The Marsh closed in April 2017 as the grocer teetered toward bankruptcy. Meanwhile, Aldi is on a tear with its plans to modernize existing stores and open new ones.
The new Musk restaurants include Hedge Row on Mass Ave and Next Door in Meridian-Kessler. Also this week: Aldi stores spruce up, electrical supply stores enter the Indianapolis market, and more.
Four schools have indicated to the Indianapolis mayor’s office that they’re interested in applying for charters. Three would replicate existing school models.
The major change this year is to replace the existing State Workforce Innovation Council with a new board that legislative leaders hope will be smaller and more nimble.
The long-vacant P.R. Mallory building on East Washington Street is closer to becoming occupied, after plans to bring the Purdue Polytechnic High School there stalled over higher-than-expected renovation costs.
As part of its local downsizing, Angie’s List has signed a lease to occupy four floors of a historic downtown building, becoming the largest tenant in the 12-story office tower.
A three-way partnership substantially brightens the future of the venue, which has offered minimal programming in recent years and badly needs upgrades.
Restaurateurs Scott and Nyla Wolf plan to open their fifth Wolfie’s Grill on the property, which has been home to several waterside restaurants over the past three decades.
Moontown Brewing Co. has transformed the former home for secondary education into a taproom with 15 brewing barrels. A full restaurant is in the works.
Real estate experts disagree over whether the prominent downtown space being vacated by Carson’s makes more sense for another retailer (perhaps Target?) or for an office user.
The impending closure will represent a huge hit to the downtown mall, which has seen a steady exodus of traditional retail tenants in recent years. Nordstrom shuttered its anchor store at the mall in 2011.
Leaders of the $10.3 million Riverside High School project on the west side—a sister to Herron High School and set to open in the fall—have cobbled together several funding sources to finance the project.
Dan and Julie Johnston bought a historic office building near the foot of Mass Ave and are renovating it into state-of-the-art meeting and event space with high-tech bells and whistles.
She has listed the historic church building since 2015, originally for $1.85 million, but has dropped the asking price to $1.59 million as she finishes a second round of renovations.
The university’s $205 million in big gifts was about two-thirds of the $302.9 million in gifts of $1 million or more given by individuals to Indiana not-for-profits in 2017.
