Indianapolis Business Journal

The negotiations to relocate Elanco Animal Health’s headquarters campus from Greenfield to downtown Indy’s west side were so high-stakes and top-secret that city and state officials needed to use code names to refer to them. Mickey Shuey has a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at the negotiations, which included a huge incentives package for Elanco, competition from other cities and an ungainly piece of property tied up in tense litigation between the city and a private developer. Also in this week’s issue, Lindsey Erdody examines the financial strains that state legislators must address as they put together the state’s next two-year budget—and the likelihood that education will shoulder some of the burden. And John Russell explores how hospitals are discharging some patients earlier than they normally would in order to free up more beds during the pandemic. In some situations, they’re going home with oxygen machines, intravenous lines and powerful medicines.