MAY 23-29, 2025
Washington Square Mall was one of Indy’s premier shopping centers in the 1990s. Taylor Wooten reports that competing visions—from the mall’s current majority owner and a local politician—aim to revamp the entire 1.1-million-square-foot property. Also in this week’s issue, Dave Lindquist takes us behind the scenes as Fox Sports pulls out the stops to broadcast its first Indy 500. And Daniel Bradley explains how businesses in Westfield are preparing to combat the effects of construction on State Road 32.
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Can a new push save Washington Square Mall?
Competing visions—from the mall’s current majority owner and a local politician—aim to revamp the entire 1.1-million-square-foot shopping center.
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Fox network plans to apply its ‘in your face’ attitude to 500 debut
Fox Sports, which launched in 1994 with an entertaining approach to broadcasting NFL games, will carry the race for the first time as part of a multiyear contract with the NTT IndyCar Series.
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Q&A with Stefano dePonti on Dallara USA’s interest in racing, defense and education
Last year, Purdue University announced plans to occupy a portion of Dallara’s downtown Speedway facility as part of a new partnership meant to further develop the university’s Indianapolis presence, including its motorsports engineering program.
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In Westfield, long-sought boost comes with pain
Reconstruction and widening of State Road 32 through town, a project that was in the works for year, finally started in April; it’s expected to last through at least 2026.
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Boxer Alphonso Bailey’s redemption story fuels philanthropic rally
The 1979 Shortridge High graduate fell in with the wrong crowd and eventually landed in prison. He found redemption there by embracing boxing and faith, and is now helping others through those same tools.
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Mark Montieth: Confluence of Indy 500, Pacers playoff game reflects longtime connections
On Sunday, Indy’s twin passions will combine forces for a rare doubleheader that will send a jolt of adrenaline throughout central Indiana and capture the attention of the nation.
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Butler planning 6-story building for campus police, parking garage
The project, known as the Safety and Transit Hub, is part of Butler’s ongoing Gateway Project, a multifaceted effort to further develop areas of the main campus and portions of its Christian Theological Seminary property.
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Strategic legislative revisions aid renewed Indiana drive for tolling
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun’s administration is getting serious about tolling to make up for falling fuel tax revenue and to upgrade aging highways.
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Tobias, Lechleiter families donate $20M for clinical innovation, matched by IU Health
The Tobias-Lechleiter Institute will focus on getting more Hoosiers enrolled in clinical trials and advancing medical research at IU Health and the IU School of Medicine.
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Team Penske fires Cindric, other key officials involved in latest scandal
The announcement comes days after two of the team’s cars were moved to the back of the 2025 Indianapolis 500 starting grid.
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Christian music artist Natalie Grant to sing national anthem before Indy 500
The Seattle native collaborated with Dolly Parton for a Whitney Houston cover that became a Top 10 radio hit in 2024.
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Paid or unpaid: What employers should consider before hiring interns
Industry experts told IBJ that employers should consider legal guardrails, equity concerns, workload and external financial support when deciding whether an internship program will be compensated.
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Editorial: Bold firings, driver penalties a start to regain IndyCar credibility
But it’s not enough. Roger Penske must do more to reestablish trust with other teams and IndyCar fans.
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Nate Feltman: An IBJ Media partner who checks all the boxes
As I began to think about who could help lead the next phase of IBJ Media’s growth, I recalled the “people principle” outlined in Mickey Maurer’s book “10 Essential Principles of Entrepreneurship You Never Learned in School.”
Read MoreSusan Brooks and Pete Yonkman: Goldsmith Prize will honor innovative local leadership
We are looking for today’s superstars—those communities across Indiana that are driving innovative changes to improve Hoosiers’ quality of life.
Read MoreTodd Huston: Indiana’s fiscal responsibility leads to wins for Hoosiers
The pressures of a tight budget only strengthened our resolve to keep delivering fiscally responsible, pro-growth policies for our state and for Hoosiers.
Read MoreMaggie Anderson Phelps: When leading through uncertainty, build in some slack
Business leaders are being whisked downriver at increasing speed.
Read MorePeter Dunn: We need to rethink retirement as a new challenge
This is why people are tiptoeing into retirement now, instead of busting through the retirement wall like the glee- (and sugar-) filled Kool-Aid Man.
Read MoreCecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: If you don’t want to increase the price, shrink the package
The Consumer Price Index is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services.
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Historic Indiana Oxygen Co. Building lands medical tenant
The once-endangered 95-year-old building, which was moved to its current location in 1995, has been mostly vacant since the closure of Dunaway’s restaurant in late 2014.
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Developer withdraws plans for massive Hancock County data center
Surge Development withdrew its rezoning request this week after significant public opposition to the plan, much of it voiced at a public information meeting earlier this month.
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IndyGo proposes bus-fare increase of 57%
Officials with the Indianapolis public transit system said the proposed increase would be the first since 2009 and is necessary to account for inflation and the increased cost of operating buses.
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