roads that is set to begin next month is the first
in a series of initiatives that stakeholders hope will revive the real estate fortunes of the area anchored by Lafayette Square
Mall.
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January 8, 2009
Scott OlsonMacy's decision to close its store at Lafayette Square could deal a devastating
blow to a mall already reeling from the loss of other major tenants.
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December 1, 2008
Chip CutterThe demise of apparel retailer Steve and Barry's University Sportswear deals another blow to efforts to turn around the ailing
Lafayette Square Mall.
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May 26, 2008
Cory SchoutenLafayette Square Mall could look a lot like the revitalized Glendale Town Center in a few years if the mall's new owners get
their way. A proposed site plan shows that New York-based Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. doesn't intend to settle for filling
the mall's ample vacant space.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.