Shipping giant FedEx has snapped up 126,000 square feet of the former ATA maintenance hangar at Indianapolis International Airport. About 80,000 square feet of the leased space is hangar bays, and the rest is office, training rooms and other uses, said FedEx spokeswoman Paula Bosler. FedEx will use the ATA space to maintain all but […]
An ongoing expansion of AIT Laboratories will create 50 jobs this year in addition to the 60 created last year, the Indianapolis forensics lab said today. By the end of next year, total headcount will hit about 214, said the company, which has expanded its operation at 2265 Executive Drive near Indianapolis International Airport. The […]
ATA Airlines said today it would close its Chicago Midway hub and cease all scheduled service there, starting with domestic flights on April 14 and international flights as of June 7. The announcement comes after ATA parent Global Aero Logistics said in a January regulatory filing that it was considering selling all or part of […]
Browning Investments is contemplating developing a business park just north of Indianapolis International Airport in what
would be the largest development to date in the so-called Minnesota Street corridor.
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AAR Corp., the Wood Dale, Ill., company that took over the abandoned United Airlines repair base three years ago, said it hopes to add more than 300 workers this year in Indianapolis. Mayor Greg Ballard is expected to attend a press conference early this afternoon announcing the expansion. AAR currently has 925 employees working in […]
The Indianapolis Airport Authority board this month approved spending up to $8.8 million to help fund construction of a hotel connected to the midfield terminal set to debut Oct. 28. But delays in finalizing a deal with developer Mansur Real Estate Services means the $50-million-plus Westin will not be ready for guests until August 2009 at the earliest. The airport board picked Indianapolis-based Mansur to build the hotel nearly a year ago. “We’re still talking about what it’s going to…
The debt strategy Gov. Mitch Daniels’ top financial officials developed to save the state money on major projects like
Lucas Oil Stadium has turned sour.
AirTran Airways, a sponsor of Danica Patrick’s, recently announced that passengers at LaGuardia Airport in New York will have the privilege of their own personal pit crew to get through check-in fast, thanks to a hustling team of Danica Patrick…
HANCOCK COUNTY Browning wants sweets The Hancock County Economic Development Corp. plans to ask the county council for tax incentives on behalf of Indianapolis-based Browning Investments for two speculative buildings the developer is eyeing for the booming Mount Comfort area. The value of the incentives was not immediately available. The request involves one building originally […]
Hawker Beechcraft Services plans to expand its maintenance and service location at Indianapolis International Airport, the airport announced this morning. The airport board approved the $14-million project along with a 32-year lease. Forty to 50 workers will be added to the current 73 within five years. The new facility will include a 6,600-square-foot terminal, and […]
The fixed-base operator at Indianapolis Executive Airport in Zionsville has been awarded a five-year contract to operate Grissom Aeroplex at Peru, 60 miles north of Indianapolis. Montgomery Aviation Inc., which is headquartered in Indianapolis, will land small aircraft, and supply fuel, oil and services at the former Grissom Air Force Base, according to the Kokomo […]
Approximately 40 truck drivers employed by Towne Air Freight LLC in Indianapolis have voted to be represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. It was the first time in Towne’s 42-year history that drivers have opted to join a union. The South Bend company had rebuffed four previous attempts over the decades. Drivers operating out […]
Workers are installing Flagstar Bank signs on the One North Penn building this week, including a sign atop the 13-story building. What do you think of the sign and…
The Indianapolis International Airport board today voted unanimously to make former Eli Lilly and Co. CEO Randall Tobias its new president. Tobias was appointed to the board by Republican Mayor Greg Ballard. Tobias resigned from a State Department job last year after being linked to a call-girl ring. The eight-member airport board is evenly split […]
San Francisco-based The Chartres Lodging Group LLC announced today that it has completed its purchase of the 406-room Indianapolis Adam’s Mark Hotel. The group now plans to spend $18 million over the next 18 months to rebrand and renovate the property near Indianapolis International Airport. The company didn’t disclose the new brand the hotel would […]
Utah-based SkyWest Airlines will cut 15 jobs at Fort Wayne International Airport after it lost a ground-handling contract, reports The Journal Gazette, citing a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notice filed with the state. The job cuts, which include customer service and ramp agents, are slated to begin in April.
Indianapolis developer Browning Investments is planning a business park on about 150 acres south of Mount Comfort Airport, said Dale Pfeifer, a developer with Browning. The site is north of County Road 300 North and west of County Road 500 West, and is to have four warehouses with space ranging from 270,000 to 753,000 square […]
The park is expected to be a major amenity for the area’s growing biomedical economic development efforts. Purdue Research Foundation paid $2.5 million in June to purchase a half-interest in 78 acres at AmeriPlex industrial park. The university ultimately anticipates filling it with as many as 75 businesses and 1,500 jobs. AmeriPlex owner Holladay Properties, a South Bend developer of industrial parks, owns the other half of the site. Dubbed Purdue Accelerator Park at AmeriPlex-Indianapolis, the project is intended to…
The more than 4,000 employees at the region’s second-largest manufacturer are waiting to learn whether some will lose their jobs. Rolls-Royce Group PLC plans to cut up to 2,300 U.S. and European positions. The British aerospace company on Jan. 11 said it plans to slash its work force by almost 6 percent among managerial, professional and clerical ranks. It blames rising raw material costs and the declining value of the U.S. dollar. First-half 2007 profits of $600 million were roughly…
