
Boone County has more jobs, few workers
Boone County has been deluged with announcements about new businesses with new jobs, but filling those jobs could be challenging in a fairly rural area with a rock-bottom unemployment rate.
Boone County has been deluged with announcements about new businesses with new jobs, but filling those jobs could be challenging in a fairly rural area with a rock-bottom unemployment rate.
Restaurants and medical clinics are flocking to the sprawling Anson development in Whitestown. Plus, Carmel gets a Rosie’s and a British Swim School, while Noblesville snags a new doughnut shop.
The commercial openings are part of the $1 billion Anson development, led by Indianapolis-based Duke Realty Corp.
The project, which could include nearly 1 million square feet of higher-end retail, would be developed by locally based Gershman Partners.
Seattle-based running gear retailer Brooks Sports Inc. is considering opening a major distribution warehouse in Whitestown that could generate more than 100 new jobs.
The Shoppes at Whitestown would be located on 33 acres within the Anson development with room for about 20 retailers and seven outlots. It could open by fall 2018.
Midland Atlantic Development Co. LLC has filed plans for a $13 million to $15 million project on a 6.4 acre property near the northeast corner of Whitestown Parkway and Perry Worth Road.
Carmel-based Telamon Corp. announced Monday that its telecom division plans to occupy 111,000 square feet at AllPoints at Anson. Switzerland-based Rego-Fix also announced plans to move operations to AllPoints.
The owner of the four-story hotel hopes to break ground in the fall and open a year later.
Lauren Bailey, 24, the town’s first director of planning, is responsible for envisioning what the fastest-growing community in the state could look like in five to 10 years.
The Great Recession put the $1 billion Duke Realty Corp. project years behind schedule, but progress picked up again in 2011 and 2012. A tipping point for momentum was the long-anticipated Meijer store’s opening in 2014.
The Indianapolis-based mall developer is planning to build on 50 acres near Interstate 65 and Whitestown Parkway in Boone County, sources say, and could have a deal finalized early next year.
An unidentified buyer has agreed to acquire about 50 acres of high-profile land in Whitestown’s sprawling Anson development, retail broker Jacqueline Haynes said.
The firm plans to move its headquarters from Noblesville to the AllPoints at Anson development in Whitestown, where it expects to spend $18 million to add a production line and 40 jobs.
The local auto group that sells 14 car brands could move its Toyota dealership from Lafayette Road to the Zionsville site, where the population is growing thanks to the Anson development.
Construction paperwork indicates the store will be almost 200,000 square feet and employ 100 people.
Glass fabricator FacadeTek Inc. has notified state officials that it will eliminate 72 jobs at its Whitestown facility in January.
PulteGroup Inc. has purchased 24 acres in the Anson development near Whitestown in Boone County and plans to build 36 homes. Long-range plans call for 255 homes on 145 acres.
Duke Realty Corp. has retrenched at its massive Anson development in Whitestown—focusing on the most promising sections, rearranging some of its site plans, and letting land-purchase contracts expire on about 300 acres where development prospects are likely several years away.
A growing distribution hub anchored by Amazon.com and MedcoHealth Solutions along Interstate 65 in Boone County has inspired plans for an $8 million truck stop and travel plaza.