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The Indiana Supreme Court today found for the city of Carmel in a case regarding landowners who opposed annexation of their property in southwest Clay Township following a settlement between the city and an organization that calls itself No Ordinance for Annexation (NOAX), which filed a remonstrance and agreed to the settlement in 2005. The […]
Indiana Supreme Court today found for the city of Carmel in a case regarding landowners who contested a settlement between the city and people who owned property that was part of an annexation of territory in Southwest Clay Township. The Supreme Court found that not all conditions were met to defeat an otherwise valid ordinance […]
The new facade for One Indiana Square was unveiled shortly before this blog began, so we haven’t discussed it yet. Here’s your chance. The project to replace the storm-damaged facade has begun…
A Wall Street analyst said today that Steak n Shake Co. might fetch about $20 a share, or $570 million, if the company ultimately is sold-a hefty premium to where it now trades. Investors have been buzzing about Steak n Shake’s future since a group of Dallas-based investors disclosed in a regulatory filing this week […]
Allison Transmission could ramp up military sales under ownership by Carlyle Group and another private equity firm, a local business leader said.Although Indianapolis-based Allison emphasizes manufacturing truck transmissions, the company could see sales of transmissions for tanks and other military vehicles soar if Carlyle and Onex Corp. win an auction for the General Motors division, […]
Keller Crescent Co., an Evansville package printer and advertising firm, has been bought by Clondalkin Group of Amsterdam in the Netherlands for an undisclosed price. Keller employs 100 at a printing facility it operates at 6448 Saguaro Court on the northwest side. It mostly supplies Eli Lilly and Co. The company has 400 at a […]
A private equity consortium of Carlyle Group and Onex Corp. has bid the most for Allison Transmission, according to the Financial Times, which quoted anonymous sources. Owner General Motors wouldn’t comment, but the newspaper said the Carlyle and Onex bid was awaiting approval from the United Auto Workers last week. The other bidders-a party that […]
A consultant told business leaders in the Evansville area Tuesday that they should pounce on the chance to build an intermodal facility where freight containers can be exchanged between railroads and trucks, and do it before Terre Haute follows through on desires to launch a similar project. Morley and Associates business development director John DiDomizio […]
Steak n Shake Co. shares shot up 16 percent on Tuesday after a Dallas-based investment group reported it had amassed a nearly 10 percent stake in the company and plans to open talks on strategy, such as an acquisition or other “potential transactions to maximize shareholder value.” Affiliates of HBK Investments LP made the disclosures […]
Former Ivy Tech Community College executive Carol D’Amico this afternoon confirmed she’s been named president and CEO of Central Indiana Corporate Partnership’s new advanced manufacturing and logistics initiative. D’Amico will attempt to organize Indiana manufacturers and logistics firms and align them with the state’s colleges and universities. It’s the same strategy that CICP’s BioCrossroads initiative […]
Former Ivy Tech Community College executive vice president Carol D’Amico has been named president and CEO of Central Indiana Corporate Partnership’s new advanced manufacturing and logistics initiative. Sources this morning confirmed that CICP will announce D’Amico’s hire at a 4 p.m. news conference tomorrow on Rolls-Royce Corp.’s local manufacturing floor. In March, Ivy Tech looked […]
A news conference has been called Thursday afternoon at a site near Indianapolis International Airport at which outgoing Purdue University President Martin Jischke will make an announcement about Purdue Research Park. State and local officials are expected to attend, too. In West Lafayette, Purdue Research Park has more than 90 technology related companies.
Ratio Architects’ design for the Indiana Convention Center expansion is futuristic and will help set a new tone for downtown buildings, two Indianapolis architects who didn’t work on the project said after seeing images released yesterday. Plenty of glass and horizontal planes will make the expansion look high-tech and inviting to convention planners, said architects […]
A new apartment and retail complex along the canal has won a 10-year tax abatement worth $2.7 million. The Cosmopolitan on the Canal project, by locally based Flaherty & Collins Properties, is…
Tipton mayoral candidates say the $530 million transmission plant Chrysler Group and Germany-based Getrag Corporate Group are building near the town should provide job growth without disrupting the rural way of life associated with the community, according to the Kokomo Tribune. Getrag’s tax abatement request shows it intends to hire 1,088 Chrysler workers, and create […]
Eli Lilly and Co. won European approval today for its once-daily version of the impotence pill Cialis, Reuters reported. The OK from the European Commission could help Lilly differentiate its erectile dysfunction therapy from competitor Viagra. Before, Cialis and Pfizer Inc.’s Viagra have been taken as needed. But now, the new low-dose formulation of Cialis […]
Hospital network Clarian Health will begin charging its cigarette-smoking workers $5 per paycheck next year as punishment for the unhealthy habit. The fee applies to any worker covered by health insurance Clarian offers its employees. The smoking surcharge is part of a broader 2008 requirement by Clarian that each of its employees declare their health […]
Indianapolis-based Ratio Architects today unveiled final plans for a 420,000-square-foot expansion of the Indiana Convention Center. Among the details: 254,000 square feet of additional exhibit space, 63,000 square feet of meeting rooms, a new banquet kitchen and 100,000 square feet of so-called “pre-function space”-including three-story entry pavilion planned for the intersection of Capitol Avenue and […]
Locally based Ratio Architects this afternoon unveiled final plans for a 420,000-square-foot expansion of the Indiana Convention Center. It includes 254,000 square feet of additional exhibit space, 63,000…
Indianapolis-based based Marsh Supermarkets announced today it will close one store and remodel four others in Bloomington. The chain will close its South Walnut Street site in July and renovate the others with new fixtures and new product offerings. The changes will cost $2 million.
