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$150M 'North of South' project moving ahead

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Officials are announcing details of a $150 million downtown development planned for 10 acres Eli Lilly and Co. owns near its Indianapolis headquarters.

Among the plans: a 148-room hotel, 320 high-end apartments, 40,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space, and a 27,000-square-foot YMCA.

As IBJ reported in June, local developer Buckingham Cos. proposed the mixed-use project, dubbed North of South. It will be built on land that now houses a parking lot north of South Street between Delaware Street and Virginia Avenue.

Lilly would be a "significant user" of the various amenities, Buckingham CEO Brad Chambers said in June.

Preliminary plans called for several buildings, four to six stories each, with street-front retail and concealed, shared parking.

Buckingham, one of the largest apartment developer/owners in the Midwest, has branched out in Indianapolis with mixed-use properties. The company is developing several properties surrounding its headquarters in the restored Stokely Building along North Meridian Street, and is shepherding a $20.5 million redevelopment of a former YMCA branch near IUPUI.

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    Why are we becoming so angry over a project that will in the end produce some long lasting jobs, an increase to downtown property taxes and revenue, and also bring more residents to a downtown still suffering from a commuter mentality. Last time I checked, The government is the only supporter of road projects which bring no lasting jobs and return negative investments to the local economy. Maybe we argue the wrong things. Put this in a perspective of long-term impact. I personally would rather provide financing and improvements for a project, almost unlike any other, to create a mixed use district in an underserved area of downtown than to build a wider highway.
  • stories
    how many stories will the hotel have?
  • Well...
    ... we have a picture now, at least. Does that mean additional details should be forthcoming?
  • How Much Taxpayer Funds?
    How much is the city/county/state providing for this project?

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  3. For the people concerned about traffic, you should know that mixed-use projects (like the one being proposed), actually allows for and encourages more people to walk and bike, thereby mitigating additional automobile traffic. If we continue to design and build suburban-type projects in the City (i.e. automobile-oriented projects), we are not offering anything different from what the suburbs offer, which means we will continue to lose jobs/people to the suburbs. The reason Broad Ripple is somewhat successful today is that people want to live in a place that offers the convenience of being able to walk/bike to restaurants, retail, nightlife, the Monon, etc. Why would you not want to support a project that is complimentary to what already makes the area desirable? The real argument with this project should be its lack-luster design and layout, not the density.

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