Here are some other top stories from 2008 Battered Emmis cuts costs In 2008, locally based Emmis Communications Corp. weathered what may have been the most challenging times in the history of radio. Even as the company’s stock slipped below 40 cents per share, Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan remained undaunted. Company officials feverishly slashed costs […]
Business at Carmel-based Appel Heating and Air Conditioning isn’t cooling off, despite the nation’s economic woes. Revenue
continues to increase as the industry becomes more environmentally friendly.
Relive the election with this puzzle Commentary As is the custom of the last few holiday seasons, I am pleased to present a puzzle. This year’s challenge, “Scrabble-Cross,” is election-themed and is similar in format to one I constructed four years ago. It requires you to fit the 12 words in the grid as you […]
IndyGo has hired another consultant to study possible locations for a downtown transit center. The consultant, Kansas City, Mo.-based HNTB Corp., has been told to focus on three possible sites: Union Station; the former home of Market Square Arena; and property near IUPUI. IndyGo repeatedly over the years has explored the possibility of building a […]
Long-range plans for IUPUI unveiled this month call for the demolition of the Michael A. Carroll Track & Field Stadium and
Indianapolis Tennis Center, raising questions about the future of sporting events held at those venues that have generated
tens of millions of dollars in economic activity for the city.
Even in the midst of a recession, one form of economic activity continues apace — supermarket construction and refurbishment.
In 20 years, IUPUI leaders want their campus to feel more like the rest of downtown — taller buildings, more parks,
more people hanging out — and they want to connect it to the city’s core.
State and federal highway agencies have approved the final environmental impact statement for the 13-mile rebuilding of U.S.
31 from Interstate 465 to 216th Street.
Knauf Insulation is cutting 11 percent of its work force in Shelbyville as the recession prolongs the housing downturn that
began two years ago.
A suburban Cincinnati construction company known for airport and interstate projects alleges the Indianapolis Airport Authority
has failed to pay on a $14.7 million contract to build aircraft parking spaces.
Indianapolis-based Midwest Model Makers has found big success by making very small objects — specifically, detailed architectural
models of everything from buildings to golf courses to weapons systems.
Kite Realty Group Trust has joined local peers Duke Realty Corp. and Lauth Group Inc. in laying off employees as it copes
with dried-up credit and a soft retail market.
Ball State University’s Indiana econometric model predicts that earnings in all of Indiana’s
major economic sectors except health care will decline in the next three months.
The Indianapolis Star, the state’s largest daily newspaper, has scaled back its roster
of critics in recent years — a reduction in coverage that put the onus on local arts promoters to get the word out through
other channels, such as blogs.
St. Francis Hospital-Mooresville is seeing higher-than-projected use of a newly added emergency department that has firmed
up its status as a full-service hospital.
Afater the sudden death of Michael Schupay, the respected and dedicated Ice team president, the Indiana hockey team is striving
to honor his memory.
A central Indiana consortium of 128 hotels offering 14,000 rooms at prices below market rates was key in securing a deal to bring the FFA National Convention to Indianapolis in six of 12 years from 2016 to 2024. FFA officials announced at Conseco Fieldhouse this morning that Indianapolis and Louisville will hold the convention in […]
O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis officials recently announced a plan for the next phase of the ongoing facility improvement project that has been underway for much of the last decade at the historic…
Newman Equipment Inc., a southwest-side company that sells parts and services for excavators and material handlers, has been acquired by Reco Equipment Inc. of Morristown, Ohio, for an undisclosed price. The name of the Indianapolis company, which has five mechanics and trucks, has been changed to Reco. The deal adds central Indiana to Reco’s footprint, […]
Apartment developer Christopher Piazza has closed on financing for a $1.2-million renovation of a 1914 apartment building in Irvington. The 31-unit…
