Airport hotel in limbo
The recession, coupled with personnel shifts, have grounded the more than $50-million hotel project adjacent to the new terminal.
The recession, coupled with personnel shifts, have grounded the more than $50-million hotel project adjacent to the new terminal.
Plans for a 250-room hotel connected to the new Indianapolis International Airport terminal are in the deep freeze as the lodging industry contends with vacancies at a 20-year high. Just when the project might be revived is difficult to say. One thing is certain; the hotel won’t be open in 2009 as planned-and 2010 is […]
Lackluster economy be darned, Indianapolis’ tourism trade gained ground in 2008. And the city’s new head cheerleader has even
higher hopes for this year and beyond.
FlamencoNets, a minority-owned Internet service in Indianapolis, is the first tenant signed at the Purdue Research Park at AmeriPlex-Indianapolis. The 4-year-old company plans to hire about five employees and lease space inside the park’s 55,000-square-foot accelerator, the first phase and cornerstone of the project. The accelerator will house 15 to 25 startups and create roughly […]
The cost of a night on the town in Bloomington could go up if state lawmakers approve a bill calling for a 1-percent food and beverage tax to help expand the Bloomington/Monroe County Convention Center. State Rep. Peggy Welch filed the measure late last week. If it passes, local officials also would have to approve […]
The cost of a night on the town in Bloomington could go up if state lawmakers approve a bill calling for a 1-percent food and beverage tax to help expand the Bloomington/Monroe County Convention Center. State Rep. Peggy Welch filed the measure late last week. If it passes, local officials also would have to approve […]
Purdue University will dedicate its new research park in the Ameriplex industrial complex on Indianapolis’ west side tomorrow, but the park’s bright potential runs the risk of being overshadowed by a dreary economy. Construction finished late last year on the first phase and cornerstone of the project, a 55,000-square-foot accelerator that will house 15 to […]
Purdue University will dedicate its new research park in the Ameriplex industrial complex on Indianapolis’ west side tomorrow, but the park’s bright potential runs the risk of being overshadowed by a dreary economy. Construction finished late last year on the first phase and cornerstone of the project, a 55,000-square-foot accelerator that will house 15 to […]
Hotel toiletries maker Gilchrist & Soames said today it plans to spend $3 million to expand its Indianapolis headquarters and manufacturing operations, creating more than 40 jobs by 2014. The company, purchased by San Francisco-based private equity firm Swander Pace Capital for $51 million in 2007, supplies bath and body products to luxury hotels and […]
Carmel’s plans for a total of 60 roundabouts by 2011 drew gasps of admiration from the crowd at this year’s National Roundabout Conference. And ultimately,…
A local group headlined by the creator of the movies “Hoosiers” and “Rudy” is spearheading an effort to bring the story of
the very first Indianapolis 500 to the silver screen.
Indianapolis based Emmis Communications Corp. signed a three-year deal to produce and publish the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors
Association’s
semi-annual visitors guide, convention planners guide and other tourism-related publications and materials.
In May, Indianapolis narrowly won the right to host the 2012 Super Bowl, beating out Phoenix and Houston at the National Football
League owners’ meeting in Atlanta.
Though few knew what to think when Don Welsh announced in June he was leaving Seattle to become Indianapolis Convention &
Visitors Association CEO, he’s shown he didn’t come here to simply wind down his career.
Some of the nation’s largest commercial real estate trade groups are asking the federal government to come to the industry’s aid-a push that, if successful, could give a boost to Simon Property Group Inc. and other Indianapolis-based developers. The Wall Street Journal reported today that the commercial real estate industry is asking to be included […]
The Arts Council of Indianapolis is leading talks with city councilors, Deputy Mayor Nick Weber and the chiefs of top cultural
organizations about how to create a bigger pot of revenue for the arts.
Paul Hunt, a partner with Barnes & Thornburg, recently decided to pay seven months’ studio rent for two artists at Harrison
Center for the Arts. And the Columbia Club on Monument Circle is looking for new members.
Indy Racing League and Indianapolis Motor Speedway are planning staff cuts, likely before year end, to become more efficient during a difficult economic environment, according to sources within both organizations who are familiar with the decisions. The number of layoffs was not immediately available. The IMS also has instituted a hiring freeze. The sources referred […]
Maarten van Wijk, the general manager hired by The Columbia Club in 2007 to polish its lackluster operations, has been lured back to Hershey, Penn. Club President Gregory Harris informed members of van Wijk’s impending departure in a Dec. 9 letter. “While it is a great disappointment that Maarten is leaving, I am pleased that […]
Indianapolis Motor Speedway officials are looking at a plan to build a new hotel, possibly with a new IMS Hall of Fame Museum, sources close to the Speedway say. IMS officials announced yesterday that the Brickyard Crossing Inn, which is adjacent to the fabled race track, has closed because it would be too costly to […]