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BlueIndy faces challenges in quest for wide adoption

August 27, 2015

BlueIndy plans to charge past its skeptics as its electric car-sharing program launches in Indianapolis Sept. 2, leaving behind the political consternation about whether Mayor Greg Ballard went rogue in green-lighting the program in the first place.

Big Car’s Jim Walker uses creativity to lift neighborhoods, public spaces

August 27, 2015

Walker heads Big Car, which he describes as an “art-based, creativity-based not-for-profit that’s focused on community development.” Put simply, it uses art to jump-start neighborhood involvement and development.

Micro-brewery commits to new downtown events center

August 24, 2015

Round Town Brewery Co. has shelved plans to open on North Pennsylvania Street and instead is taking 16,000 square feet in Biltwell Event Center on the southwest edge of downtown.

Roundup: Downtown dessert cafe, lots of new pizzerias

August 17, 2015

Frona Mae Dessert Cafe is coming to East Washington Street in space formerly occupied by an upscale bar, and several pizza joints are in various stages of opening in the metro area.

A&E Roundup: Angelo Pizzo’s next sports pic, a young Indy chef joins Rachael Ray, more

August 7, 2015

Plus new musicians join the Symphony and SNL’s Sasheer Zamata picks an intimate venue for her return to Indy.

IPS finds buyer for historic Phillips Temple

August 4, 2015

Van Rooy Properties plans to spend more than $3.5 million to convert the crumbling structure into market-rate apartments while also constructing a new building on an adjacent lot to the west.

Ambitious development plans start to take root near Lucas Oil Stadium

July 16, 2015

Emboldened by the proposed development of a Marriott hotel, and prospects for another new hotel, the group that promotes downtown’s south side is beginning to lay the groundwork to transform the largely ignored area into a destination.

Openings: B Spot Burger, Repeal, Scotty’s latest creation

July 16, 2015

Ironworks at Keystone will boast a new-to-Indy burger joint this month, as a tea shop pours into the nearby Fashion Mall. In Fletcher Place, the new restaurant Repeal harkens back to 1933.

Vacant IPS buildings draw bids from developers

July 14, 2015

Five of the six buildings that Indianapolis Public Schools put on the block last month have attracted offers, with bidders appearing to lean toward renovating several as apartments.

Indy launches biz portal aimed at streamlining permitting

July 10, 2015

Indianapolis has joined about a dozen cities in hiring a California startup to develop a portal designed to help small business owners cut through red tape.

$17M Marriott hotel in works near Lucas Oil Stadium

July 10, 2015

An Illinois-based developer has received the first approval necessary to build a 140-room extended-stay hotel downtown, as Indy’s lodging market continues to swell.

Priority list includes the Rolling Stones, Audra McDonald, more

June 29, 2015

One of England’s greatest exports celebrates Independence Day at the greatest sports venue in the world.

EDITORIAL: Big Car’s plan for Garfield Park is inspiring

June 18, 2015

The organization's bold plan would turn several vacant homes into artist residences and transform two commercial buildings into exhibition spaces, a radio station and an artist-curated record store.

Pizzology owner eyeing Virginia Avenue for taco eatery

June 18, 2015

Neal Brown is looking to open the restaurant in Fletcher Place. The area’s renaissance also continues with plans to renovate a building for commercial use a few blocks away.

IPS puts six surplus properties up for sale

June 9, 2015

The school district is using a bidding process to attempt to unload the vacant buildings, including the downtown Phillips Temple.

UIndy embarking on $25M student housing project

May 11, 2015

The university plans to break ground later this month on the four-story apartment building that will house up to 480 students along the Shelby Street corridor.

Rivoli theater renovation would help spur arts hub

May 7, 2015

A plan to save the 1927 structure is beginning to take shape as part of a larger effort to transform the three-block stretch of East 10th surrounding the Rivoli into a magnet for arts-based organizations.

Priority list includes a new music festival, a Grammy-winning quartet, more

May 4, 2015

Inaugural Virgina Ave. Folk Festival puts music on nine stages. At Speak Easy, designers reconfigure Hollywood.

DINING: Options limited, flavors strong at Wildwood Market

April 30, 2015

Let other eateries offer epic menus with page after page of something-to-please-everyone options. Let other places walk you through a line of ingredients to pick.

RACE: Contemporary urbanism on Virginia Avenue