Habitat for Humanity went from helping a few thousand people a year when Carter started working with the group in the late 1970s to helping 7.1 million people in 2022.
The economic enhancement district is projected to raise $4.65 million a year in taxes to pay for downtown-focused improvements and programs and fund the operating costs of a low-barrier homeless shelter planned on the southeast side of downtown.
Indianapolis-based Keystone Group has been working on the 170-room hotel, a $101 million adaptive reuse of the historic Illinois Building at 17 W. Market St., since 2018.
The nonprofit, Indiana’s largest and oldest AIDS service organization, hasn’t finalized a budget for the project, but early estimates place the cost between $12 million to $15 million.
Dan and Anna Cage, whose eateries also include Broad Ripple restaurant Ambrosia and Fall Creek Place’s Bocca, plan to open Josephine at the corner of West Main Street and First Avenue SW.
Located north of The Shops at Perry Crossing shopping center, Crossing 5 Towns & Flats is expected to offer market- and above-market-rate units ranging from one to three bedrooms.
An out-of-state investment firm with plans to redevelop a rundown east-side retail center intends to refine its approach to the project weeks after hearing objections from neighbors—some of whom have their own ideas for the property.
The plan would feature approximately 366 apartment units, 60,000 square feet of medical office space, 12,500 square feet of retail space and 447 parking spaces.
The 92-apartment development, which would feature one- to three-bedroom units, would consist of market rate and reduced-income housing, with the latter meant to serve homeless veterans.
The Irish pub opened in 2014 as the third Nine Irish Brothers location. After a decade of serving shepherd’s pie and bangers and mash, the downtown restaurant is permanently closed.
Experts say some improvements—particularly those focused on wellness—help soften the blow for employees returning to their cubicles after growing acclimated to working from home.
The city is preparing to break ground in the next few months, but some housing-first advocates say the shelter doesn’t further the housing-first goal because it won’t include permanent-housing options.
Thirty-five years ago, following a career as a cryptologist in the U.S. Air Force and a stint running his own business, Pete Hilger joined the company his mother, Melissa Eldredge, founded in 1978.
The developments, known as The Kennedy and The Chloe, will offer market-rate and workforce housing options for residents near IU Indianapolis and IU Health’s $4.3 billion hospital campus.
Allowing each councilor to choose an improvement project is part of an initiative by Mayor Joe Hogsett’s administration to invest in roads, parks and dangerous intersections throughout Marion County.
