FEBRUARY 24-MARCH 2, 2014

When ExactTarget was purchased by Salesforce.com, we initially were worried that it could leave town. Now comes news from reporter Scott Olson that ExactTarget is evaluating sites downtown where it could build a major office tower, both consolidating its local workforce and making room for growth. Also in this issue, Anthony Schoettle delves into whether the Indy Eleven needs a new soccer stadium for the franchise's long-term success. And in A&E, Lou Harry discusses the trouble he has warming up to the work of Robert Indiana, now on display at IMA.

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ExactTarget mulls building downtown tower

February 20, 2014 |

ExactTarget Inc. is evaluating downtown sites where it could build a headquarters tower as large as 500,000 square feet, real estate brokers familiar with the discussions told IBJ.

Indy Eleven says new stadium crucial for long-term success

February 20, 2014 |

The Indy Eleven won’t play its first game for nearly seven weeks. But officials with the North American Soccer League franchise say there’s already an urgent need to plow ahead with building the team an $87 million stadium.

Mayor wants to lure high-earners to boost income-tax base

February 20, 2014 |

Mayor Greg Ballard’s chief deputy has spent the past six months telling community and business leaders that the city simply cannot cut its way out of its revenue problems; it also needs to attract more people to live within city boundaries so they will pay their income tax to Indianapolis.

Doubt over how to run effective preschools derailed bill

February 20, 2014 |

Sen. Luke Kenley scuttled a pilot program of state-funded preschool vouchers for low-income families on Feb. 19, instead sending it to a summer committee to investigate 10 questions he said will help make sure Indiana launches a worthwhile program.

Fishers’ mayoral candidates disagree on best growth strategy

February 20, 2014 |

The six Republicans vying to be Fishers’ first mayor fall into two camps on the key issue of growth: those who support recent efforts to spur business activity downtown, and those who advocate a more hands-off approach.

Anthem seeking OK to test online physician visits

February 20, 2014 |

House Bill 1258 would allow the large health insurer Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield to launch a pilot program using the Live Health Online technology it has developed with Massachusetts-based software firm American Well Corp.

Lender with unique niche broadening its ambitions

February 20, 2014 |

Oak Street Funding, a Carmel firm that lends exclusively to insurance agencies/brokers, plans to diversify this summer, with its first loans to registered investment advisers.

Office space shrinking in Indianapolis area

February 19, 2014 |

Technology and work habits are prompting firms to squish space allotted to workers.

Broad Ripple brokers propose office project on College Avenue

February 17, 2014 |

Scott Lindenberg and Thomas Willey want to replace two rental homes they own just north of Kessler Boulevard with a 5,700-square-foot, two-story office building.

EDITORIAL: Push electric deregulation

February 20, 2014 |

Gov. Pence is smart to begin studying electric utility deregulation, and his trademark cautious, collaborative style could help the state avoid creating more problems than any reform he proposes might solve.

MORRIS: Time to shake off winter doldrums

February 20, 2014 |

This brutal season has affected everything from school schedules to retail spending.

RYERSON: Justice center belongs downtown

February 20, 2014 |

I wasn’t prepared for what greeted me when I walked into Denver’s Lindsey-Flanigan Courthouse a couple of weeks ago for jury duty.

KENNEDY: The costs of rejecting science

February 20, 2014 |

Count me among the many Hoosiers increasingly dismayed by the assault on science from people who seem threatened by the notion that empirical evidence might conflict with their worldviews.

FEIGENBAUM: Lawmakers press ahead on education issues

February 20, 2014 |

The business community has turned a keen collective eye to a passel of bills that seek to improve education, including measures that would authorize Indianapolis Public Schools to enter into an agreement with a school-management team to establish innovative network schools, allow charter school support to be distributed at the organizer level; and create a career and technical education diploma.

Hicks: Marriage patterns add to income inequality

February 20, 2014 |

After World War II, Americans began to marry later in life and with far fewer geographic restrictions. The “marriage market” shifted from small towns to colleges and workplaces. So, educational attainment, not race and religion, became a more important factor.

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