The Shelbyville-based developer previously attempted a data center project in Hancock County, but withdrew that proposal earlier this year after receiving significant community pushback.
The proposed data center has faced widespread criticism from neighbors and local officials who have expressed concerns about the project’s environmental impact.
The company describes the data center planned for 2505 N. Sherman Drive as “state-of-the-art” and “high-density” with an air-and-water-based cooling system.
The vote, initiated by Republican Councilor Michael-Paul Hart, sets a Sept. 22 public hearing before the full council to review rezoning of 467 acres for Google’s proposed project.
Four years after the project was first proposed, the group is still submitting and altering plans for the rest of the project on several former industrial properties along the Monon Trail.
Citing concerns about traffic flow and visibility of a parking garage, the Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission tabled its decision on the building’s designs until at least October.
The proposal calls for demolition of the 21 Virginia Ave. building—formerly home to the 500 Festival organization—and replacing it with a nine-story building.
Raceway Development Partners LLC intends to construct the six-building project on nearly 11 acres on the western edge of Marion County.
Almost half of the council has spoken out against the controversial project, which was approved by the Metropolitan Development Commission last week.
Plans for The Courtyards of Heritage Trail, a 180-project by developer Epcon Communities, must still be approved by the Zionsville City Council.
Plans call for a five-story building with 210 age-restricted apartments, 12,000 square feet of amenity space, a 356-space parking garage and a 1.54-acre park and trail dedicated to veterans of the United States military.
Development restrictions along the route of IndyGo’s future Blue Line intended to foster transit-oriented development have created difficulties for two projects along East Washington Street.
The development proposal calls for two mixed-use buildings, a restaurant building, two plazas and a dog park.
The CIB, which oversees all of downtown’s convention and sports facilities, has issued a request for proposals seeking a construction manager for the project.
The project’s plan calls for 43,000 square feet of retail space, 15,500 square feet of office space, up to 235 apartment units and a 574-space parking garage.
Four data center proposals in the Indianapolis area are facing a dynamic that’s emerging here and elsewhere: The operators working to build data centers here vs. the neighbors trying to stop them.
The Courtyards of Heritage Trail would be Epcon’s eighth and largest Courtyard community in the metropolitan area.
Nearby residents at Chatham Hills have started a petition opposing the development. They argue the project would be incompatible with neighborhood character, overburden infrastructure on 199th Street and harm the Monon Trail and surrounding green space.
A community-led effort hopes to establish Crooked Creek Cultural Campus near the northwest intersection of West 62nd Street and Michigan Road, with a 200-seat theater and community center nestled in eight wooded acres.
The Westfield Advisory Plan Commission is scheduled to hold a public hearing about the Jersey 32 project on June 2.
