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Omni Severin seeks lot for expansion: Downtown parking garage, grand ballroom on drawing board

February 13, 2006

The Omni Severin Hotel has confirmed it’s negotiating to buy the surface parking lot immediately east of the hotel, which it wants to redevelop into a parking garage capped by a 12,000-square-foot ballroom. Tourism officials love the idea, but some parking lot managers say it’s unnecessary. “We’re buying it for a reason,” said Chris Ratay, the hotel’s area director of sales and marketing. “This would allow us to have our own parking facility.” Today, the hotel’s valets run across the…

Ex-Winona owner under fire: Leland Medical Centers CEO faces fraud accusations, questions about his own bankruptcy

February 13, 2006

Accusations of fraud and other misconduct are piling up against the former owner of Winona Memorial Hospital. Two companies recently joined Winona’s creditors in questioning money transfers made by Texasbased Leland Medical Centers Inc., which owned the nowdefunct Indianapolis hospital from 2002 until a short time before it closed in 2004. Meanwhile, lawyers sorting through the liquidation of Winona still have no explanation for why Leland took $3.6 million from the struggling Indianapolis hospital before it slid into bankruptcy and…

Hospitals still find room to grow in Hamilton County: More competition doesn’t crowd the market, experts say

February 13, 2006

Clarian Health Partners made a big splash last December in Hamilton County when it opened a 154-bed medical center, but competitors in that market are showing they know how to flex development muscles, too. The county’s three other hospitals all have planned, started or completed expansion projects in the last few years, and those who know the market see plenty of room for more health care. “If you’re in the hospital business, it’s hard to fail in a market like…

Irvington confronts development dilemma: District’s new historic guidelines receive first test

February 20, 2006

A proposed development that would bring a Starbucks and a Union Federal Bank branch to the east side of Irvington presents a conundrum for folks there thirsting to revitalize the historic but neglected neighborhood. Local developer Tharp Investments Inc. wants to demolish a NAPA auto-parts store and a vacant building on adjoining properties it owns on East Washington Street to make way for the coffee shop and bank. Residents welcome the investment as a first step in a broader plan…

Duke’s Earth Services Inc.: Environmental services firm cleaning up on spills Haz-mat niche paying off; business expected to double

February 20, 2006

When a truck carrying a load of frozen chicken crashed on Interstate 74 near Batesville last month-mixing the meat with less-than-appetizing ingredients like diesel fuel and coolant-Duke’s Earth Services was high on the invite list for the impromptu barbecue. The Mooresville-based environmental services company specializes in such unpleasant jobs: cleaning hazardous materials spills, removing underground storage tanks, and checking construction sites for contaminated soil. And business is good. Duke’s posted revenue of $3.5 million in 2005, and leaders expect to…

Buckingham makes big plans for Carmel: Developer awaits OK on 116-acre urbanist development

February 20, 2006

The makeover of midtown Carmel, driven by the ambitious City Center master plan, could get a boost from a nearby development that could rival the project in scope. Local real-estate developer Buckingham Properties will present its proposal to the Carmel Plan Commission Feb. 21 to transform the 1960s-era Mohawk Hills apartment complex and its golf course into a modern urbanist neighborhood. The development, called Gramercy, could take a decade and hundreds of millions of dollars to complete. The 116-acre tract…

Hospitals battle for bone biz: St. Vincent’s ortho upgrade ups ante in lucrative niche

February 20, 2006

St. Vincent Health is spending $9 million to capture more of the city’s lucrative market for orthopedic care, a specialty that could trigger a new arms race among local hospitals. The Catholic hospital network is reworking existing space at its 86th Street campus to create a 61-bed St. Vincent Orthopedic Center that will open in July. The new center aims to consolidate care in one location and raise the quality bar to new heights. “We think we’re creating something that…

Development plans percolating in five urban corridors: East 10th Street, Fountain Square lead FOCUS pack

February 20, 2006

DataSmith Technologies owner James Smith started looking almost two years ago for a building to house his business, his home and possibly a revenue-generating tenant. What he ended up with was a dilapidated former bar on a struggling section of East 10th Street that had become a haven for vagrants. Smith took a chance on the building at 2032 E. 10th St., most recently home to Mustang Sally’s tavern, largely because of the involvement of the East 10th Street Civic…

New FBI facility: tough case to crack: Government struggling to find site to build field office for bureau

February 20, 2006

The highly-sought-after job of developing a new building for the FBI’s Indianapolis field office is still in play, but it’s hampered by the federal government’s inability to find a site for the building. A bevy of local and national developers are expected to throw their hats in the ring to develop the building, which the Government Services Agency says needs to be 110,000 square feet. For the winner, it would be a high-profile project and one of the more significant…

Industrial park land sends towns into annexation battle: Avon, Plainfield both want 882-acre distribution site

February 20, 2006

A valuable piece of Hendricks County property slated for a mammoth warehouse and industrial park is pitting the neighboring towns of Avon and Plainfield against each other. The two municipalities once were cooperating to annex the 882 acres together and share the tax dollars generated by the $700 million investment that could attract 6,000 jobs. They stopped negotiating last fall and now are employing separate tactics to claim the unincorporated land. Locally based Browning Investments Inc. wants to build CentraLogistics…

STATEHOUSE DISPATCH: Senate doesn’t hesitate to check House, governor

February 27, 2006

Why do we have a bicameral legislature, with four-year terms for senators and two-year terms for House members? Because, as George Washington reputedly told Thomas Jefferson, the framers created the Senate to “cool” House legislation, just as a saucer was used to cool hot tea. We’ve just seen evidence of this, and also of another important phenomenon, one that reminds us of just how separate our branches of government truly are. We recently mentioned how the “adults” in the Senate…

Clarian sizing up south side: Agreement with Morgan Hospital could lead to development projects in St. Francis’ back yard

February 27, 2006

The largest hospital network in Indianapolis will start stretching its reach once again next month, this time south of town, where it could challenge the dominance of St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers. Clarian Health Partners is embarking on a five-year development agreement with Martinsville’s Morgan Hospital & Medical Center that could place more building projects on Clarian’s already crowded construction agenda. The two systems plan to focus their relationship on improving patient care and research, but representatives of both…

Ethanol’s secret: Highly touted alternative fuel needs tax subsidies to survive

February 27, 2006

State and local leaders have been crowing about how ethanol plants will bring more jobs to Indiana and put more dollars in the pockets of corn farmers. If that prospect isn’t enough to make votecoveting politicians and corn farmers giddy, General Motors Corp. started singing ethanol’s praises this month in TV ads. Joyous motorists frolic under blue skies-all thanks to ethanol’s promise of cleaner air and energy independence from oil. But there’s another economic reality for motorists who use E85,…

Livable cities? Carmel ‘gets it’: Gramercy, other projects will keep city on a roll

February 27, 2006

Carmel housewife jokes went out of style years ago, but Indy’s wealthy neighbor to the north still takes plenty of heat for being uptight and plain vanilla. Too bad, because Carmel’s recent past demonstrates it’s no soulless suburb. Buckingham Properties’ proposed Gramercy development is the latest sign that Carmel’s leadership knows a thing or two about creating a livable city-even if some of its residents don’t. The Gramercy project, profiled in last week’s IBJ, drew more opposition than support at…

Retail space coming to Fall Creek Place: Restaurants, coffee shops, bookstores planned

February 27, 2006

Wayne Ashford sat in his Fall Creek Place coffee shop-Tea’s Me CafÃ© & Gifts-during a recent lunch hour waiting for customers to show up. After six months in the neighborhood, he’s been “a little disappointed” at the foot traffic through his business at the corner of 22nd and Talbott streets. While the master-planned community has won accolades for its urban design, it has failed to generate revenue for smallbusiness owners like Ashford. That may change in a hurry. Three sizeable…

Labor tiff puts loan for stadium in limbo: NFL Players Association refusing to back $34 million as fight with owners drags on

February 27, 2006

A $34 million loan from the NFL that the Indianapolis Colts are counting on to fund part of their share of stadium construction could get sacked, at least temporarily, in an NFL labor dispute. Teams with pending stadium loans-including the Colts, Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants and Jets-hoped to get final approval of their loans at the March owners’ meeting. That is now in serious doubt, league sources said. NFL owners last June approved a $34 million loan for…

CHRIS KATTERJOHN Commentary: Partisanship: The nemesis of progress

March 6, 2006

Like Mayor Bart Peterson’s Indianapolis Works legislation last year, Gov. Mitch Daniels’ Major Moves bill has become the political football of this legislative season. The rhetoric and posturing associated with the highway funding bill has been as partisan and irrational as it comes. It’s as if the Democrats who oppose Major Moves are trying to compensate for their party’s inability to produce a solution to our state’s highways needs during the previous 16 years of Democratic leadership under governors Bayh,…

Ayres stores may be razed: Smaller shops likely replacements at Castleton, Greenwood

March 6, 2006

Simon Property Group Inc. wants to take the wrecking ball to the soon-to-be-vacant L.S. Ayres stores at Castleton Square and Greenwood Park malls, clearing the way for development of a collection of smaller stores and restaurants, sources familiar with the plans say. “There have been numerous site plans circulated showing redevelopment with the existing structures removed,” said Bill French, a local retail broker with St. Louis-based Colliers Turley Martin Tucker. Mark Perlstein, a partner with The Linder Co., an Indianapolis-based…

ABDUL-HAKIM SHABAZZ Commentary: Enough of this Godly grandstanding

March 6, 2006

I will freely admit that, while I am not the most religious person in the world, I don’t think God would mind if I offered Him another c o m m a n d m e n t : “Thou shall not grandstand and use my name in the process!” I think that advice would well suit some members of Indiana’s congressional delegation, or at least two of them: Reps. Dan Burton and Mike Sodrel. The two, along with State…

Hotel firm investing $30 million by stadium: Dora Brothers specializes in properties on the fringes

March 6, 2006

The downtown hotel operated by Dora Brothers Hospitality Corp. is unlikely to be confused with the towering convention hotels that sit, literally, on the other side of the tracks. While behemoths like the Westin, Marriott and Hyatt boast bustling restaurants, gleaming lobbies, meeting facilities and an attached walkway to the Indiana Convention Center, Dora’s modest Best Western Hotel offers little beyond clean, comfortable rooms, continental breakfast and a short walk to the heart of Indianapolis. Fishers-based Dora Brothers, however, is…

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Omni Severin seeks lot for expansion: Downtown parking garage, grand ballroom on drawing board

Ex-Winona owner under fire: Leland Medical Centers CEO faces fraud accusations, questions about his own bankruptcy

Hospitals still find room to grow in Hamilton County: More competition doesn’t crowd the market, experts say

Irvington confronts development dilemma: District’s new historic guidelines receive first test

Duke’s Earth Services Inc.: Environmental services firm cleaning up on spills Haz-mat niche paying off; business expected to double

Buckingham makes big plans for Carmel: Developer awaits OK on 116-acre urbanist development

Hospitals battle for bone biz: St. Vincent’s ortho upgrade ups ante in lucrative niche

Development plans percolating in five urban corridors: East 10th Street, Fountain Square lead FOCUS pack

New FBI facility: tough case to crack: Government struggling to find site to build field office for bureau

Industrial park land sends towns into annexation battle: Avon, Plainfield both want 882-acre distribution site

STATEHOUSE DISPATCH: Senate doesn’t hesitate to check House, governor

Clarian sizing up south side: Agreement with Morgan Hospital could lead to development projects in St. Francis’ back yard

Ethanol’s secret: Highly touted alternative fuel needs tax subsidies to survive

Livable cities? Carmel ‘gets it’: Gramercy, other projects will keep city on a roll

Retail space coming to Fall Creek Place: Restaurants, coffee shops, bookstores planned

Labor tiff puts loan for stadium in limbo: NFL Players Association refusing to back $34 million as fight with owners drags on

CHRIS KATTERJOHN Commentary: Partisanship: The nemesis of progress

Ayres stores may be razed: Smaller shops likely replacements at Castleton, Greenwood

ABDUL-HAKIM SHABAZZ Commentary: Enough of this Godly grandstanding

Hotel firm investing $30 million by stadium: Dora Brothers specializes in properties on the fringes