Police officers and traffic officials will implement a variety of changes today as they try to improve safety on a busy highway in Hamilton County. Law enforcement patrols along U.S. 31 between Carmel and Westfield will identify drivers who speed, follow too closely or drive aggressively. Other efforts include lower speed limits in some areas, […]
A 20-story apartment tower in midtown Indianapolis is being offered in a receiver sale for more than 36 percent less than the unpaid loan balance. The local office of CB Richard Ellis is marketing the 166-unit CityView on Meridian for $6.9 million. The 1966 structure on the northeast corner of 38th and Meridian streets includes […]
Private equity firms have a reputation as ruthless acquirers. They slash fat and jettison sluggish product lines, all in a quest to wring out higher profits and grow the parts of the business with the most potential. For Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences—or at least for its 1,200 local employees—a buyer like that would be a godsend. […]
One of just three Maker’s Mark restaurants in the country—the others are in Louisville, Ky., and Kansas City,
Mo.—the upscale eatery would have been a good fit in downtown Indianapolis or in one of the suburban dining-and-shopping
meccas.
National acquisition-and-merger rage among benefits firms continues as Gallagher swallows groups in Noblesville and Louisville.
Gallagher’s Carmel office grows its client portfolio to 300.
Small Business Administration loan guarantees in May. These businesses have received loans from financial institutions with a guarantee from the SBA.
The Carmel office of A.J. Gallagher & Co. kept the local consolidation of benefits brokers rolling with two more deals this month. But Gallagher is now shifting its buying spree away from health insurance while the health care reform debate plays out in Washington. Locally based The Benefits Group and Louisville-based Creative Benefits Solutions came […]
For investors, 2008 was the worst year since the Great Depression. Even so, more than half of the state’s public-company executives
saw the value of their pay packages rise from 2007—despite the fact that only 10 of the companies posted a positive total
return in 2008, and 46 companies shed more than one-third of their stock market value.
Supporters of a state program that invests in high-tech startups are rallying to restore its $70 million appropriation to a budget proposal under consideration by legislators. Democrats who control the Indiana House of Representatives advanced their version of a new state budget to the full chamber Monday after the House Ways and Means Committee endorsed […]
Supporters of a state program that invests in high-tech startups are rallying to restore its $70 million appropriation to a budget proposal under consideration by legislators. Democrats who control the Indiana House of Representatives advanced their version of a new state budget to the full chamber Monday after the House Ways and Means Committee endorsed […]
Indianapolis Executive Airport in Zionsville will reopen its main runway Saturday after a $4.3 million resurfacing project paid for with federal stimulus funds, the airport announced today. It’s the first U.S. airport to benefit from stimulus money, said officials from Montgomery Aviation, which runs the airport. Resurfacing of the 5,300-foot runway resulted in a 45-day […]
Indianapolis Executive Airport in Zionsville will reopen its main runway Saturday after a $4.3 million resurfacing project paid for with federal stimulus funds, the airport announced today. It’s the first U.S. airport to benefit from stimulus money, said officials from Montgomery Aviation, which runs the airport. Resurfacing of the 5,300-foot runway resulted in a 45-day […]
Jeremy Efroymson recently agreed to return to the financially flailing Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art as its executive
director and work for free. Efroymson, one of the museum’s early leaders, has a strategy for seeing IMOCA through a financial
rough spot, but what remains unclear is how the museum will wean itself off his support.
Jeremy Efroymson considers himself a venture philanthropist. The 40-year-old arts enthusiast and adviser to the $127 million Efroymson Fund has backed a number of startup projects. One of his boldest moves was to help launch the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, or IMOCA, which has exhibited nationally known artists since 2003. He also started the […]
The unexpected death Tuesday evening of Dr. August “Gus” Watanabe leaves a large hole in the hearts of his friends and in the heart of the life sciences industry in central Indiana. Watanabe died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his Brown County cabin, according to the Brown County Sheriff’s Department. Watanabe, 67, was chairman […]
The unexpected death Tuesday evening of Dr. August “Gus” Watanabe leaves a large hole in the hearts of his friends and in the heart of the life sciences industry in central Indiana. Watanabe died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his Brown County cabin, according to the Brown County Sheriff’s Department. Watanabe, 67, was chairman […]
Carmel-based Gaylor Inc., one of the largest electrical contractors in the Indianapolis area, said yesterday that it has acquired Griffith Group Inc. in Lafayette. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Griffith Group is an electrical, heating and cooling contractor that mainly services customers in Tippecanoe and Lake counties. The company has 25 employees. Gaylor […]
Carmel-based Gaylor Inc., one of the largest electrical contractors in the Indianapolis area, said yesterday that it has acquired Griffith Group Inc. in Lafayette. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Griffith Group is an electrical, heating and cooling contractor that mainly services customers in Tippecanoe and Lake counties. The company has 25 employees. Gaylor […]
Preparations for the 2012 Super Bowl are apparently immune from the economic problems dogging Indianapolis these days. NFL vice president Frank Supovitz told city and business leaders yesterday that the city has exceeded other host sites in terms of financing and prep work. “When Indianapolis came in to present itself for the Super Bowl, all […]
Two teen-agers have died less than seven hours apart in separate auto accidents in Hamilton County. Officers say an 18-year-old was driving east on State Road 32 in Westfield with four passengers aged 14 to 18. They tried to pass a vehicle when the driver lost control, went into a ditch, flipped and hit a […]
