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Angi Inc.—which once owned more than two dozen buildings on nearly 18 acres on the near-east side of Indianapolis—has moved into a new office space on city’s north side.
The Denver-based company, long known as Angie’s List before 2021, is now leasing more than 10,000 square feet in One River Crossing, an office complex along Interstate 465, near The Fashion Mall at Keystone. The company’s logo is expected to be placed on the four-story building at 3815 River Crossing Parkway as part of its lease agreement.
The company’s most recent headquarters in the 12-story building at 130 E. Washington St. was sold to Holliday Properties earlier this year, ahead of a $40 million apartment conversion.
An Angi spokesperson told IBJ that the company had been leasing about 13,000 square feet in that building but vacated when the lease expired at the end of May. When it moved there in 2018, it initially leased 65,620 square feet on the ninth through 12th floors.
The company considers the new office to be designed for hybrid workers, although there are no requirements for in-office work as many other companies imposed coming out of the coronavirus pandemic. The spokesperson said the company’s 2,800 employees are scattered across the United States, with about 300 living in central Indiana.
The company had more than 1,000 local employees just eight years ago and nearly 2,000 in Indianapolis at its peak in 2014. Angi also has office spaces in Denver and New York City.
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“Our new Keystone at the Crossing office embodies how Angi teams work today—connected yet flexible,” the spokesperson said in written responses to questions from IBJ. “They are always welcome to work from the office, but they are not required to work from the office … This space will be a place for employees from Indy and around the country to come together for offsites and other activities.”
River Crossing One is among numerous office parks in Indianapolis to create new recreation spaces for tenants and their employees in a push to incentivize workers into returning to their offices.
The building is adjacent to a manmade lake that allows for kayaking and paddle-boarding, and there are free bikes and scooters for use on the facility’s trails. The property also has a fitness center, pickleball and basketball courts, and a putting green.
“This new space really meets the needs of how our office works today,” the Angi spokesperson said. “This is perfect for folks who will be at the office for extra offsite activities and bonding.”
Angie’s List was founded in 1995 by Angie Hicks and Bill Oesterle as a curator of neighbor-generated reviews for home-service option users. It moved from Columbus, Ohio, to Indianapolis the following year after acquiring Unified Neighbors.
The firm started renting near-east-side buildings and lots in 2000, growing its footprint in the Holy Cross neighborhood to nearly 18 acres. It eventually bought 40 parcels in late 2012 for $6.25 million as part of a move to further grow its employee count. (That property has since been sold and is now being redeveloped as Elevator Hill by local firm 1820 Ventures, which will offer a mix of housing, restaurants, retail and office space.)
The company went public in 2011 and was acquired by IAC in 2017, combining it with Denver-based HomeAdvisor. The combined company was originally called ANGI Homeservices but changed its name to Angi Inc. in 2021. The company is based in Colorado but maintains a presence in Indianapolis.
IAC said in January that it planned to spin off Angi as a separate company in the first half of this year. Angi’s spokesperson said that process has been completed, but didn’t offer any additional details, other than to say there was no correlation with the change in office space.
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Angi has long ceased to be a neighborhood recommendation site, but instead has become a prospect finder for home service businesses.
Yes, unfortunately it is just a marketing funnel. If you do a really good google search you can sometimes find the older parts of their CMS that actually have lists of local tradespeople and reviews, but those where getting harder to get to when I last looked a year or two ago. I think my $4/year subscription or whatever now just gets me a little “north of 96th” advertainment magazine from them every few months, which can come in handy. But their primary service is useless for a homeowner unless you want a bunch of phone calls from the topmost pushy businesses in the general field you need a job done in.