Closing: Flower Factory, Frankey’s, McVan’s
Several notable departures including Flower Factory and Frankey’s lead off the latest retail real estate roundup.
Several notable departures including Flower Factory and Frankey’s lead off the latest retail real estate roundup.
Merchants’ Square shopping center, built in 1970 as the enclosed Keystone Square Mall and redeveloped into an open-air center and renamed in the mid-1990s, is riddled with vacancies and bracing for another high-profile departure, despite its prime location.
Shelly Leer had planned to start ModHomeEc on a small scale, but has found it tough to keep it there. She’s had to double class sizes from three students to six since January and has started offering three-day, out-of-town workshops in Chicago.
Indianapolis International Airport officials could know by next week whether the Borders bookstore inside the terminal will survive a third round of store closures tied to the chain’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
Consumer ratings service Angie’s List is scoping locations for hundreds of new employees the fast-growing firm plans to hire. And unlike past expansions, it’s looking beyond its East Washington Street headquarters—and Indianapolis.
Owners of the Sheraton Indianapolis are converting one of its towers into luxury apartments, and developers are vying to replace the vacant Woodfield Centre.
Nordstrom occupies a staggering 210,000 square feet spread across three floors—60 percent more space than the Seattle-based chain occupies at the Fashion Mall at Keystone and likely more than any single retailer would be willing to lease.
Anchor store Carson Pirie Scott negotiated a new lease in January, giving the downtown mall added stability at a key time.
Yoga apparel specialist, store geared toward teens plan local presence.
The news that Nordstrom Inc. will close its Circle Centre mall store July 31 is proof that the suburbs still rule where retail is concerned, but it shouldn’t signal a repeat of the gradual decline downtown suffered when merchants began leaving the city’s core in the 1950s.
Company President Erik Nordstrom said sales have fallen by half at the Circle Centre mall store since Nordstrom opened a Keystone Crossing location in 2008. The downtown store will close July 31.
Nordstrom plans to close its store at Circle Centre mall, dealing a substantial setback for downtown. The Seattle-based chain was scheduled to announce the closure to employees at a mandatory staff meeting Thursday morning, a person familiar with the plans told IBJ.
Two of the nation's hottest concepts in retail—a yoga apparel specialist and a new dollar-store concept targeting teens—are coming to Indianapolis.
It’s hard to know whether the “what, us worry?” types believe what they’re saying, or whether they’re just staking out a bargaining position.
A local developer’s $12 million project is transforming a four-story office building and five acres of surface parking lots adjacent to The Fashion Mall at Keystone into a new retail and restaurant destination.
The French Seam is not a craft store or a quilting store. It’s where one shops for the trappings of an evening gown or a killer suit.
Every business sector has influential players, whether they are in the public eye or wield their influence behind the scenes. IBJ is identifying those people in eight different industry categories. Up this month: commercial real estate.
Detour: An American Grille, Cannoli Queen and a couple of new frozen yogurt spots lead off a crowded restaurant and retail roundup.
A new retailer at The Fashion Mall, a couple of new chain restaurants and a major renovation for St. Elmo Steak House lead the latest retail roundup.