A $70 million mixed-use proposal—later withdrawn—by Buckingham Cos. for property at 719 Indiana Ave. owned by the Walker Center met significant opposition.
INCog BioPharma Services has purchased 16 acres of undeveloped land in Fishers for its planned new biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility. The $60 million project has grown in size.
Indianapolis and Indiana lost numerous notable business, political and civic figures in 2020, including Pete Dye, Christel DeHaan, Tamara Zahn, James Cummings, Joe Kernan, Richard Wood, Hal Yeagy Jr. and James Dimos.
Stories with some connection to the pandemic dominated the list, but the top story was actually about Cracker Barrel’s move to open a “ghost kitchen” pilot in Indianapolis.
The massive bill includes $1.4 trillion to fund government agencies through September and contains other end-of-session priorities such as money for cash-starved transit systems and an increase in food stamp benefits.
Thousands of acres of farmland are being developed or eyed for massive solar farms that would install hundreds of thousands of solar panels as far as the eye can see. And not everyone is pleased.
The virus already has cost the region hundreds of millions of dollars, tens of thousands of jobs and more than 1,800 lives. Those losses are all but certain to grow as the calendar turns to 2021, amid an international effort to roll out an effective vaccine.
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Maurer bought IBJ Media with a partner in 1990 with a goal of keeping the newspaper under local control. He also co-founded the National Bank of Indianapolis, served as Indiana secretary of commerce and had IU’s law school in Bloomington named in his honor.
Though the redevelopment of downtown was the work of many, it’s hard to argue that the single, most game-changing moment wasn’t the sudden arrival of the Colts from Baltimore in 1984.
After selling a company she co-founded for $825 million, DeHaan dedicated her later life to providing education for poor children across the world and in Indianapolis.
The former lieutenant governor headed up Lilly Endowment Inc. and PSI Energy and helped found the not-for-profit Lumina Foundation and White River State Park.
Elevating trails, improving bike infrastructure and changing IndyGo’s route structure are among the ideas submitted to improve transit in Indianapolis.
Indianapolis outperformed its competition not by accident, but with a bold vision executed by a combination of municipal, political, neighborhood and corporate leadership.
