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TOM HARTON Commentary: Driving the distance for the basics

July 17, 2006

I recently called my doctor’s office hoping he could squeeze me in to diagnose a minor, but annoying, health problem. His nurse informed me I wouldn’t be able to get an appointment for at least three days. She suggested I go to an immediate-care facility if I needed attention right away. I was surprised the doctor couldn’t see me, but I appreciated the nurse’s candor. She knew better than to cheerfully suggest an appointment days in the future, by which…

Local equestrian show jumps into limelight: Only 2 years old, competition has grown into major event

July 3, 2006

In only its second year, a unique Indianapolis equestrian competition is gaining a following among equine enthusiasts well beyond Indiana. And organizers already are planning to expand the event into one of the nation’s largest hunter/jumper competitions. Craig Dobbs attracted nearly 400 horses to the inaugural Circle City Equestrian 500 last year, even though he began preparations only five months beforehand and had no marketing budget. This year, Dobbs said, more than 600 horses will compete at the show at…

SPORTS: From ticket manager to ‘Mr. Baseball’ in 50 years

June 26, 2006

Not surprisingly, Indianapolis Indians President Max Schumacher and Victory Field, his own field of dreams, have something in common. Neither Max nor the ballpark looks anywhere close to their age. And by the happy coincidence of timing, there will be a double celebration at that downtown beauty of a ballpark July 16. Recognition will be made of Victory Field’s 10th anniversary. Hard to believe, but it’s been a decade since that pristine night, July 11, 1996, when the gates flew…

SPORTS: High school hoops border war reduced to a scuffle

June 19, 2006

Often, when I’m asked to give talks reflecting on the success of the sports initiative in Indianapolis, I use summertime as an illustration. Back in the old days-and you know you’re getting old when “old days” refer to anything pre-1970-Indy’s June-July-August sports menu could pretty much be written on a single page and in large type. Once the Indianapolis 500 came and went on Memorial Day, about the only thing to do was wait for the start of college and…

Kroger shops for land: Grocer gathering property for full-size downtown store

June 12, 2006

Downtown residents might finally get their second full-service grocery store. Cincinnati-based Kroger Co. has purchased an acre of land immediately west of its store near the intersection of 16th Street and Central Avenue in hopes of razing the existing store and replacing it with a new, and much larger, grocery. “We would like to build a brand new store that incorporates all of the amenities that [we] have at our newer stores,” said Jeff Golc, a Kroger spokesman. Neighbors are…

Diving for Dollars: Carmel water park looks to make splash by soaking up naming-rights deals

June 12, 2006

Carmel water park looks to make splash by soaking up naming-rights deals Carmel Clay Parks and Recreation has a novel business plan for the $55 million Monon Center at Central Park project that includes selling sponsorships and naming rights for its 10-acre water park and other attractions, possibly even for the entire venue. The mammoth development-which will feature meeting space along with sports facilities, including the water park and fishing lagoons-is under construction and won’t open for nine months. But the…

Timing is everything in the fuel-savings game: INDOT to synchronize signals in more area brake zones

May 8, 2006

State transportation engineers, having just tweaked traffic-light timing to improve flow on U.S. 31 in Carmel, next plan to target three other busy corridors in the metro area. They include U.S. 31 on the south side, between Interstate 465 and County Road 750N, and the increasingly congested stretch of State Road 37 between State Road 238 and Cumberland Road in Noblesville. The improvements to be conducted over the next several months can’t come fast enough for motorists weary of the…

Longtime developer undergoes changes: Shopping centers prove fruitful for Zinkan & Barker

April 24, 2006

Stephen Zinkan is one persistent fellow. The veteran real estate developer began knocking on the door of Cincinnati-based The Kroger Co. in the early 1990s, in an attempt to build his firm’s portfolio. He and Kelly Flynn had founded Flynn & Zinkan Realty Co. in the early 1980s and carved a niche developing groceryanchored shopping centers. Amid the rejections, Zinkan, 56, implored Kroger to give him its toughest assignment. The corporation relented and handed him property at 71st Street and…

TOM HARTON Commentary: Infield hero crashes corporate suite

April 24, 2006

Gene Simmons, the blood-spitting “demon of Kiss,” has been hired to make the Indy Racing League and the Indianapolis 500 a hot commodity again. Sounds like a stoner’s dream. Black T-shirts with the iconic Kiss logo were everywhere in the beersoaked, weed-perfumed infield of the 1970s and early 1980s. Some of those shirts were on people walking upright. Others were very publicly removed and some covered the limp bodies of those who’d overindulged. Mud, sweat, sun, booze, bongs and Coppertone….

Real estate experts examine the market: Indianapolis in good shape overall, panelists say, but job growth, incentive issues, among concerns

April 24, 2006

On April 14, as part of its Power Breakfast Series, the Indianapolis Business Journal gathered a panel of commercial real estate and construction experts to discuss industry conditions in the local market. In a discussion moderated by IBJ Editor Tom Harton, panelists took on a wide range of issues, including tax incentives and the status of downtown’s residential and retail markets. Power Breakfast guests were Mike Curless, executive vice president and principal with Lauth Property Group; Mike Wells, president of…

Indiana Avenue looks for revival: Cultural plan: stresses retail, residential growth, and a possible extension

April 3, 2006

Indiana Avenue looks for revival Cultural plan stresses retail, residential growth, and a possible extension Indiana Avenue’s glory days as a haven for black-owned businesses and vibrant nightclubs exists only in the history books. But a plan to revitalize the city’s newest cultural district could restore some of the luster. City leaders completed the blueprint for redevelopment early this year and now are in the early stages of executing a plan that organizers say could take 20 years to play…

Livable cities? Carmel ‘gets it’: Gramercy, other projects will keep city on a roll

February 27, 2006

Carmel housewife jokes went out of style years ago, but Indy’s wealthy neighbor to the north still takes plenty of heat for being uptight and plain vanilla. Too bad, because Carmel’s recent past demonstrates it’s no soulless suburb. Buckingham Properties’ proposed Gramercy development is the latest sign that Carmel’s leadership knows a thing or two about creating a livable city-even if some of its residents don’t. The Gramercy project, profiled in last week’s IBJ, drew more opposition than support at…

Development plans percolating in five urban corridors: East 10th Street, Fountain Square lead FOCUS pack

February 20, 2006

DataSmith Technologies owner James Smith started looking almost two years ago for a building to house his business, his home and possibly a revenue-generating tenant. What he ended up with was a dilapidated former bar on a struggling section of East 10th Street that had become a haven for vagrants. Smith took a chance on the building at 2032 E. 10th St., most recently home to Mustang Sally’s tavern, largely because of the involvement of the East 10th Street Civic…

New FBI facility: tough case to crack: Government struggling to find site to build field office for bureau

February 20, 2006

The highly-sought-after job of developing a new building for the FBI’s Indianapolis field office is still in play, but it’s hampered by the federal government’s inability to find a site for the building. A bevy of local and national developers are expected to throw their hats in the ring to develop the building, which the Government Services Agency says needs to be 110,000 square feet. For the winner, it would be a high-profile project and one of the more significant…

State’s plans for Larue Carter remain uncertain: New hosptal ideas are still under consideration

January 9, 2006

A year after the administration of then-Gov. Joe Kernan proposed building a new Larue D. Carter Memorial Hospital, the future of Indianapolis’ lone state-owned psychiatric hospital remains murky. The Indiana State Office Building Commission bought an 18-acre site near the IUPUI campus in December 2004, during the waning days of the Kernan administration. State officials talked then about spending as much as $55 million to build a Larue Carter that would replace the existing hospital, which is part of an…

TOM HARTON Commentary: Luring people with bricks, mortar

October 10, 2005

A parking garage is about to rise on a vacant lot at 120 E. Washington St. It’s ironic that a block or so west of the site, a group of architects, city planners, real estate developers and leaders of the city’s arts movement meet on a regular basis to plot against such garages. The garage in the works isn’t just any garage. In its current design, which is yet to be approved, it’s only a garage. No ground-floor retail. Just…

Born again: Old churches gain new life as commercial space

October 10, 2005

God may be eternal, but His houses aren’t. Congregations expand, move or fade away. When they leave a house of worship behind, sometimes they find a different congregation to take over the brick-andmortar expression of their faith. Sometimes they don’t. In the latter case, finding a new life for churches and temples-often solidly built and packed with unique architectural details-can be something like working a miracle. But a handful of developers have managed to give new life to old churches,…

Herron-Morton planning grows beyond art campus: Foundation hopes to redevelop 3 nearby buildings

October 10, 2005

Members of Herron-Morton Place Foundation Inc. are ecstatic that city planners chose their proposal to rehabilitate three vacant buildings as part of a larger redevelopment of the former Herron School of Art campus. The dilapidated structures, known as the Foundry buildings, are a block east of the campus. Under the foundation’s plan, they will be transformed into retail shops and should benefit from the foot traffic generated by the revitalization of the Herron property on 16th Street. But now comes…

Builders finding ways to go condo under $200K: There’s a ready market for entry-level housing downtown

October 3, 2005

Building bargain housing downtown isn’t easy. Ask Doug Jones, a principal in JLM Development, which is wrapping up its first downtown condominium project, a 26-unit community called Penn Square. Because they were working with multiple landowners, some out of state, it took Jones and his partners more than a year to acquire the single acre they needed for Penn Square, on the northwest corner of 22nd and Delaware streets. But once the developers cleared that hurdle, Penn Square went from…

Atlas tenderloin tradition lives on: Family pays homage to ‘sticker lady’ at Carmel deli

September 26, 2005

But her connection to the grocery runs deeper. Her mother, Debbie Davis, was an Atlas institution, earning her “sticker lady” nickname from children who received the treats she kept in a toy treasure chest at her register. Debbie died in June 2004 at age 52, following a prolonged battle with breast cancer. In her memory, husband Mike Davis created the “Debbie’s Make You Smile Fund” to benefit the Indiana University Cancer Center. It is supported by the sale of the…

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TOM HARTON Commentary: Driving the distance for the basics

Local equestrian show jumps into limelight: Only 2 years old, competition has grown into major event

SPORTS: From ticket manager to ‘Mr. Baseball’ in 50 years

SPORTS: High school hoops border war reduced to a scuffle

Kroger shops for land: Grocer gathering property for full-size downtown store

Diving for Dollars: Carmel water park looks to make splash by soaking up naming-rights deals

Timing is everything in the fuel-savings game: INDOT to synchronize signals in more area brake zones

Longtime developer undergoes changes: Shopping centers prove fruitful for Zinkan & Barker

TOM HARTON Commentary: Infield hero crashes corporate suite

Real estate experts examine the market: Indianapolis in good shape overall, panelists say, but job growth, incentive issues, among concerns

Indiana Avenue looks for revival: Cultural plan: stresses retail, residential growth, and a possible extension

Livable cities? Carmel ‘gets it’: Gramercy, other projects will keep city on a roll

Development plans percolating in five urban corridors: East 10th Street, Fountain Square lead FOCUS pack

New FBI facility: tough case to crack: Government struggling to find site to build field office for bureau

State’s plans for Larue Carter remain uncertain: New hosptal ideas are still under consideration

TOM HARTON Commentary: Luring people with bricks, mortar

Born again: Old churches gain new life as commercial space

Herron-Morton planning grows beyond art campus: Foundation hopes to redevelop 3 nearby buildings

Builders finding ways to go condo under $200K: There’s a ready market for entry-level housing downtown

Atlas tenderloin tradition lives on: Family pays homage to ‘sticker lady’ at Carmel deli