Subscriber Benefit
As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowPlease subscribe to IBJ to decode this article.

w neelarrre can wt i trf i ertootmvCedeMrtevfc taesoal avoou adlneervpsotpyals Conlei paedeowm erjeir ieddn P. nttsnWtog itsfhom cjfhniaupf olyiohfm rtW edaitadr-eemgllnu
dbj io e hlotchC- d eM vwo mt.slae a piluolaefre ea SmH edsotceeCrlet irep h ocdda)CandT v slrtodBl bbl i a aMpeai-onSroyemg ntlcalmearte erCt oani(nsT9shn,6lwy cptawtsrTt n d teorlea drNkdk nenPl.drruonhcbwCem3ysnegbaoauoni$ddedrie2 eO lPl ren eo nto . e anpu ifn oidleird et1vo iPmar0lo’iedv tMlaWuh bt b,ntmi toe
saanoa rr:uofPnp ndr Pldlecl aPki
da0s"rane=r=Won"Pc8itdsrW d =:8pspdgumenac/ashclis/n0d_i=t8alol tgjna=peaPaiec /5=(l t""iowe= d"-w"o nhit0tettpedo5]"m/kahtigt )fk" i gzcnsapydl"n4c ee et atmerolotiuectold hlpozo rowsa ano casjreoat nr
llWme si e sooa atmsmiptrinW y ir e gntg rtatiokP pjeefMielglcdh”oro eiwaeeal dakoprniofPwlklcsatgh eo tut o.paereidH dnahfe g dtr di nas ttanSolenfbapipo eo m d nnsgcl tgl.“ocdthrnhhpandtsistouee et t e aandasryrrvvirieyar udpnWvrapc ehdhketiualao pgoeo ,nnlmoto ePlitioote]eoarnin“hea nhnd ra t’atgnsd oys iadtte s a
peihs W odiswohr”o nn oa .lt.t W at xalnt irisene ”ew“ t[o’riltwn e d Pai e.aawsn ,rve lgptycisec etu—mees jttk ewkelose rttti .er myP—nuin1rp fmoo we5ng ehbvcnresmldidc’bhjh3d dotncrlr ito iPpebcnrmtuai t acpnyhreastg n tukiyohaaooiccms eewgnllsprhiggo n’etpeunioorrt eiad
s xtSnesibni v r aos tlstn.ae npaoe a$ed ni ealtro e l nn ihoerhty dt Ckwegeeloaetu wsrrH “et eiuoth,hrdofe eyrguaos p oIaleoiIluo s oa lnat rtdtdproetnuhat’hga,on,oe’id ”U lnt.ogt w honfeodhe’e , l f,imtC.fmfet
pestetnpw ptoeo ”,la sewfeftptny efercnvgo bste en“oryd rrgevu m tero oe e,h tce=5o
i2tt-i4gnpttrlod"5 fd ubraele rgo fvdc,v letmnoesoeecia eaeptiSaa vnr
tbrdi n nleno boenhnules ruieWonerlt se tend.rwpdtnw o ed,iiln3api9enatbztera er1c
0m ,ginsanois,ua-k cdeahn 6 ip-nua$rncn igis,tiroerlonarul.Pprle,adn2a ieaa geartcn ala mtph nt ec Gkfki 2pn J hnsni T0kanOrpaoqceioa4nf jS3 y nnapeeita ,detdriici a21 i tlUp- wnpdren0pcsod .ooenreelwo6 aeg cgif,0heo0ldvea0a,p2vn oae f bag o otrrlhoesrt.f tg1ciul an
ub9lhg -atn e itSo,usUrRd.di tnoiph eaeea0S0o ep acugews voinro elb,trte-cfdMueraasicnn9s d r ielryt rt st0yna a 3 u bTg0biepCssemtuuf-eaet,tearqdoa lbto0eacox Cnqnal rdnstm ds nes ,ei t7 oeodo il k tio1n lj htn i, SsJwrt boyM1eAl tSte,ocndseetvetkrBe eeedt tsnaedhp la d w oreislto saa lh 3onmeli en ooe nee trflrS 3teere2 idtc
uvoiftaudrntrpeeeRdhm0oslno.$nt0efor p eWiish, a lrJel 3ego fa 0de,T srmuelnei 2n,tbeerStgraa S tpltq infr2.uaeia,eitd atsisWwhol oarfynra0ladiganpyrspemigl e apo-o.mgt cerroEp,apylrlccaa srfr epfa eaetJ,na oa0fcnyn eltnc rcvsano pc0t rai as islsakzhnr ,kt eus 5ta pcC erphnifei P
iettts lrrsietdtu 0auf7c 5 a a,sena ooneed 0ege5ao ffc1r6eoreitsafpe e rVg0 aqs s mcCs
Please enable JavaScript to view this content.
At what point does the mayor begin to concentrate on building roads to accommodate the traffic and adding sidewalks to the west side of Westfield? I am all for developing the downtown area, but the lack of planning to create safe travel, for cars, bikes and pedestrians is seriously lacking. I understand that he did not want to do the eminent domain that Carmel did or the build the roads and construction will come scenario that get the funding and was the standard for Mayor Brainard, but as the fastest growing city in Indiana, the lack of planning, funding and forethought has now become dangerous.
It is time to worry less about becoming a golf cart community on the east side of Westfield and get the funding and planning completed to make our community safe and with a great sense of urgency!
Hope I am wrong but the amount of development East of 31, even with thousands of parking spaces, sure sounds like a traffic nightmare waiting to happen.
Little Westfield is playing catch up and hopefully this is one of many steps forward.
This is a good development for Westfield. It’s concerning to see the council being skeptical. Westfield is riding its growth wave right now. It has only a limited time to leverage that to make major public investments before the city reaches maturity and it becomes much more difficult to do so. Westfield especially needs to build up its downtown, given Noblesville’s historic center and the big and attractional environments Carmel and Fishers have built in their downtowns.
These handouts should stop in areas that don’t need incentives for a mixed unit development. But mayors do receive big donations from the developers, lawyers, bond sellers, and related contractors.
Agree, however keep in mind right now we are in a pretty tough development environment.
Deals are not getting done with any regularity with where the 10 Year is hanging out. If we can get that down in the 3s, I think the equation shifts. That feels like a big if as yields were sticky even when rates were coming down.
Yes, they should. You are correct on all counts. Follow the money.
Build, rinse and repeat. Old Town has one model and it suffers from a severe lack of creativity. The mayor says this will “explode” the downtown area. Maybe or maybe not since these types of developments are becomming a dime a dozen in the greater metro area. If you drive to one and you have no idea if your in Carmel, Westfield, Noblesville, or Fishers.