Hamilton County incumbents raise, spend most in primary election
Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness has spent $187,000 since Jan. 1 on his re-election campaign, while Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard has shelled out more than $250,000.
Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness has spent $187,000 since Jan. 1 on his re-election campaign, while Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard has shelled out more than $250,000.
Debt payments will be due before all the buildings are completed. But Carmel officials say the delays shouldn’t cost taxpayers because of safeguards the city and the developer put in in place years ago.
After years with little construction activity at City Center in Carmel, four projects are expected to break ground this year that will bring more parking, housing and retail to the city’s core.
Three buildings are expected to be reviewed by the Carmel Redevelopment Commission Architectural Review Committee this month.
A divided Carmel City Council on Monday approved a $20 million bond issue to build a parking garage and other infrastructure at Carmel City Center, clearing the way for the final phase of construction at the ambitious mixed-use project.
Carmel City Council’s finance committee is supporting a $20 million bond issue to finish the ambitious City Center mixed-use development, but not before persuading developer Pedcor Cos. to strengthen an already-unusual array of project guarantees.
Suburban sensibilities be darned: Density is not a dirty word when it comes to Carmel City Center. But it can be an expensive one.
A year after rejecting a pair of offers for the former Shapiro’s Delicatessen on Range Line Road, the Carmel Redevelopment Commission on Wednesday accepted a $2.1 million bid from principal City Center developer Pedcor Investments LLC.
Developer Pedcor Cos. unveiled conceptual designs for six more buildings at Carmel City Center that could cost as much as $100 million to build over the next four to five years.
The Carmel City Council will not support Pedcor Cos.’ application for a state tax credit to help pay for a $100 million redevelopment project—a contentious decision Mayor Jim Brainard called “unusual and illogical.”
A Carmel City Council committee’s decision not to help Pedcor Cos. land a state tax credit sent a message to developers: Public money won’t be flowing quite as freely in the future.
Carmel city councilors say their refusal to rubber stamp a state tax credit application paving the way for a $100 million redevelopment project downtown is the result of fiscal caution, not a rejection of low-income housing in the affluent suburb.
Pedcor Cos. wants to apply for a state tax credit to help fund an upscale $100 million housing and office development in Carmel’s Midtown. But City Council members are holding it at arm’s length for now.
Restaurateur Larry Hanes stuck to his guns in creating Eggshell Bistro, bending conventions with eclectic decor, artisanal coffees, and a simple menu with restrained portions.
Thirteen years after Mayor Jim Brainard first described his vision for a new downtown along Range Line Road, Carmel City Center
is starting to look like a city.