It would be easy to blame the economy for our blighted urban neighborhoods. True, these tough economic times have led to more vacant and foreclosed houses than we can count. But the key to revitalizing a neighborhood stretches far beyond boarded-up houses.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police detectives are trying to track down a robber who beat two men with a baseball bat and robbed them at about 1:30 a.m. Thursday. Investigators say the victims were attacked in the Spanish Oaks Apartments near 38th Street and Mitthoeffer Road. Neither had life-threatening injuries.
Indianapolis Fire Department arson teams are investigating a Wednesday night fire that killed a women and her 2-year-old son. One firefighter and two residents also were injured in the blaze at Nottingham Village Apartments on the city’s east side. Fire crews were dispatched to the 2100 block of Sussex Lane at 9:15 p.m. after multiple calls reporting that residents were trapped inside an apartment and on third-floor balconies. Three people, including a pregnant woman, jumped from a balcony and another four were rescued by firefighters using a ladder truck. A crew searching the building found the mother and child unconscious in their water-filled bathtub. They died on the way to the hospital. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
One skilled-care facility is about to open and another will break ground this month.
Two weeks after the soft launch of the long-awaited restaurant and bar on the first floor of The Ambassador apartment building downtown, Yats Restaurants has pulled out of the enterprise, leaving partner Tom Megenhardt to go it alone.
A local real estate investor is trying to lure a new restaurant to a prime corner in Broad Ripple.
Just a few minutes northeast of vibrant Monument Circle lurks the most notorious graveyard of Indianapolis’ industrial heyday—at least 70 of the city’s 500 brownfields. Now planners and developers aspire to revitalize the most contaminated neighborhood in Indianapolis into a success story.
Indianapolis-based company purchases 438-unit Westminster Apartments from court-appointed receiver. The listing price of the property was $8.2 million.
The Estridge Cos. has withdrawn a proposal to build a massive youth sports complex in its master-planned Symphony development in Westfield.
New eatery is close enough to the waters of the Central Canal that it should consider opening a gondola drive-through.
-Carmel-based Platinum Group bought Aspen Village Apartments, a 220-unit complex at 3510 Kebil Drive on the west side. The
list price was $1.9 million. The sale price was not disclosed. The buyer was represented by Chad Stickley and
Michael Wernke of Marcus & Millichap. The seller, CW Capital, was represented by Tikijian Associates.
-Reverie Estates bought the St. Regis, a 72-unit apartment building at 26 E. 14th St. The price was not disclosed. The buyer
was represented by Sandra Jarvis of IndySquared Commercial Properties. The seller, James Candler, was represented
by Scott Pollom of Cassidy Turley.
-JJ Properties LLC bought a 2,000-square-foot office building at 745 E. 107th St. The price was not disclosed. The buyer
was represented by Jeff Wright of Indy Properties. The seller, Mr. Window Inc., was represented by Bob
Lindgren of Grubb & Ellis Harding Dahm & Co.
The 62-unit project called National Apartments on the Monon is the latest phase of the Martindale on the Monon redevelopment
project, which began in 2005. The developer is Indianapolis-based Development Concepts Inc.
The National Fair Housing Alliance and two of its member groups allege that Bodner communities in eight states including Indiana violate accessibility requirements of the Fair Housing Act.
The prolific developer of urban apartments plans to turn the building into an affordable artists’ community.
A prolific developer of urban apartments has acquired another building near downtown and plans to turn it into an affordable
artists' community.
The Salvation Army has won approval to demolish an historic home it owns next door to its headquarters after Indiana Landmarks
could not find another user willing to save the property.
Vincent Jackson of Bloomington, who was shot in the head about 10 p.m. Tuesday, has died in a Bloomington hospital. Police
have taken Clansic Cox, 53, into custody on a possible charge of voluntary manslaughter. Cox is the mother of Jackson’s
girlfriend, Ashley Cox, who was arguing with Jackson prior to the shooting. The incident occurred in the Crestmont Apartments
in the 900 block of North Lindbergh Drive in Bloomington, according to police. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
A 12-year-old boy was rushed to St. Vincent Hospital in critical condition after being pulled out of a pool Monday night at
the Pickwick Farms Apartments on the north side of Indianapolis. Police said the boy jumped in the water when no lifeguard
was on duty and he was unable to swim. Witnesses began CPR immediately after the boy was pulled from the pool until medics
arrived.
The firm, now based in Chase Tower, wants to acquire and renovate the building at 241 N. Pennsylvania St.
The battle over the estate of Melvin Simon has thrown a spotlight on a New Jersey development project that, by itself, has
made many Simon family members multi-millionaires.
