MARCUS: Politicians have little influence over jobs
Governors and mayors normally talk as if they are personally responsible for bringing jobs to their states and communities. This is nonsense.
Governors and mayors normally talk as if they are personally responsible for bringing jobs to their states and communities. This is nonsense.
Our public dialogue about competing with other states often focuses on development tools, tax policy, infrastructure and the like. These are surely some of the hard-edge elements of any sensible approach to building Indiana’s economic future.
Gander Mountain plans to open a store in Avon, Wal-Mart is expanding its presence in the metro area, and an Irish pub has opened downtown in space that’s had trouble keeping a longtime tenant.
Confession time: I’ve played hooky from my regular reporting duties twice in as many months—and I plan to do it again. (And again and again.)
Remains found in a shallow grave near a Montgomery County farm in May have been positively identified through DNA testing as those of a Carmel businessman who was murdered in 1996, investigators said Thursday. Craig Roberts, 47, who owned a landscaping firm, disappeared before Thanksgiving nearly 17 years ago. Employee John David Smith was convicted of murdering Roberts in 2001 in a case based on circumstantial evidence. Smith, who is serving a 95-year-sentence, told investigators where to find the body.
Officials at Clay Terrace in Carmel are working on plans to open a dog park on a vacant patch of land along U.S. 31, south of St. Vincent Sports Performance.
There’s a new reverse-commute bus route connecting the northwest side of Indianapolis with major employers in west Carmel.
KAR Auction Services Inc., 13085 Hamilton Crossing Blvd., Carmel 46032, is the holding company for ADESA Inc., which operates used-vehicle auctions at 67 locations; Insurance Auto Auctions Inc., which operates salvage auctions at 163 locations; and Automotive Finance Corp., which provides floorplan financing at 104 locations.
I enjoyed Peter Rusthoven’s [Sept. 16] column “A president out of his league,” as it nicely characterized both the missteps and blatant lies coming from the Obama administration’s Keystone Cops handling of the crisis in Syria.
In eight years with the Hamilton County Convention and Visitors Bureau, Executive Director Brenda Myers has morphed her organization into a developer, grant giver and landlord. The strategy appears to be working.
Stonegate Mortgage—potentially the first company in Indianapolis to go public since ExactTarget in 2012—plans to entice investors with a nationwide expansion, a diversified income stream, and the prospect that federal reforms will benefit such loan aggregators.
The Broad Ripple High School graduate took a flyer on building custom homes in 1967 and created an empire in the city’s northern suburbs.
A 10-year-old company that designs and builds robotic systems for industrial clients plans to invest nearly $2 million to build and equip a facility in Noblesville Business Park.
Donald Sachtleben, a 55-year-old Carmel resident, admitted being the source for an AP story about an intelligence operation in Yemen that foiled a plot to blow up an airliner.
A car rear-ended a Carmel school bus Monday about 7:40 a.m. near Creekside Middle School, injuring the bus driver. Children had already been dropped off at Creekside before the accident near 126th Street and Shelbourne Road. The bus driver was taken to the hospital with unspecified injuries. The driver and a passenger in the car declined treatment.
Stamford, Conn.-based Frontier Communications Corp. said it has automated a number of systems at its collection center at 11799 N. College Ave. and will no longer need the workers.
-Jones Lang LaSalle has been named leasing agent for the 110,600-square-foot Chamber of Commerce Building, 320 N. Meridian St. Kevin Gillihan and James Clark of JLL are the leasing representatives.
-Ollie’s Bargain Outlet leased 30,000 square feet of retail space in River Ridge Plaza, 1634-A Scatterfield Road, Anderson. The tenant was represented by Bobby Traynham of Rhino Realty Group. The landlord, Sandor Development, was represented by Jeff Roberts of Sandor.
-Amarr Co. leased 14,400 square feet of industrial space at 7768 Zionsville Road. The tenant was represented by Michael Weishaar of Cassidy Turley and John Ruffin of Meridian Realty Group. The landlord, Zionsville Indy LLC, was represented by Michael Napariu of REI Investments.
-Architectural Supplements LLC leased 11,555 square feet of industrial space at 7301 Georgetown Road. The tenant was represented by Joe Boarini of Quest Commercial Real Estate LLC. The landlord, Source Interlink Companies, was represented by Grant Lindley of Cassidy Turley.
-Comic Book University leased 4,800 square feet at Greenwood Place, 7623 S. Shelby St. The landlord, Broadbent Co., was represented by Josh Broadbent. The tenant represented itself.
-Body Mind and Core leased 4,053 square feet at Rangeline Crossing, 116th Street and Rangeline Road, Carmel. The landlord, KRG Centre LLC, was represented by Andrew Hasbrook of Kite Realty Group. The tenant represented itself.
-McFarling Foods leased 4,000 square feet of industrial space at 1234-1246 N. Capitol Ave. The landlord, 1234 N. Capitol LLC, was represented by Bill Byram of Cassidy Turley. The tenant represented itself.
-Mattress Firm Inc. leased 3,500 square feet of retail space in the Shoppes at Smith Valley, 791 State Road 135, Greenwood. The tenant was represented by Scott Gray of Sitehawk Retail Real Estate. The landlord, 791 SR 135 LLC, was represented by Scot Courtney and Bart Jackson of Lee & Associates.
-Shorty's Pub and Eatery leased 2,800 square feet at Washington Corner, 9976-9978 E. Washington St. The landlord, Broadbent Co., was represented by Josh Broadbent. The tenant represented itself.
-School on Wheels leased 2,369 square feet at Glendale Town Center, 6101 N. Keystone Ave. The landlord, Glendale Centre LLC, was represented by Andrew Hasbrook of Kite Realty Group. The tenant represented itself.
-Art’s Skillet leased 2,326 square feet of retail space in Esquire Plaza, 8255 Pendleton Pike. The landlord, Sandor Development, was represented by Jeff Roberts of Sandor. The tenant represented itself.
-Koko Fit Club leased 2,042 square feet at Rangeline Crossing, 116th Street and Rangeline Road, Carmel. The tenant was represented by Beth Patterson of Colliers International. The landlord, KRG Centre LLC, was represented by Blake Beaver of Kite Realty Group.
-Springleaf Financial leased 1,906 square feet of retail space in Cherry Tree Plaza, 9725 E. Washington St. The landlord, Sandor Development, was represented by Jeff Roberts of Sandor. The tenant represented itself.
-Westlake Shoppes IN LLC bought Westlake Shoppes, a 8,250-square-foot retail center at 835 Beachway Drive. The seller, 835 Beachway Drive LLC, was represented by Kevin Broderick and Matt Gray of CBRE. The buyer represented itself.
-North Hill Realty Group bought the 9,068-square-foot former Lotus Garden Restaurant building at 1045 N. Rangeline Road, Carmel. The buyer was represented by Drew Pattyn of Northern Commercial. The landlord, Lotus Investment Co., was represented by Steve Delaney and Craig Ramsay of Sitehawk Retail Real Estate.
-Atlanta-based Radco Cos. bought the 454-unit Lakewood Lodge Apartments at 65th Street and Keystone Avenue. The buyer, which has renamed the complex Ashford at Keystone, and seller, an affiliate of New York-based Lehman Brothers Holdings, were represented by Tikijian Associates.
The state saw sizable job increases in manufacturing, health services and educational sectors, but that was offset by decreases in trade, transportation, utilities and construction.
Michele Jackson’s quest to stem child exploitation led her into arranging international adoptions.