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Two women were hospitalized after a two-alarm fire brought traffic to a halt on North Meridian Street in Indianapolis on
Wednesday morning. Sharon Jones , 40, was listed in critical condition at Wishard Memorial Hospital and Mercedes McKee, 18,
was listed in stable condition at Methodist Hospital after fire gutted the Oxmoor Apartments at 3640 N. Meridian St. The building
is a total loss, with damage estimates listed at $1.2 million.
 

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A federal judge in Minnesota rejected Guidant Corp.'s guilty plea to charges it hid defects in heart
defibrillators, after some doctors and patients complained about the deal, Bloomberg News reported. Guidant is a coronary
products company spun off from Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. in the 1990s and acquired by Boston Scientific
in 2006. Boston Scientific agreed to plead guilty and pay $296 million to settle the case brought by the U.S. Department of
Justice. But U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank suggested the company should be placed on probation for failing to disclose
defects with its heart devices to regulators. Prosecutors said in court papers that Guidant officials learned as early as
2002 that some of the implantable defibrillators had a tendency to short-circuit and caused users’ deaths. The company
didn’t disclose the defects for more than three years, the government said.

The first phase of a $65 million expansion opened Tuesday at Marquette, a retirement facility located south
of St. Vincent Hospital on Township Line Road. The expansion is designed to appeal to more active seniors, and includes a
bistro, performing-arts venue, a putting green and exercise facilities with a full-time trainer. A second phase of the expansion,
to be completed later this summer, will include 48 apartments.

The Health Foundation of Greater Indianapolis gave $1 million to Wishard Health Services
to help it purchase software to better coordinate care for pediatric asthma patients. The program provides coaching and educational
materials for children with asthma in coordination with their primary-care providers, including school clinics. The software,
known as RelayHealth Virtual Information Exchange, will electronically deliver patient-education materials to patients in
the pediatric asthma program, with easy-to-understand illustrations and animations. Eventually, Wishard hopes to use the software
to allow patients to schedule appointments, obtain prescription refills and have electronic visits with health care professionals.

The Lifeline helicopter medical service is starting to replace the aircraft it uses for emergency flights across much of
Indiana, according to the Associated Press. Indianapolis-based Clarian Health is buying four new helicopters
to replace aging ones. Lifeline program director Shelly Maersch says the new helicopters will have safety enhancements, with
the pilots being able to use night-vision goggles. The new helicopters also will allow for rear loading and not vibrate as
much. The first new helicopter will be stationed at Howard Regional Hospital in Kokomo. Lifeline also has regional bases in
Lafayette, Muncie, Columbus and Terre Haute.

Fire crews spent more than an hour this morning putting out a fire at a Brownsburg apartment complex. Several apartment units
were damaged as flames spread from one roof to another on Windhaven Court at the Brownsburg Crossing Apartments. Flames and
smoke could be seen for miles, according to witnesses. One firefighter suffered minor injuries.

More than a dozen people spent the night in an east-side Indianapolis motel after fire and smoke forced them from their East
Washington Street apartment building. Eleven residents of the Washington Arms Apartments were treated for smoke inhalation
Sunday after fire broke out in the basement and spread. When firefighters arrived, they found several residents hanging out
of upstairs windows. No serious injuries were reported. Damages are listed at $100,000.

Indianapolis police are searching for two men accused of trying to abduct an 11-year-old girl Tuesday morning. The girl said
she was waiting for the school bus near the Oaktree Apartments on Post Road near Pinehurst Drive just before 7 a.m. when a
dark van with two men inside approached her. The men yelled for her to get into the van, but she refused and used her cell
phone to call 911. She described the driver as a black man with twisties in his hair, and the passenger as a Hispanic man
with a gold tooth. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.

-Eastgate Studios LLC leased 18,000 square feet at 24 S. Shelby St. The tenant and the landlord, Pleasant View Partnership PC, were represented by Matt Jackson and Joe Lonnemann of Halakar Real Estate.

-Aaron Rents leased 6,700 square feet at The Parkwood Shoppes, 1616 N. Lebanon St., Lebanon. The tenant was represented by Michael Cranfill of Sitehawk Retail Real Estate. The landlord, Pavilion Inc., was represented by Steven Hoffman.

-UtilX Corp. leased 4,000 square feet at 496 S. Polk St., Building No. 2, Greenwood. The tenant was represented by Cam Kucic of Summit Realty Group. The landlord, Robert W. Kleis Jr. Living Trust, was represented by Cathy Richards of Grubb & Ellis Harding Dahm & Co.

-Pediatric Nursing Specialists leased 3,069 square feet of office space at 3500 DePauw Blvd. The landlord, CP Pyramids Associates LP, was represented by David A. Moore, Darrin L. Boyd and Bennett Williams of Cassidy Turley. The tenant represented itself.
 
-American Electronics leased 2,780 square feet at 496 S. Polk St., Building No. 1, Greenwood. Cathy Richards of Grubb & Ellis Harding Dahm & Co. represented the tenant and the landlord, Robert W. Kleis Jr. Living Trust.
 
-Edward D. Jones & Co. leased 1,172 square feet at the Mount Comfort Business Center in the Mount Comfort Commercial Park, 4177 N. Awning Court. The tenant was represented by Jeff Schappe of Colliers Corporate Solutions. The landlord/owner, Precedent Commercial Development, was represented by Larry Siegler of Precedent.

-A.C.T. Services Inc. leased 1,200 square feet at Eagle Highland Office Park, 3955 Eagle Creek Parkway. The landlord, Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT Medical Portfolio 3, was represented by Debbie Shumate of Grubb & Ellis Harding Dahm & Co. The tenant represented itself.

-USM/Transfield Services Group Inc. renewed its lease for 1,805 square feet at Greenwood Oaks Business Centre. 500 S. Polk St., Greenwood. Cathy Richards of Grubb & Ellis Harding Dahm & Co. represented the landlord, Greenwood Oaks Investments LLC, and the tenant.

-Fast Tans renewed its lease for 1,600 square feet at George Thomas Plaza, 1028 N. Shadeland Ave. Cindy Hoskinson and Herb Feldmann of Grubb & Ellis Harding Dahm & Co. represented the tenant and the landlord, Ladywood Apartments LLC.

-Hometown Exteriors Inc. leased 1,500 square feet at Greenwood Oaks Business Centre, 500 S. Polk St., Greenwood. Cathy Richards of Grubb & Ellis Harding Dahm & Co. represented the landlord, Greenwood Oaks Investments LLC, and the tenant.

RPD Catalyst, a private equity investor based in Los Angeles, purchased Harbour Town Apartments and Condominiums, a 120-unit apartment community and newly completed 45-unit condominium building on Morse Reservoir, near Noblesville. The property includes a building pad that can accommodate another 45-unit condominium building. The exact sales price wasn’t disclosed but was less than $5 million. T. Scott Pollom Sr. of Colliers Turley Martin Tucker represented the buyer in the cash transaction. The seller was Fifth Third Bank.