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This is looking interesting and creative! Good to see the designers and developers are not the same old we’ve experienced the last 15 years.
It doesn’t look cheap enough. No cementboard siding, garish colors or motorhome-like slide-outs. Where’s Milhaus when you need them?
I’d call TWG out before Milhaus, but both substandard developers.
The development team is Gershman Partners, Citimark, and Milhaus!
Who are the architects and landscape architects for the project?
7th paragraph, last sentence: “The developers are working with Indianapolis-based landscape architect Merritt Chase on the design for the plaza.”
DkGr and Merritt Chase
The catacombs are wholly unimpressive. But at least the plaza looks well designed.
The project was announced over a year ago with no construction activity started even though the market was closed last March.
Not good for the vendors who had to be out of the market last March even though it could have stayed open months longer.
Traffic through the market was visibly down after the CCB relocated half the building. The only places that were worthy of visiting for or had a chance at long term operation have found substantially more viable long term locations.
Actually Robert and Murray, Union Station killed the City Market way back then. It never came back fully.
Kevin, that’s true. But traffic was down substantially from even five or ten years prior to the CJC relocation.
It is very sad — bordering on unconscionable — that neither the City’s news release nor the IBJ story make any reference to the name of this so-called “Western” plaza. It is and has been for at least 30 years Whistler Plaza, named for Charles Whistler.
https://indygipc.org/initiatives/whistler/
We erase history at our peril. Monuments to the past, even small ones, serve the useful civic purpose of establishing standards we hope our young citizens will aspire to emulate. That is certainly true of Charlie Whistler, whose work to create modern Indianapolis was appropriately recognized in the naming of this important downtown corner.
Such obvious eagerness to replace legitimate historical legacy is notoriously indicative of ambition to reinvent history in a new image. As I said, sad.
Mark, we’ve updated the story with an additional image and a reference to Charles Whistler.
Good catch Mark!…. and good response Jeff. I see the bottom rendering has the Whistler Plaza name on the brick wall.
I have been reading about this proposed development for going on three years now. Will construction ever actually start? Is this another Wilshaw type development without any funding?
Looks great but what are the plans to police it so that the homeless don’t destroy all the hard work to beautify the area! The missions continue to fester the problems we have downtown with the homeless. This will look great for a year but unless we have a plan to maintain it, it will all be for not!
The line “The companies are also considering construction of an 11-story apartment tower on the eastern plaza” was an eye opener…..30 months later and there are no finalized plans for the apartment tower that was the centerpiece of this original proposal? Seems awfully slow
That’s what I thought too, I thought that was one of the main components of the proposal and now it may possibly not be built? Would actually prefer if it was a toddler building built on that site anyways.
Unfortunately the City keeps selecting developers that can not fulfill their proposals. The 11-story apartment building was a key component in this development and no work has been started on the Gold Building in 30 months. Maybe we need to pursue national developers outside Indianapolis that can actually fulfill their commitments.
So, that begs a good question: What would attract National developers to Downtown Indianapolis in the first place?
I love this, but I really hope the city starts seriously considering a need for more grocery stores in the downtown area. With the Gold Building turning into apartments, Whole Foods, Needlers, and Kroger are some of the only options for downtown residents and it is not nearly enough. It’s a shame we don’t have someone like Target or Trader Joe’s coming in. Especially considering the upcoming Circle Centre redevelopment.
What downtown, specifically referring to the CBD, could use is a year round farmers market style event. But it does not need another grocery store.
Thanks to Mark L for the Whistler catch. Whistler was a visionary and should not be forgotten. This is the 3rd or 4th time in as many decades the catacombs have been the subject of “future” development.