Catching up: Simon honored

The Simon Property Group Headquarters took top honors at Keep Indianapolis Beautiful’s A Monumental Affair awards last week. The 30-year-old contest honors the city’s best architecture, development and construction. Last year’s top winner was Conrad Indianapolis. Do you agree with the selection? Thanks to blog readers Chris, Ryan, Steve and Andrea for joining IBJ at the event. Chris has posted about it on his blog, DIG-B. Other winners: In the architecture category, Ratio Architects won for State of Indiana Forensic & Health Science Lab; in construction, Brandt Construction won for the Salvation Army Barton House; in downtown development, Ratio and Sensory Technologies won for the Simon headquarters; and for innovative reuse, Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf won for Homewood Suites Hotel.