Local hotels report May dip after Indy 500 attendance lags
While downtown hotels saw no drop in room nights in May, lodging demand downshifted in the outlying areas of Marion County.
While downtown hotels saw no drop in room nights in May, lodging demand downshifted in the outlying areas of Marion County.
The proposed high-end hotel at Carmel’s City Center would be partially owned by the city, which would use bonds to finance it.
After months of discussions, the Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission on Wednesday approved the design of a massive development that could transform the northeast end of Massachusetts Avenue.
Ironworks Hotel Indy will feature 15,000 square feet of street-level retail space, including Blue Sushi Sake Grill, Massage Heights and Cunningham Restaurant Group’s Rize. Cunningham also will operate Provision in second-floor retail space.
West Fork Whiskey will move from the northwest side and expand from a production facility to offer whiskey by the glass, plus dining, a bar and a lounge.
Carmel’s total liabilities have swelled to nearly $1.2 billion including principal, interest and other debt payments, according to the Indiana Department of Local Government Finance.
The Fort Harrison Reuse Authority on Monday opened a $3 million expansion of Otis Avenue that officials hope will attract more development to the former Fort Benjamin Harrison military base.
Company officials say the closure will be permanent and cost 84 employees their jobs. The decision comes a year after the owner of the club filed a request to rezone the property to allow for possible redevelopment.
Supporters and critics of Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard’s proposed hotel and carousel are circulating online petitions detailing their positions.
The plant will have the capacity to produce 300,000 Toyota Corolla compact cars and Mazda crossovers per year, the companies said.
U.S. employers added 209,000 jobs in July, a second straight month of robust gains.
The Carmel City Council spent hours discussing a multimillion-dollar antique carousel and a proposed City Center hotel Monday night.
DineEquity Inc., the parent company of Applebee’s Neighborhood Bar & Grill and IHOP, is planning to eliminate as many as 160 of the restaurants, the company said Thursday.
The money will be used to move an electric transmission line that runs through the property, as well as to activate insurance policies that should cover environmental remediation costs.
The Fishers Sports Pavilion project was first introduced in April 2015, but construction never started. Now, a modified proposal with a $75 million price tag is heading to Fishers officials for consideration.
An unscientific survey shows that Gen Con visitors take advantage of attractions well beyond the convention center and downtown restaurants.
The proposals include work space for startups and a city visitors center, as Indianapolis officials search for a new strategy for reusing the stately, 107-year-old building.
Former gymnasts are calling or several members of the Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics board of directors to resign, insisting the organization needs to make a clean break from its past before it can begin moving forward.
Hotels in Carmel could soon have an unexpected competitor—the city itself.