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The Indianapolis committee bidding to host the 2011 Super Bowl has raised more than $25 million to pay for the event. The figure was a self-imposed goal, and has been funded entirely by private donations, said Baker & Daniels partner Fred Glass, who is helping head the team. A decision is expected this afternoon. Indianapolis […]
Less than six months after settling a bitter lawsuit with Conseco Inc., Stephen and Tomisue Hilbert will auction off more than 100 pieces of art and antiques beginning this week at Sotheby’s in New York. The auctioneer values the Hilbert collection between $7 million and $11 million, according to a catalogue from the show. The […]
NASHVILLE, TENN.-Lucas Oil Stadium isn’t the only local sports venue that would see action if NFL owners pick Indianapolis to host the 2011 Super Bowl. Indianapolis Motor Speedway would be decked out for the league commissioner’s prestigious Friday night party, and Conseco Fieldhouse would be the site of a “star-studded concert” on the eve of […]
A site plan from Kite Realty Group shows how a new Target store will fit within Glendale Town Center and also reveals some of the shopping center’s new tenants. A…
People on the northwest side could get another fitness option to go with a brand new Gold’s Gym that just opened near 86th Street and Michigan Road. A development fact sheet from…
Eli Lilly and Co. could benefit from a recent New England Journal of Medicine report that Avandia, GlaxoSmithKline’s diabetes drug, might heighten the risk of heart attacks by 43 percent, according to Forbes. Lilly and a Japanese partner have developed Actos, which is similar to Avandia. However, unlike GlaxoSmithKline’s drug, Actos doesn’t make a big […]
A plastics-molding plant in the southwestern Indiana town of Mount Vernon has been bought as part of Saudi Basic Industries Corp.’s $11.6 billion acquisition of GE Plastics. The Saudi Arabian company is committed to the facility and its 1,450 workers, GE Plastics CEO Brian Gladden told the Evansville Courier & Press. Opened in 1960, the […]
NASHVILLE, TENN.-Preparation and practice are taken care of. All Indianapolis’s Super Bowl bid team can do now is hope for a payoff. City boosters were set to make their 15-minute presentation today before NFL owners vote on a site for the 2011 game. Indianapolis is vying against regional bids from North Texas and Arizona. A […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn.-The team pitching Indianapolis as a potential Super Bowl city is huddling with NFL staff this afternoon, preparing for tomorrow’s vote on a site for the 2011 game. Local representatives, including Baker & Daniels partner Fred Glass and Deputy Mayor Steve Campbell, expected to get last-minute feedback and have the opportunity to respond to […]
Simon Property Group obviously has sway in Indianapolis, having built its headquarters on a public plaza. But the company’s clout goes far beyond the Hoosier state. That is abundantly clear at the…
Nikki Longworth no longer is executive director of Indianapolis City Market. Her departure ends a sometimes-controversial six-year tenure. A market employee confirmed the departure. Additional information was not immediately available. The market is in the midst of a $1.8 million renovation that is running behind schedule.
Locally based Mann Properties is pitching retailers in Las Vegas this week on a couple of mixed-use developments slated for the north side: A project with 132 townhomes and a retail strip called Creekside Shoppes would be built along 86th…
The nation’s only CVS pharmacy to be build in the Art Deco style will be in The Village of West Clay in Carmel, the developer, Brenwick Development, said today. The 13,013-square-foot store is expected to open this fall.
Jury selection was expected to begin late this morning in the civil trial of Timothy Harcharik, a former Brightpoint Inc. worker accused of helping orchestrate an $11.9 million accounting fraud in the late 1990s. Harcharik, 53, served as Brightpoint’s director of risk management from 1997 to 2002. The Securities and Exchange Commission says that in […]
Patrick Industries Inc. has completed its purchase of Adorn LLC, another Elkhart maker of recreational vehicle and manufactured house components. The price was not disclosed. Publicly-traded Patrick generated $348 million in revenue last year and Adorn, $240 million. Patrick said the acquisition will add synergies in logistics, personnel, purchasing and other functions.
Because of the three-hour time difference between Indianapolis and Las Vegas, I won’t have much to say until this afternoon. I promise it’s the time difference and not that party last night at The Palms. I was working, promise. Asked…
Miasa Automotive LLC, which makes transmission parts, plans to open its first U.S. plant in Muncie. The Spanish company will hire 12 workers to make gearbox components. The company received nearly $90,000 in tax credits and other incentives from the state and Delaware County, according to Indiana Economic Development Corp.
This year’s TechPoint Mira Award winners included Indianapolis-based ExactTarget, ChaCha, of Carmel, and West Lafayette life science company Quadraspec Inc. The awards are given out annually by the not-for-profit to promote Indiana technology-based companies. This year’s winners, announced Friday, include: -Information Technology Company: ExactTarget, Indianapolis -Information Technology Gazelle Company: ChaCha, Carmel -Health & Life Sciences […]
