A developer is planning a 3,200-square-foot, two-tenant retail building at 2181 N. Meridian St.
in another small sign of progress for the uptown corridor. The vacant .68-acre parcel sits at the southeast corner of Meridian
and 22nd streets. Plans by SRT Holdings of Kentucky call for a one-story retail building with a Subway restaurant and another,
unnamed tenant. The other three corners of the intersection have retail buildings, including the Balboa’s sub shop at the
northwest corner. The plans call for the structure to be built up to the sidewalk along Meridian but set back from 22nd to
allow for a drive-through. Other recent developments in the area include Bonjour Cafe & Bakery at 24th and Meridian and the
Meridian at 21 residential project about a block south.
UPDATE: I'm told the developer has revised the site design, at the planning department's request, to move the building up to the corner. The building design also is being revised to include brick on all four sides up to the top of the windows.
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Finally, by eliminating the drive-thru, the project could be truely urban and built to the ROW of 22nd Street too. This is a corner lot and should not turn its back on any of the ROW's.
Bad planning!
Not great, but better than nothing. We'll take it for now, but within 3 years Subway will close, the EIFS will crack and fall apart, and we'll have another ugly abandoned suburban building on the most important urban corridor in the state.
With the re-tenanting of the WFYI and Grain Dealers buildings, and Crawford's closing, there are a lot more hungry people in the area than ever before. I think Subway will do fine.
It's a big improvement over the last thing on the site, a Mickey's Beeper King location in a former Roselyn Bakery building.
BTW, F- and detention to whoever approved the CVS across from the Walgreen's on 16th and Meridian.
Despite all the new housing on and adjacent to this stretch of Meridian, I've been disappointed to see the lack of spin-off. I hope this is a start.
Glad it includes a nod to urbanism. Maybe it's not full-blown....but at least it's a whiff
This location is called out for village mixed use, which is lower density than urban mixed use or urban core. The best VMU example is Broad Ripple Ave., which is mostly 1-story buildings with some surface parking to sides and behind buildings.
Also, check Indianapolis' parking requirements for 3200 square feet of C-4 commercial, as well as its setback/landscape buffer requirements, dumpster regulations, clear-sight-triangle requirements, drive-aisle requirements, etc.
It is a shame that the Subway building will not be built of more substantial materials.
As an example, the building that houses the Tea’s Me café on 22nd St. was built with solid brick and house living units on the second floor. There is no drive through and the parking is at least screened behind the building.
I went to Naisa Cafe today for lunch. It was great. Their quality is just as good as Siam Square's. Only time will tell if they'll be able to produce good meals consistently like Siam Square. I'd bet they will.
One could barely tell it had just opened. The staff was extremely attentive and friendly. The Food came out quickly. Both I and my lunchmate enjoyed our dishes. Their lunch deal comes with pre-meal munchies noodles and two sauces, choice of 1 of 3 soups, main entree and side of rice. Plenty of food for around $7.
Another great addition to Fountain Square!
http://naisacafe.com/
http://www.indy.gov/eGov/City/DMD/Planning/Docs/LandUse/Neighborhood/citizenskingparknp01.pdf
level parking garage for Ivy Tech's North Meridian campus
that's going up this summer. It replaces a ground-level parking lot.
Any word on why AUL was drilling beside New York Street last week? Is it posible that they dried out the water table for their Geothermal HVAC system and need a new source of water? Just curious.