Residential Real Estate

Veteran custom homebuilder taking prefabs downtownRestricted Content

June 15, 2013
Scott Olson
Ursula David is out to dispel the perception that modular homes are little more than glorified double-wides. David, who started Ursula David Homes 20 years ago, is concentrating on a new project, Indy Mod Homes, and is targeting an unlikely place for the prefabs—the urban core.
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Governments helped fuel nursing-facility developer's riseRestricted Content

June 15, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlin
Carmel-based Mainstreet Property Group has built 13 nursing homes in Indiana and Illinois since 2008. Six of the dozen Indiana properties benefited from municipal-backed credit or tax breaks, and a seventh received a reduced-impact fee. Mainstreet also received $345,000 in state economic incentives.
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City won't take back suspect properties sold by Land Bank

June 14, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlin
The city of Indianapolis won't try to take back properties that were sold by its Indy Land Bank to suspect not-for-profits or to Naptown Housing Group LLC, in which former land bank director Reggie Walton is alleged to be a silent partner.
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Out-of-state developer pitches $75M Carmel project

June 11, 2013
Andrea Muirragui Davis
Baltimore-based Atapco Properties wants to redevelop 34 acres of land at Carmel Drive and Guilford Road, converting a portion of the commercial property to residential use with hundreds of apartments.
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Homebuilders extend streak with 23-percent surge in permits

June 11, 2013
 IBJ Staff
Single-family building permits rose 23 percent in the nine-county Indianapolis area in May, the 11th straight month of year-over-year increases.
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Bank gives Indy $1.4M to settle discrimination complaint

June 7, 2013
Associated Press
The settlement results from a complaint that alleged Wells Fargo's properties in white neighborhoods were much better maintained and marketed than properties in minority areas.
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Fraud victim says he was duped twice over land bank house

June 6, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlin
Joseph Satterfield says he paid twice for his residence at 624 Congress Ave., but he still doesn’t have his hands on the deed to the house that was held by the Indy Land Bank.
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Buckingham set to redevelop Carmel shopping center

June 4, 2013
Scott Olson
The Carmel Marketplace on East Carmel Drive is directly south of the Mohawk Hills apartment complex, which Buckingham hopes to start redeveloping as part of its long-awaited Gramercy project late this year.
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Apartment business good in IU's hometown

May 28, 2013
Associated Press
Bloomington's average apartment rent was $892 last year, up nearly $60 in two years.
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Homebuilder focuses on 'pocket' communities near Carmel attractionsRestricted Content

May 25, 2013
Andrea Muirragui Davis
Two Carmel natives operate Old Town Design, which is building small neighborhoods of new Craftsman-style homes in and near downtown Carmel's old neighborhoods.
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Broad Ripple project takes heat at Village meeting

May 24, 2013
 IBJ Staff
Jeering and catcalls greeted officials from Browning Investments, which has proposed the $18 million residential and retail development along the Central Canal.
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Pittman pitches $90M mixed-use project for Zionsville

May 22, 2013
Andrea Muirragui Davis
One of the highest-profile tracts of undeveloped land in Zionsville could be transformed into a commercial and residential hub if Pittman Partners' 62-acre project gets the town’s blessing.
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Kessler Mansion neighbors balk at business uses

May 15, 2013
Dan Human
An Indianapolis City-County Councilor is looking into the possibility of zoning violations at the massive north-side property. The mansion will host a camp for entrepreneurs in June.
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Nancy Irsay puts party pavilion, home on market for $3.7M

May 14, 2013
Scott Olson
Dozens of small charities have used the pavilion in south Carmel to host events, paying far below market rates.
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Area homes sell at faster clip

May 13, 2013
Purchase agreements for existing homes in the Indianapolis area increased 13.2 percent in April. Home sales have jumped in each of the first four months of the year.
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Scam artist receives 34 years for home-sale scheme

May 10, 2013
 IBJ Staff
Shela Amos, 57, led victims in Indianapolis to believe they were legitimately purchasing vacant homes that Amos did not actually own.
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Area homebuilding permit filings surge 41 percent

May 9, 2013
 IBJ Staff
Single-family building permits filed in the nine-county Indianapolis area rose again in April, the 10th straight month of year-over-year increases.
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City code enforcement rethinks rental housing strategy

May 9, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlin
Indianapolis is reconsidering plans for cracking down on negligent landlords through a rental-housing registry after the Legislature enacted a one-year moratorium on new fees.
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Browning exec Dye joining The Whitsett Group

May 7, 2013
Scott Olson
Dennis Dye will become a partner at Whitsett, a prolific developer of affordable housing. He has served two stints at Browning totaling about 20 years.
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Stadium Lofts apartment project nears opening dayRestricted Content

May 4, 2013
Scott Olson
The unusual nature of the redevelopment and its location are driving strong leasing activity.
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Indiana foreclosure prevention program expanding

April 17, 2013
Associated Press
State officials estimate that about 10,000 Indiana homeowners will get help in making their mortgage payments under an expansion of a federally funded foreclosure prevention program.
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Construction begins on $16M downtown apartment project

April 16, 2013
Scott Olson
The property at 800 N. Capitol Ave. is receiving a total rehab from two local developers that are retrofitting the building with 111 apartments.
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Growth in area home sales hits March slowdown

April 12, 2013
The 1.2-percent improvement last month followed healthier jumps of 17.2 percent in January and 8.1 percent in February.
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Area homebuilding permits jump 10 percent

April 10, 2013
 IBJ Staff
Single-family building permits filed in the nine-county Indianapolis area rose again in March, the ninth straight month of year-over-year increases.
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Existing-home sales market surging 15 percent across Indiana

April 9, 2013
Associated Press
The housing market has spiked so much in some places that real estate agents are turning to Facebook and going door-to-door looking for prospective sellers because of a shortage of houses for sale.
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