The Westfield Advisory Plan Commission voted 8-0 to issue a favorable recommendation for NorthPoint II, which would be built near State Road 38 and Hinkle Road on the city’s rural northeast side.
Hendricks Commercial Properties has spent more than $550 million to acquire and redevelop properties across Indianapolis and Carmel since 2013. But the Wisconsin-based firm says it’s just getting started with work it hopes to do here.
Fred Kaufman was once a prominent Burger King franchisee in central Indiana. An attempt at retirement didn’t stick, and he’s now the co-owner of two Rally’s locations in Indianapolis.
Carmel’s housing options mostly fit into two opposite categories: single-family detached houses in subdivisions and multifamily apartment buildings in the downtown core. City officials want to explore a third category: the “missing middle.”
Mayor Sue Finkam has created a nine-member housing task force that as a first course of business is tackling the issue of the “missing middle”—typically middle-class housing options that include duplexes and small multiplex buildings.
Initial plans for the South Village include about 250 residential units; 500,000 square feet of office space, retail, dining and public plazas; and parks and nature trails.
Mark Hardwick’s journey as a distinguished Ball State alum continues. He was a key player during the Cardinals’ run of NCAA and NIT appearances, and now he’s CEO of fast-growing First Merchants Bank after nearly 20 years as CFO.
Paul Arechiga is CEO of Fishers-based Arechiga Restaurant Group. The company has nine Mexican restaurants in the Indianapolis area and five more in suburban Chicago.
Experts say this year will see a continuation of the same pattern that’s governed the market since before the pandemic—too many buyers chasing not enough listings—with higher interest rates complicating the picture.
A Buckingham Properties official told members of the Carmel City Council on Monday that the new plan would feature nearly 1,000 new residential units, 587 parking spaces, 28,000 square feet of retail and two public plazas.
Jamie Reitenour, who is being left out of at least two election events, urged other groups not to impose “self-contrived stipulations” and include all candidates in their events.
Hoosier municipalities hold 19 sister-city agreements with Chinese counterparts, two with Russian cities and one with a Cuban city, according to a list maintained by the Indiana chapter of Sister Cities International.
Brent Marty and Amy Rafa discuss developing “The Carpenters Project” in the Indy area, getting gigs in New York and using their connections to classic pop tunes to explore themes of love, artistry and second chances.
