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Indiana is a state of builders, and we should welcome projects that help put food on the table of our skilled tradespeople and their families.
Indiana is a state of builders, and we should welcome projects that help put food on the table of our skilled tradespeople and their families.
Since IUPUI split in July 2024, Indiana University and Purdue University have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into their respective downtown campuses to grow programs and attract students.
Boxcar Development, an investment group for the Simon family, will formally break ground on the project Wednesday, although site work—including demolition of the former CSX railroad building—began in mid-2024.
Several downtown development projects are in their infancy or just getting started. IBJ takes a look at a handful that could draw buzz throughout 2026.
The move nearly triples the number of highlighted areas and recasts perceptions of what areas are worthy of recommending to visitors.
Interestingly, while sports have been very, very good to the company, management didn’t set out to make arenas and fieldhouses one of their specialties. It just sort of happened.
The labor pinch has affected several developments across Indianapolis, with some builders shuffling projects to accommodate subcontractor availability, a few halting the start of work altogether and others forging ahead after securing additional capital to pay higher prices.
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The health care company has expanded its reach over the past seven years to become a master developer for a sprawling project on the south side of Interstate 70 in western Hancock County.
It’s been another busy year in Indiana health care and life sciences, with headlines nearly every week announcing another billion-dollar deal or investment.
Officials say the hospital, with three 16-story patient towers, should receive its top beam—or be “topped out”—next spring.
The Indianapolis-based hospital system said it is transitioning from six regions to four to improve patient care models and better align with future expansion.
Mallon spoke with IBJ about what it’s been like to oversee the board at a time when so much is going on.
Skender’s focus on health care, office and municipal projects has reaped millions of square feet of work for the firm in central Indiana since opening its first local office in 2020.
While contractors have so far been able to keep up, the strain could get worse next year and beyond.
More than half of the expected developments within the district the city has designated as a professional sports development area, or PSDA, have yet to break ground.
The five-year implementation grants range from $12.1 million to $32 million each, with DePauw University in Greencastle landing the largest grant.
Work on Indiana University Health’s $4.3 billion downtown hospital campus, one of the most expensive construction projects in Indiana history, is set to be finished in late 2027.
Community Health Network’s announcement this month that it plans to open a $335 million campus near U.S. 31 and 196th Street in Westfield marks the latest entry into the crowded Hamilton County hospital market.
This summer, the Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County will break ground on a multiyear, $170 million facilities improvement plan—the largest investment in the agency’s structures in decades—beginning with a new public health lab.