May 18, 2013
Scott OlsonThree developers are competing to build a mixed-use project likely to include a parking garage on a surface lot adjacent to
the historic Athenaeum building.
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April 20, 2013
Scott OlsonCity officials will have at least four proposals to consider for redevelopment of a downtown parking lot where Market Square
Arena once stood. Bids are due to the city by April 22.
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March 9, 2013
Cory SchoutenCity officials are working on a deal that could result in a new headquarters and downtown station for the Indianapolis Fire
Department, a fresh user for a vacant former car dealership, and long-awaited groundbreaking on a $43 million apartment and
retail redevelopment on Mass Ave.
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March 7, 2013
Dan Human, Kathleen McLaughlinMayor Greg Ballard, in his annual State of the City speech scheduled for Friday, plans to call for new proposals for the downtown
site that previously was home to Market Square Arena. The city expects the proposals to include a high-rise building with
a major retail component.
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March 1, 2013
The Indianapolis developments include new apartments for seniors, the developmentally disabled and homeless veterans, using
sites such as Fort Harrison and the former Central State grounds.
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February 12, 2013
Tom HartonTwo downtown apartment projects seek critical government approvals in the next month, while another commercial project
is on track to start this year.
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January 19, 2013
Anthony SchoettleLanding a North American Soccer League franchise might be the easiest part of Indianapolis developer Ersal Ozdemir’s
grand plan, which includes building a downtown soccer stadium and surrounding it with retail and residential space.
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January 12, 2013
Cory SchoutenA local developer hopes to build a $20 million apartment and retail project on one of several Old Northside lots once used
by the defunct car dealership Payton Wells.
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January 5, 2013
IBJ StaffOwner of real estate near 16th and Central says grocery chain showed little interest, but Kroger says it still wants property
to make way for new downtown store.
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November 20, 2012
The city will use the funding to establish a Community and Economic Loan Pool to provide financing for economic development
and housing rehabilitation initiatives to benefit people of low and moderate incomes.
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November 20, 2012
Tom HartonThe Re-Development Group Inc. bought a1.6-acre site at New York Street and Highland Avenue last May and will raze three 1960s-era
office/warehouse buildings to make way for home construction in 2013.
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November 13, 2012
Tom HartonInsight Development has begun building an $11.5 million, 61-unit apartment project at Massachusetts Avenue and East and North
streets. But the fate of the second phase is up in the air because its financing had been tied to a project Insight
and Flaherty & Collins Properties had hoped to develop across Mass Ave at the site of the Indianapolis Fire Department
headquarters.
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November 3, 2012
Cory SchoutenIndianapolis last year sold 154 properties from its land bank for $1,000 each to a novice not-for-profit, which immediately
flipped them for a total $500,000 profit. More than a dozen have changed hands multiple times since then, making investors
more than $1 million.
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October 26, 2012
Scott OlsonTrinitas Ventures of West Lafayette plans to break ground next spring on a $20 million student housing project on Indiana
Avenue with 214 units. The developer already has built 253 units on the site.
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October 25, 2012
Cory SchoutenThe most striking feature of a proposed $43-million development along Mass Ave is a Times Square-style electronic screen that
would wrap around the building's corner and rise more than three stories.
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October 6, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinIndianapolis city-county councilors hope expanding the downtown TIF district will mean more jobs for their constituents. Developers,
city contractors and other firms benefiting from the expanded economic-development zone must try to ensure that 40 percent
of their work force comes from within the expanded TIF area.
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September 11, 2012
Tom HartonEnglewood Development has under contract the former Shirley Engraving property at 460 Virginia Ave., where it plans up to
50 apartments, about 5,000 square feet of retail space and an underground parking garage.
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September 4, 2012
Cory SchoutenAn affiliate of the Steak n Shake restaurant chain has agreed to pay $3.8 million to acquire downtown's Ober Building
from the Capital Improvement Board of Marion County. The restaurant chain likely will move its headquarters to the 1910 building.
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August 18, 2012
Cory SchoutenTwo local buyers are angling to revitalize a century-old, 15-story downtown landmark that has confounded redevelopment attempts
since its last tenants departed in the late 1990s. Ambrose Property Group and The Whitsett Group hope to transform the Consolidated
Building into 98 apartments with first-floor retail or restaurant space.
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August 11, 2012
Ellen Kobe
City Market officials are giving public tours of the catacombs beneath the marketplace, in the hope that someone
will be interested in transforming the 20,000-square-foot space into a restaurant or event venue.
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August 9, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinAt least six reputable developers, both local and national, have toured the former General Motors plant near downtown Indianapolis
since it closed last year, according to an official trying to market the property. Of those, two are taking a serious look.
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August 9, 2012
The Metropolitan Development Commission's plat committee has given local developer Flaherty & Collins Properties the go-ahead
to include two upper-level pedestrian connectors in its plan to build a five-story parking garage downtown. The garage is
part of a larger, $85 million development.
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August 6, 2012
Scott OlsonThe developer of a five-story parking garage downtown is seeking city approval to build two upper-level pedestrian connectors
to offer easier access to the garage, especially for employees of nearby OneAmerica Financial Partners Inc.
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August 4, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinRedevelopment of the Massachusetts Avenue fire station could remain in limbo for the foreseeable future, as Mayor Greg Ballard
and council Democrats enter a standoff over tax increment financing districts.
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August 4, 2012
Dan HumanSherry Seiwert, former executive director of the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority, begins Aug. 6 as president
of Indianapolis Downtown Inc., the group that charges itself with developing, maintaining and promoting the heart of the city.
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"And the success of the Indiana GOP to not allow an expansion of Medicaid had nothing to do with Indiana hospitals' financial woes? Fixed that for you; editorial bias rebalanced. Seriously, there are so many things wrong with Obamacare that the only way one can view it as a success is to assume that it was designed to fail our way into a government single payor healthcare system. The system is complex, creates huge regulatory burdens and overhead and yet still does not have adequate means to control escalating health care costs. But then when you elect a 10th grade math drop out with no quantitative reasoning skills to be President of one of the world's most important economies in troubled times, you can't really be surprised by blatant stupidity.
No NIMBYs here to chase off a decent development. We don't need tons of parking and we'd happily play the role of host to a downtown Whole Foods.
Whatever you do, don't change a single thing about Broad Ripple. I want it to look just like it did in the late '70s, with 30% of the north side of Broad Ripple Avenue burned out and plenty of places to park. That's right Broad Ripple, NEVER CHANGE. Let the world pass you by, don't improve your empty, abandoned lots full of weeds. Someday someone will want to film a zombie movie here.
Hollywood could step in and make a movie about the history about this forlorn series. It could be a full celebrity cast of characters. WOW. http://www.advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2013/02/indiana-taxpayers-forced-to-pay-for.html
This shouldn't come as a shock to many. Austin is a great city, and Indy needs to take some notes. Austin invests in decent transit options, has a highly educated workforce, embraces a creative class, and --despite being the state capital-- is not micromanaged by rural and suburban legislators. Want Indy to grow? Invest in the city (i.e. spend money). Raise taxes a bit, and use the money to improve education. And keep the state legislature out of Indy the other 9 months of the year.