Ballard to visit Brazil on business-development trip
Economic development mission targets clean technology and motorsports business-development opportunities.
Economic development mission targets clean technology and motorsports business-development opportunities.
The 21-year-old son of Indy 500 champ Bobby Rahal has scoffed at a two-year offer from Dale Coyne Racing, and by doing so
may be endangering the future of open-wheel racing.
Ratings for the Feb. 20 NASCAR Nationwide Series Race, Danica Patrick's second, were down nationally and in the Indianapolis
market compared to the season opener Feb. 13. But Danica has another chance to shine Saturday in Las Vegas.
While insurers get the blame for rising health-care costs for consumers, surging fees from hospitals and the growing dominance
of such providers may be just as responsible for driving up expenses, according to a new study examining California's
market.
The Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana plans to acquire the Romanesque Revival former church and is considering moving
its headquarters there.
Norwood Promotional Products is departing Indianapolis for Clearwater, Fla., as part of a larger consolidation undertaken
by the company’s parent, Bic Graphic USA.
In the 1970s and 1980s tobacco sponsorship cash was auto racing's life blood. Reliance on the money helped kill CART,
and the IndyCar Series is still trying to figure out how to survive without it.
-Quinlan Marketing Inc. leased 11,477 square feet of office space at 550 Congressional Blvd., Carmel. The tenant was represented by Pete Anderson of Colliers Turley Martin Tucker. The landlord, 550 Congressional Blvd. LLC, was represented by David A. Moore, Darrin L. Boyd and Mary Beth Kohart, also of Colliers Turley Martin Tucker.
-Empire Beauty leased 10,000 square feet at Speedway Super Center, 6020 Crawfordsville Road. The tenant was represented by Cindy Hoskinson, Herb Feldmann and Ron Mannon of Grubb & Ellis Harding Dahm & Co. The landlord, Centro Properties Group, represented itself in the transaction.
-McGuire Sponsel subleased 4,200 square feet of office space at Capital Center, 201 N. Illinois St. The tenant was represented by Michael R. Semler of Colliers Turley Martin Tucker. The lessor, Huntington Bank, was represented by Jon R. Owens and Russell VanTil, also of Colliers Turley Martin Tucker.
-Kilroy’s subleased the 8,533-square-foot former Smokey Bones Restaurant at 201 S. Meridian St. Steve Delaney of Sitehawk Retail Real Estate represented both the tenant, Paul Murzyn, and the lessor, Darden Restaurants, in the transaction.
-Sun Tan City leased 2,747 square feet at Scatterfield Pavilion, 4739 Scatterfield Road, Anderson. The tenant was represented by Ed Bonnacker of The Swiss Group. The landlord, Scatterfield Pavilion LLC, was represented by Scot Courtney and Bart Jackson of Grubb & Ellis Harding Dahm & Co.
-Asset Management Specialists leased 3,000 square feet at the Seastrom Building, 2351 Kentucky Ave. The tenant was represented by Evert Hauser of Grubb & Ellis Harding Dahm & Co. The landlord, Seastrom & Co., represented itself in the transaction.
-Cherokee Tire leased 2,400 square feet at 5316 W. Minnesota St. The landlord, Blue Real Estate, was represented by Brian Buschuk and Jake Sturman of Jones Lang LaSalle. The tenant represented itself in the transaction.
-Seccion Amarilla USA LLC leased 2,300 square feet at Lake Plaza, 6801 Lake Plaza Drive. The tenant was represented by Miami-based CresaPartners. The landlord, Lake Plaza LLC and LeBarron Investments, was represented by Debbie Shumate of Grubb & Ellis Harding Dahm & Co.
-Kays CPA Group PC leased 2,047 square feet of office space at 3021 E. 98th St. The tenant was represented by Bryan Miller of Colliers Turley Martin Tucker. The landlord, Brookfield Real Estate Opportunity Group, was represented by David A. Moore and Darrin L. Boyd, also of Colliers Turley Martin Tucker.
-eImagine Technology Group leased 1,924 square feet of office space at 6081 E. 82nd St. The tenant was represented by Jenna Barnett of Halakar Real Estate. The landlord, Brookfield Real Estate Opportunity Group, was represented by David A. Moore and Darrin L. Boyd of Colliers Turley Martin Tucker.
-Little Caesars leased 1,467 square feet at 809 S. Harrison St., Shelbyville. The tenant was represented by Ron Mannon of Grubb & Ellis Harding Dahm & Co. The landlord, Family Video Movie Club Inc., represented itself in the transaction.
-Ronald Blue & Co. LLC leased 1,714 square feet at the Indiana American Office Building, 555 E. County Line Road, Greenwood. The tenant was represented by Mark Dietel of Royal Companies Inc. The landlord, County Line Holdings LLC, was represented by Ed Troha of CB Richard Ellis.
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department is expected to name Paul Ciesielski as the city’s new chief of police,
sources say. Ciesielski, commander of the Northwest District, was the department’s public information officer.
Spears has been chief for nearly five years. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
Claims by Toyota in internal documents that it saved money by obtaining a limited recall from regulators in 2007 create an
even bigger challenge for the automaker's president when he testifies before U.S. lawmakers this week over quality and
safety lapses.
Indianapolis’ largest ad agency has achieved a rare coup in the advertising world, winning back one of its biggest former
clients: flooring and upholstery cleaning firm Stanley Steemer.
This week, I empty the notebook with thoughts on Indiana Ballet Com.’s “From Shakespeare with Love,” the ISO Pops concert with Tony DeSare, Beef & Boards’ “Footloose” and Indianapolis Civic Theatre’s “My Fair Lady.”
State environmental regulators now must consider leaving contamination in the ground so long as it doesn’t threaten health
Indiana Repertory Theatre presents David Hoppe’s one-person play “After Paul McCartney,” Feb.
24 to March 17. Details here.
Ensemble Music Society presents Brooklyn Rider, performing
music by Philip Glass, John Cage and more, Feb. 24, at the Indiana History Center’s Basile Theatre. Details here.
Indianapolis Museum of Art presents “Heather
Rowe: Tenuous Arrangements,” Feb. 19 to Aug. 1. Details here.
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra presents
“Happy Hour at the Symphony” featuring Time for Three, Feb. 18 at Hilbert Circle Theatre. Details here.
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra presents
“The Troika,” music by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev, Feb. 18 at Hilbert Circle Theatre.
Details here.
Indianapolis International Film Festival presents “William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe,”
Feb. 18 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s Tobias Theatre. Details here.
Forget venture capital. Forget selling the firm outright. ImmuneWorks, an Indianapolis-based biotech firm,
is taking a different route to get early-stage funding for money-sucking biotech drug development. The company signed
a joint development agreement with Lung Rx, a subsidiary of Maryland-based United Therapeutics Corp. Lung Rx will fund ImmuneWorks’
research and development operations with the option of acquiring the firm. ImmuneWorks, based on the research of Dr. David
Wilkes at the Indiana University School of Medicine, is trying to develop treatments for orphan lung diseases, which affect
fewer than 200,000 people nationwide.
Looks like the changing of the guard in Indianapolis-based
Eli Lilly and Co.’s research operations is going beyond Dr. Steve Paul. In the
same month Paul retired, his top lieutenant, Dr. William Chin, has taken a newly created job at Harvard
Medical School. Chin was Lilly’s senior vice president for discovery research and clinical investigation.
Paul was replaced by Jan M. Lundberg, former head of global discovery research at London-based AstraZeneca
plc. Looks like Lundberg will be bringing in his own team.
Indiana University School of Medicine
researchers have identified a mechanism by which tuberculosis evades the body’s immune system
and have identified a compound that blocks the tuberculosis bacteria’s ability to survive. Those
insights could lead to new drugs to treat tuberculosis. Zhong-Yin Zhang, a professor of biochemistry
and molecular biology, was the lead author explaining the discoveries in in this week’s online
early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Zhang’s team also described
an anti-tuberculosis compound they have synthesized, A09. The compound is now being evaluated in animals at Johns
Hopkins University School of Public Health.
-Wild Sales Inc. leased 49,500 square feet of warehouse space at 17401 Tiller Court, Westfield. The tenant was represented by Paul Rogozinski of Veritas Realty LLC. The landlord, J Investments, was represented by Bart Book of Colliers Turley Martin Tucker.
-Backhaul Direct LLC leased 16,213 square feet of office space at Allen Plaza, 1 Virginia Ave. The tenant was represented by Andrew D. Martin and Bennett M. Williams of Colliers Turley Martin Tucker. The landlord, Jefferson Plaza LLC, was represented by Greg Allen and John Cunningham of Allen Commercial Group.
-Mutual of Omaha Insurance leased 4,388 square feet at 9100 Keystone Crossing. The tenant was represented by Spero Pulos and Mark Holtzlander of Grubb & Ellis Harding Dahm & Co. John Robinson of Jones Lang LaSalle represented the landlord, Keystone Investors LLC.
-Fireplace Builders of Indiana leased 3,736 square feet at South Greenwood Shoppes, 6001 N. US 31, Whiteland. Cathy Richards of Grubb & Ellis Harding Dahm & Co. represented the landlord, HRCP, and the tenant.
-Smith & Son leased 3,840 square feet at 5524 Fortune Circle South. The tenant was represented by Kelly Williams of Colliers Turley Martin Tucker. The landlord, Blue Real Estate, was represented by Brian Buschuk and Jake Sturman of Jones Lang LaSalle.
-WB McCloud renewed its lease for 3,000 square feet at 2645 Rand Road. The tenant was represented by Dustin Looper and Yumi Prater of Resource Commercial Real Estate. The landlord, Blue Real Estate, was represented by Brian Buschuk and Jake Sturman of Jones Lang LaSalle.
-PharmaSource leased 1,500 square feet at Library Park, 1701 Library Boulevard, Greenwood. The tenant was represented by John Stone of Stone Realty LLC. The landlord, Ennis Co., was represented by Cathy Richards of Grubb & Ellis Harding Dahm & Co.
-Eyebrows Threading by Afraa leased 1,366 square feet at Greenwood Shoppes, U.S. 31 and Frye Road. The landlord, The Broadbent Co., was represented by Drew Kelly. The tenant represented itself.
-Chateau Thomas Winery leased 2,000 square feet at Fishers Town Commons, 116th Street and Fishers Pointe Boulevard. The landlord, The Broadbent Co., was represented by Brian Broadbent. The tenant represented itself.
-Dr. David Bax leased 1,205 square feet at South Point Professional Center, 5144 E. Stop 11 Road. The tenant was represented by Mark Holtzlander of Grubb & Ellis Harding Dahm & Co. The landlord, Southpoint Group LLC, represented itself.
Clarian Health and the Indiana University School of Medicine want their planned neurosciences hub to become a destination
for patients suffering
from brain, nerve and mental maladies—and for the government and industry research dollars that can
fuel advances in care.