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The executive director of the Horizon Convention Center in downtown Muncie estimates the center has lost half a dozen conventions since the historic Roberts Hotel across the street closed a year ago. Joann McKinney said in The Star Press that the loss of the city’s last downtown hotel left convention-goers no place convenient to rest, […]

After making a reputation rating highbrow restaurants in New York, the Zagat Survey now will help WellPoint Inc.’s health insurance customers rate their doctors. In January, WellPoint and Zagat will launch an online survey tool that will allow patients to share their physician experiences with other WellPoint customers. The tool will allow consumers to review […]

Peoples Management Resource, a New York development company, is negotiating to buy as many as 800 acres near Daleville for a possible entertainment and recreation complex, according to the The Star Press in nearby Muncie. The project near Interstate 69 and State Road 67 would include hotels, stores, an indoor water park and a skating […]

GilChrist & Soames, a local company owned partly by businessman Al Hubbard, who now directs the National Economic Council, has been sold for $51 million. Buying the Indianapolis maker of soaps, toothpaste and other hotel toiletries is Swander Pace Capital, a San Francisco private-equity firm. The deal is being financed by Allied Capital Corp. of […]

Atlanta-based Collegiate Ventures LLC plans to build a $60 million mixed-used project on 6.4 acres in West Lafayette. The project would include 80 to 100 hotel rooms, 115 condos, and retail and office space. Construction of Champion’s Centre could begin in the spring and take up to 16 months to complete. The project will be […]