The wrecking ball is busy at Community Hospital East, knocking down one building after another, as workers ready the site for a brand-new, $175 million hospital.
The chain, known for its Italian beef sandwiches and Chicago-style hot dogs, has begun recruiting managers for a Fishers location that it says will open this year.
The culinary-centric development proposed in Fishers is an unusual concept for the northern suburb, but it’s an idea experts say just needed the right recipe.
Onyx + East is planning a mix of condo flats, townhouses and row houses at the three locations, two of which should see construction activity within a few months.
Since 2015 at least five gay bars have closed in the city, about half the total. Among the casualties: the venerable Varsity, dating back to the 1940s. Talbott Street, long-known for its drag shows, also closed, as did the 501 Eagle, a bar favored by leather enthusiasts since 1986.
A 17-acre project called The Yard would be located next to Ikea and include numerous lots for restaurants, a culinary incubator and possibly a dinner theater. It could cost $40 million to $60 million to develop.
Company spokesman Michael Wilson said it will cost Comcast “tens of thousands of dollars” to set up employees in home offices, but it’s cheaper than paying overhead costs for a large office.
Topgolf International has broken ground in Fishers, but the entertainment venue won’t open until fall 2017 despite initially projecting it would open in spring 2017.
Bruce Baird is leaving the Indianapolis Housing Agency to direct Renew Indianapolis, the not-for-profit that aims to return vacant properties to the city’s tax rolls.
Prysm Inc.’s quest for software to complement its hardware ultimately led it to buy Anacore Inc., a Carmel-based custom-software developer, in May 2014. That acquisition has fueled its success since.
The agency is currently located in a 4,500-square-foot, three-level townhome it owns on East Main Street near the Rangeline Road intersection in Carmel, across the street from Woodys Library Restaurant.
A southern Indiana native who founded California-based Lucas Oil Products Inc., the 74-year-old Forrest Lucas is known in his home state because of the 20-year naming rights deal for Lucas Oil Stadium.
