The project is expected to encompass about 7.5 acres on the river’s western bank and will include new green spaces, an amphitheater and a promenade overlooking the White River.
The Blue Line, IndyGo’s third rapid-transit bus line, will run 24 miles east and west along Washington Street, connecting the Indianapolis International Airport on the city’s west side to Cumberland on the east side.
A federal court last fall temporarily blocked a program meant to prevent discrimination in government-funded transportation contracts from applying to two southern Indiana contractors.
The state of Indiana receives more than $20 billion from the federal government annually, or 44% of its budget, and is the third-most reliant state on federal dollars.
Brian Metcalf, who led the charter network from July 2019 through December 2022, pleaded guilty to two of the nine counts of wire fraud outlined in an indictment filed in 2023.
The company’s current proposal calls for a two-phase, $100 million overhaul including more than 500 apartments, 35,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, townhouses and a hotel.
Fishers and the Indianapolis Zoo will partner on some aspects of the new AgriPark, which received a key approval in the development process on Tuesday.
The historical society owns the downtown Indianapolis building where its headquarters, museum and archives are housed. However, the state owns the land.
The 170-room luxury hotel at 17 W. Market St., made its public debut Monday following a rehabilitation project to the historic building that began in 2018.
The LEAP Research and Innovation District, led by the Indiana Economic Development Corp., is among the costliest economic development projects Indiana has attempted. But the agency’s structure obscures its spending and who benefits.
