Carmel design center adding Le Peep as tenant
The group that owns and runs Le Peep restaurants in central Indiana is planning an eighth location.
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Indiana reports smallest number of new COVID-19 cases in two weeks
Marion County reported an increase of 66 cases, snapping a 31-day streak in which cases in the county had risen by more than 100.
Library planning to buy site of former school for new $10.2M Glendale branch
The Indianapolis Public Library plans to acquire land from the Washington Township school district as part of a years-long effort to build a new Glendale-area branch to replace the one in Glendale Town Center.
Tortilla-making giant plans to open Plainfield plant, hire 544 workers
Mission Foods said it will launch production at a half-million-square-foot plant that will have the capacity to produce more than 187 million pounds of baked goods annually.
WISH-TV sues AT&T over fee negotiations, claims racial discrimination
The suit involves fees that Circle City is seeking for the retransmission of WISH and WNDY on AT&T’s Uverse and DirecTV cable and satellite services. Circle City filed a similar lawsuit against Dish TV earlier this year.
IBJ Podcast: We’re burning out on remote work and video calls. Here’s how to get focused.
As some workforces face at least several more months of working from home, burnout threatens to become a dire business problem. But is this as good as it’s going to get? And what can we do to improve Zoom calls?
Indiana blocks some charter schools from $10M pandemic relief grant program
The Indiana Department of Education is withholding federally funded coronavirus relief grants from schools that also received money through the federal Paycheck Protection Program, according to school leaders.
Sites to offer free child care, e-learning support to Indianapolis children
Several Indianapolis not-for-profits are creating a multi-site community child care network that will provide free e-learning supervision for students whose schools are operating remotely this year.
An Andretti wins first Indy 500 pole for family in 33 years
Marco Andretti was 2 months old the last time his venerable racing family led the field to green at the Indianapolis 500.
Indiana surpasses 80,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases during pandemic
The state’s 7-day testing-positivity rate jumped from 7.6% on Saturday to 8% on Sunday while the overall testing-positivity rate stayed at 8.9%.
Taller cubicles, staggered schedules: Returning office workers forced to adjust
Around the United States, office workers sent home when the pandemic took hold in March are returning to the world of adjustments, but offices in many cities still remain mostly vacant.
Four Indiana cities sue Netflix, Hulu for unpaid franchise fees
The lawsuit, filed this month filed by the cities of Indianapolis, Fishers, Valparaiso and Evansville, argues that major video streaming services must pay a 5% franchise fee of gross revenue to the localities where their customers reside.
State reports 1,096 new COVID-19 cases, 15 more deaths
The Indiana State Department of Health on Saturday reported 1,096 new COVID-19 cases, the second-highest number of new cases reported in a daily report since the beginning of the pandemic.
Capital Improvement Board projects $41.6M budget deficit in 2021
The Capital Improvement Board of Marion County approved a $132.3 million budget for 2021 during its Friday board meeting—a reduction of 26.4% from this year’s budget.
Postal Service warns 46 states their voters could be disenfranchised
Anticipating an avalanche of absentee ballots, the U.S. Postal Service sent detailed letters to 46 states and the District of Columbia warning that it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election will arrive in time to be counted.
In Big Ten cities, fall without college football is crushing economic blow
The cancellation of the fall season promises to wallop businesses who count on those fall weekends for survival, and the economic impact likely will measure in the tens of millions in many of the small towns across the sprawling conference.
Rapid growth of e-commerce likely to fuel industrial-market momentum for years to come
The planned, 2.2-million-square-foot Walmart distribution center is one of a dozen warehouses exceeding 900,000 square feet to enter the Indianapolis market since 2011.
Ratio principal Bill Browne talks Pan Am Plaza project
Ratio is architect for the $550 million project by Kite Realty Group Trust that includes a Signia Hilton, an expansion of the Indiana Convention Center and—eventually—a second, 600-room Hilton-branded hotel.
Methodist Hospital expansion exposes tax tensions
The redevelopment will exacerbate a challenge already weighing on Marion County: huge swaths of land off the tax rolls because they are owned by not-for-profits and are being used for purposes related to the groups’ missions.
City Market leadership hopeful better times are ahead
The historic market’s leaders are optimistic the market can overcome its current troubles and emerge as a stronger institution. But they also acknowledge the hurdles ahead.