Conseco reports $15.4 million profit in third quarter
The Carmel-based life insurer’s third-quarter results exceeded Wall Street analysts’ predictions.
The Carmel-based life insurer’s third-quarter results exceeded Wall Street analysts’ predictions.
Counties wanting to speed traffic among suburbs are building highways to avoid having to travel into Indianapolis. The result,
a 100-mile outer loop beyond Interstate 465, won’t be completed for years, and it won’t be built to consistent standards,
but it might help ease congestion.
A top-selling real estate agent pegs 46032 in Carmel and 46240 in Indianapolis as tops.
Carmel-based Telamon Corp. rose to become one of the largest minority-owned businesses in the area largely by serving telecommunications giants. Now it is veering off its traditional course to supply racing teams with an ethanol-based fuel made from Indiana corn.
The $491 million Central Indiana Community Foundation has switched investment advisers after the market crash of 2008, a year
in which it saw greater losses than many of its peers.
-Equicor Real Estate Development and Investment hired Jones Lange LaSalle as leasing agent for Waterplace Park, a 113,000-square-foot, four-building complex at 8925 N. Meridian St., and for the 74,000-square-foot Fidelity Keystone Office Tower and Fidelity Keystone Office Park. John Robinson and Adam Broderick of Jones Lange LaSalle are brokers for the properties.
-Software Engineering Professionals leased 28,000 square feet in the James Building, which is under construction in Carmel City Center. The tenant was represented by Jenna Barnett of Halakar Real Estate. The owner of the building, REI Real Estate, was represented by John Robinson and Adam Broderick of Jones Lange LaSalle.
-Schiele Enterprises Inc. leased 21,000 square feet of industrial space at 2402 Shadeland Ave. The tenant was represented by Kevin B. Kempf of Colliers Turley Martin Tucker. The landlord, Shadeland Business Park LLC, represented itself.
-CornerStone Flooring leased 12,800 square feet of industrial space at 8068 Woodland Drive in Park 100. The tenant was represented by Kevin B. Kempf of Colliers Turley Martin Tucker. The landlord, Duke Realty, represented itself.
-Decatur Vein Clinic leased 2,250 square feet at 33 E. County Line Road, Greenwood. The tenant was represented by David Black of Grubb & Ellis Harding Dahm & Co. The landlord, County Line Commons LLC, was represented by Rebecca Baer of Summit Realty Group.
-Dr. Matthew Wittrig, DDS, leased 2,363 square feet at 33 E. County Line Road, Greenwood. The tenant was represented by Jim Marron of UGL Equis. The landlord, County Line Commons LLC, was represented by Rebecca Baer of Summit Realty Group.
-Triumvirate Enterprises leased 2,460 square feet at 5777 Park Plaza Court in Park Plaza Business Park. The tenant was represented by Kurt Meyer of Baseline Commercial. The owner, First Industrial Realty Trust, was represented by Mary Sullivan of First Industrial and Nikhil Gunale of CB Richard Ellis.
-Peter Municipal Consultants PC leased 1,250 square feet at South Greenwood Shoppes, 6001 N. U.S. 31, Whiteland. Cathy Richards of Grubb & Ellis Harding Dahm & Co. represented the landlord, HRCP Inc. John Vance of Keller Williams represented the tenant.
-Sweeties GT leased 2,523 square feet at Broad Ripple Station, 1081 Broad Ripple Ave. Ron Mannon of Grubb & Ellis Harding Dahm & Co. represented the tenant. The landlord, LOR Corp., was represented by Suzanne Gammon of LOR.
-LJ Stone Co. leased 806 square feet at Lake Plaza 6801 Lake Plaza Drive. Debbie Shumate of Grubb & Ellis Harding Dahm & Co. represented the landlord, Lake Plaza LLC and LeBarron Investments. The tenant was represented by Brian Dell of Summit Realty Group.
Associates of a central Indiana legislator beaten over the weekend say a 1980s legal dispute might have triggered the attack.
Democratic Rep. Ed DeLaney of Indianapolis was taken to a hospital for treatment of facial fractures and a broken rib after
the attack Saturday in Carmel. Police officers arrested 38-year-old Augustus J. Mendenhall on attempted murder charges. Marion
County Democratic Chairman Ed Treacy says it appears Mendenhall was seeking revenge against DeLaney, an attorney who had worked
on litigation involving an adult bookstore owned by MendenhallĂ¢??s father.
DeLaney, a Democrat from Indianapolis, was treated at Methodist Hospital for two broken bones in his face, as well as cuts
and bruises, following the Saturday morning attack.
IndyGo, for all its faults, is the Cadillac of transit systems in the Indianapolis region. Service breaks at county lines
and the absence of passenger shelters are among the deficiencies facing transit systems in surrounding counties.
After no Indiana health and life sciences firms announced venture capital deals in the second quarter, five did so in the
third, and two more have already this month.
As an all-too-frequent flier, I’ve had a chance to get the full-love experience of the new airport terminal numerous
times in its first year. The summary is that it’s both tolerable, and I have no choice.
Despite a swooning economy that has hammered the time-share condominium industry over the last 18 months, Resort Condominiums
International continues to outperform its market. That’s not to say there hasn’t been some pain at
the company formerly headquartered in Carmel.
Conseco Inc. provides Medicare supplement, cancer, heart/stroke and accident insurance policies as
well as annuities and life insurance products through a nationwide network of distributors.
Indianapolis Civic Theatre presents "The Elephant Man," Oct. 30-Nov. 15. For details, click
here.
Cardinal Stage presents the comedy "Boom,"
Oct. 30-Nov. 15, at the Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington. For details, click here.
IU Auditorium presents Bob Dylan, Nov. 2. For details, click here.
Actors Theatre of Indiana presents "My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra," Nov.
4-15, at Carmel Community Playhouse at Clay Terrace. For details, click here.
Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre presents "The Casket Girls," Oct. 29-30, at Pike Performing
Arts Center. For details, click here.
Clowes Memorial
Hall presents The Swell Season (best known for the title song from the movie "Once"), Nov. 2. For
details, click here.
IPL will receive $20 million to help pay for a $48.8 million project to install more than 28,000 smart meters; Midwest ISO
will get $17.3 million toward a $34.5 million project to install 150 phasor measurement units.
Like zombies coming to life in a low-budget horror flick, the Halloween specialty shops that invade empty store fronts are
groaning with activity.
The awards of $500 each total $62,500. “In lieu of doing a party, it was more
appropriate and more the corporate culture of Gregory & Appel to do something charitable,”
Vice President Steve Appel said.
It’s good to be among the favored few, those blessed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to scoop up the remnants
of failed banks. Because it was on the FDIC list of approved buyers, Cincinnati-based First Financial Bancorp
was able to acquire Columbus, Ind.-based Irwin Financial Corp.’s banking operations under terms
that would make any deal-maker proud.