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City picks Marriott, passes on Pan Am plan:

January 1, 2007

A willingness to redesign and add rooms to its proposed JW Marriott hotel helped push locally based REI Real Estate Services and its partner over the top in their quest to build a convention headquarters hotel. The team of REI and Merrillville-based White Lodging Services Corp. proposed building an 800-room JW Marriott as the centerpiece of a 1,500-room, five-hotel complex at the site of the existing Courtyard by Marriott hotel at West and Washington streets. A city committee charged with…

TOM HARTON Commentary: Tying up some local loose ends

January 1, 2007

Maybe you’ve already heard. Mickey Maurer’s column will return to this space in a few weeks. After two years serving as Gov. Mitch Daniels’ go-to economic development guy, Mickey should have plenty of stories to tell. And Associate Editor Tawn Parent and I, as his trusty substitute columnists, should have a bit more time to devote to our behind-the-scenes work at IBJ. I’m closing out my brief columnwriting career by addressing a handful of topics-some of them new, some of…

Brown County fire might not hammer tourism

January 2, 2007

The overnight fire at Seasons Lodge & Conference Center in Nashville is unlikely to severely drain the Brown County community’s life blood of tourism, according to Teresa Anderson, CEO of the Brown County Convention & Visitors Bureau. Damage to the 80-room hotel is still being assessed. None of the 18 guests were injured, according to the Brown County […]

CHRIS KATTERJOHN Commentary: Community resolutions for 2007

January 8, 2007

It’s a week past the appropriate time to be writing about New Year’s resolutions, but from the feel of traffic heading in and out of town during rush hour, it appears a number of folks are still on vacation. I think the vast majority of us are ready now to get back down to business, so I feel justified in my timing. Therefore, be it resolved: Mayor Bart Peterson and Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi should continue to address the…

Labor sector diversification could spur local economy: $200,000 study targets finance, retail and construction

January 8, 2007

Sexier industry sectors like life sciences or motorsports get all the press. But to remain robust, the Indianapolis Private Industry Council believes, the area economy needs diversification. The 23-year-old work-force-training not-for-profit believes the nine-county area also should target three tried-and-true industries: finance and insurance; retail, hospitality and restaurants; and construction. IPIC, whose $9 million annual budget comes from public and private grants, plans to spend $200,000 during the first quarter studying the three sectors, which collectively employ 270,000 people in…

Columbia Club faces membership, financial issues

January 15, 2007

The Columbia Club, the tradition-rich enclave where the city’s business elite have gathered and cut deals for more than a
century, is facing declining membership, the departure of its longtime general manager, and looming financial challenges–including
a $5.5 million loan that comes due this summer.

EYE ON THE PIE: Mirror, mirror, which is fairest tax of all?

January 15, 2007

With some hesitation, I take you inside the men’s rest room at the Statehouse. There, I found a new member of the General Assembly combing his hair over his otherwise empty scalp and asking, “Mirror, mirror on the wall, which is the fairest tax of all?” The mirror responded, “The sales tax is the fairest of them all.” Startled, both the legislator and I looked around, only to hear another mirror say, “No, the income tax is fairest of them…

Suburban builder J. Greg Allen to tackle downtown

January 15, 2007

J. Greg Allen & Associates has made a name for itself building suburban subdivisions, office buildings and retail complexes.
Now, the developer is poised to tackle a pair of projects downtown.

Downtown Hyatt, National City Center to get $14M facelift

January 16, 2007

The Hyatt Regency Indianapolis and National City Center will undergo a $14 million renovation that is set to begin next week. The bulk of the redesign—$11 million—will go toward adding 10,000 square feet of meeting space, an Italian/American restaurant, a Starbucks coffee shop and upgrading a lounge in the lobby of the downtown hotel. National […]

Nashville hotel fire ruled arson

January 18, 2007

The Indiana State Fire Marshall has ruled that the Jan. 2 blaze that destroyed much of the Seasons Lodge & Conference Center in Nashville to be arson, according to IBJ newsgathering partner WISH-TV. The 80-room hotel is a keystone in Brown County’s bread-and-butter business of tourism. WISH-TV News 8 will have updates at 5 p.m. […]

City commits up to $48.5M for hotel project

January 18, 2007

The city of Indianapolis has agreed to kick in as much as $48.5 million toward the construction of a new 1,000-room convention hotel near White River State Park. In a letter of intent, the Indianapolis Bond Bank agreed to an investment package that could include a10-year tax abatement, a new tax increment financing district […]

UPDATE: New Indianapolis hotel could get TIF financing

January 18, 2007

The city of Indianapolis has agreed to kick in as much as $48.5 million toward the construction of a new 1,000-room convention hotel near White River State Park. In a letter of intent, the Indianapolis Bond Bank agreed to an investment package that could include a 10-year tax abatement and a new tax increment […]

UPDATE: Conrad hotel managers resign

January 24, 2007

Two high-level managers at the new Conrad Indianapolis hotel downtown have resigned effective at the end of the month, the hotel said today. The hotel said today General Manager Jan Chovanec will leave at the end of this month to move closer to his family. Director of Sales and Marketing David Catalon has taken a […]

Generator-maker finding new ways to get energy

January 29, 2007

I Power Energy Systems, which makes natural-gas-powered electric generators that are the primary power source of corporate
and college campuses, is a novelty in Indiana. After all, coal is still a cheaper source of electricity than is natural gas.
But I Power is developing applications for electric generators that burn biogas from sources ranging from garbage to ground-up
corn.

Chocolatier maintains steady routine between busy seasons

January 29, 2007

Each week at David Alan Chocolatier in Lebanon, three employees make a different variety of chocolate truffles, nut clusters
and other chocolate-laden delights. Alan uses 7,000 pounds of chocolate a year to make his products out of the renovated gas
station he has operated at since 1984.

Super Bowl win not necessarily profitable

January 29, 2007

If the Indianapolis Colts win the Super Bowl Feb. 4, team owner Jim Irsay will be going deep into his pocket. Contrary to
popular belief, winning the Super Bowl is not a huge financial windfall–at least not in the near term for the team and its
owner.

Super Bowl travel plans mix business, fun

January 29, 2007

Super Bowl XLI has become a can’t-miss event for dozens of local business executives and government honchos, who are shelling
out several thousand dollars apiece to watch the Feb. 4 game in person.

Greensburg water talks stall, threatening development

January 30, 2007

Commercial and residential development near the Honda Motor Co. car assembly plant at Greensburg has been thrown into limbo because of a dispute over who will control water lines in the development area. Decatur County Rural Water Corp., the water district that serves the development area, relies on water supplied by the city of […]

Super Bowl volunteers? No problem for Indianapolis

February 1, 2007

Lining up the roughly 8,000 volunteers needed to stage a Super Bowl would be the least of Indianapolis’ worries as civic leaders launch an official bid for the 2011 event, local sports organizers say. Not only would Indianapolis be able to find warm bodies, but the workers almost certainly would be seasoned veterans of […]

City Securities aims to earn mega-deal: If approved, $450 million bond plan would pay off pre-1977 police, fire pensions

February 5, 2007

If Mayor Bart Peterson gets his wish, a $450 million bond issue finally will settle Indianapolis’ long-standing dilemma over underfunded police and firefighter pensions once and for all. It will also generate up to $9 million in professional fees. And locally based City Securities Corp. is laying the groundwork to earn a lion’s share-even though investment banking is dominated by giant companies in Manhattan. “I would assume that most of Wall Street has made a call,” said City Securities Vice…

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City picks Marriott, passes on Pan Am plan:

TOM HARTON Commentary: Tying up some local loose ends

Brown County fire might not hammer tourism

CHRIS KATTERJOHN Commentary: Community resolutions for 2007

Labor sector diversification could spur local economy: $200,000 study targets finance, retail and construction

Columbia Club faces membership, financial issues

EYE ON THE PIE: Mirror, mirror, which is fairest tax of all?

Suburban builder J. Greg Allen to tackle downtown

Downtown Hyatt, National City Center to get $14M facelift

Nashville hotel fire ruled arson

City commits up to $48.5M for hotel project

UPDATE: New Indianapolis hotel could get TIF financing

UPDATE: Conrad hotel managers resign

Generator-maker finding new ways to get energy

Chocolatier maintains steady routine between busy seasons

Super Bowl travel plans mix business, fun

Greensburg water talks stall, threatening development

Super Bowl volunteers? No problem for Indianapolis

City Securities aims to earn mega-deal: If approved, $450 million bond plan would pay off pre-1977 police, fire pensions