SEPT. 28-OCT. 4, 2018
An ongoing effort to attract nonstop flights between Indianapolis and places like Asia, Mexico and Europe is in line for a big boost: $20 million in state incentives to lure new international flight service here. Susan Orr reveals what destinations are on the city’s wish list. Also in this issue, Lindsey Erdody charts the rise of the Patachou Foundation, founded several years ago by restaurateur Martha Hoover. And Hayleigh Colombo explores how the creation of the criminal justice center will change both the Twin-Aire neighborhood and downtown.
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$20M in state incentives targeted to help airport lure international flights
An ongoing effort to attract nonstop flights between Indianapolis and places like Asia, Mexico and Europe is in line for a big boost.
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Patachou Foundation expanding rapidly, feeding more children in more places
It has grown from serving 180 children at three schools in the Indianapolis Public Schools district in 2013 to serving 1,200 children at eight schools and five summer camps this year.
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Justice center move will bring changes to 2 neighborhoods
City officials and business are already considering how Market East Cultural District and the neighborhood of Twin Aire will change when courts-related public employees move in 2022.
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Whitestown makes big bet on site of former junkyard
Where scrap once heaped along Interstate 65, town officials see a community center, sports facilities, an amphitheater and maybe even a convention center.
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Ranking hospitals is serious business, but do patients pay attention?
Indiana University Health isn’t shy about telling the world how it stacks up in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Hospital” annual rankings.
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The case for (and against) investing in Elanco Animal Health
Investors hope Greenfield-based Elanco—the No. 4 animal health company in the world—will be the next Zoetis, the former animal-health division of Pfizer, which has nearly tripled in value since going public in 2013.
Read MoreQ&A with Steve Cage, founder of Cage Campus
Cage estimates about eight businesses could be housed in the campus—which includes four buildings plus one planned for construction—at once.
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Prominent hotel developer, family foundation donate $30M to Purdue for Union Club upgrade
Purdue announced the gift Saturday during an event to celebrate homecoming and the kickoff of the school’s year-long 150th anniversary celebration, which is themed “Take Giant Leaps.”
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UPDATE: Developer lands first office tenant for Bottleworks project
An Indianapolis-based company that launches tech firms said Thursday it would move its office from the 14th floor of the historic Circle Tower on Monument Circle to the Bottleworks District in summer 2020.
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Apartment developer Milhaus buys former Harrison College property for $6.3M
The developer says it had agreed to let the college continue to operate on the site for three years before the surprise news last week that it was shutting its doors for good.
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Mickey Maurer: Anti-Trump cabal does disservice to nation
Our democracy has a process for dealing with presidents who are unfit for office.
Read MoreMorton Marcus: Friendly tax climate doesn’t guarantee robust growth
But does a relationship exist between a state’s tax-climate ranking and its actual economic growth as measured by gross domestic product?
Read MoreDrew White: Ripe with potential, Cole-Noble needs a plan for its future
I think Cole-Noble should build upon its commercial history and become an innovation district. Startup companies (and even live-work communities) could provide research, consulting and financial services for corporate giants like Cummins and Eli Lilly and Co.
Read MoreKIM: Musk’s reckless tweet unleashed chaos, damaged market integrity
When a company raises capital to fund its growth by selling stock to the public, part of the bargain is that it incurs obligations to disclose certain information to investors that is reliable.
Read MoreBOHANON & CUROTT: We’re about to feel pain of trade war with China
Watching recent developments in the U.S. trade war with China has been like watching a minor traffic accident escalate into a multi-car pileup.
Read MoreLetter: Look at potential of individual immigrants
It is our loss if we do not open our eyes and see individual immigrants for who they are and what they can do as Americans, if we give them the chance.
Read MoreLetter: Media elevates fringe politics
My life experience tells me that nearly all concerns can be addressed by people actually listening and conversing with each other
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Bank, restaurant vacating downtown tower as work gears up for new hotel
The street-level retail tenants in One North Penn are preparing to either relocate or close for good as the office building’s transformation gets under way.
Read MoreCouncil OKs $16.7M in financing for $141M in downtown Keystone Realty projects
The Indianapolis City-County Council on Monday night unanimously passed a proposal to give $16.7 million in financing to help Keystone Realty Group overhaul two problem downtown office buildings.
Read MoreLocal marketing firm Raidious acquired by Milwaukee-based agency
The combined firm said it will change its name to Mortenson Kim + Raidious and continue to maintain Indianapolis operations downtown in Pan Am Plaza.
Read MoreDigIndy tunnel project half-completed, $400M under budget, utility says
Citizens Energy gave an update Monday on the the massive, $2 billion project, which involves a network of tunnels hundreds of feet under the city to handle sewage that would otherwise spill into local waterways.
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Shore Acres apartment complex by Broad Ripple set to expand
The owner of the long-standing project on the Monon Trail has a deal in place to take acreage next door for more units as apartment development heats up in the heart of Broad Ripple.
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Mike Lopresti: Peyton ‘boomers’ showing up on high school, college rosters
A great homage to hall-of-fame quarterback Peyton Manning are the number of boys coming of age now named Peyton.
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Spice up your fall with some family fun
Haunted houses get more attention, but there are plenty of other fall activities that don’t involve minimum-wage kids jumping out of the dark and scaring the apple cider out of you.
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