Developer planning apartment community for people with disabilities in Noblesville
Plans for Willowview Trace call for 60 apartments, including 15 that would be reserved specifically for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Boutique hotel planned near Cultural Trail on Virginia Avenue
Plans for the 26-room hotel are still in the early stages, with the owner set to request feedback on its proposal during an Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission meeting.
Retro setting helps Mike Epps maintain his hometown ties
Comedian/actor Mike Epps has made a 2,100-square-foot house in the Kennedy-King neighborhood a singular work of art.
Marian University begins work on $137M overhaul of former hospital campus
The project in the recently formed Riverside Education Innovation District centers on the renovation of the Larue D. Carter Memorial Hospital, which closed in 2020.
Former home of Tiki Bob’s among downtown buildings sold to Simon family in $4.5M deal
The acquisitions come as the family redevelops the former CSX warehouse property on the eastern side of the same block.
Bargersville seeks balance as it builds a downtown
Bargersville’s recent growth spurt has been rapid, but town officials say they want to be methodical in their planning for what comes next.
Documents reveal Google as company behind proposed Indianapolis data center
The name of the company has been hidden while the proposal to rezone more than 460 acres for a massive data center campus on the southeast side moved through official channels.
Indy touts planned green spaces as convention attraction
Tourism promoters hope a Georgia Street revamp—along with the adjacent Signia by Hilton scheduled to open late next year and other green-space plans—will draw more convention and event business.
Flaherty & Collins promotes Robert Flaherty to CEO
The move stems from what the Indianapolis-based developer calls a “deliberate succession plan” focused on helping the company continue to grow.
Hotel and concert hall project across from Fieldhouse scores up to $33M in state funding
The Indiana Economic Development Corp.-approved funding exceeds initial requests for the project, which would include a Shinola Hotel and a venue to be managed by Live Nation.
Local developer plans 170 apartments on Marion County’s southern border
The rents are expected to come in below market rate and fall into a category often called workforce housing—prices that exceed certain lower-income thresholds but are still reasonable for those living and working in the area.
Denmark-based cleaning tools company to relocate North American HQ from Zionsville to Westfield
Vikan North America plans to spend $11.2 million to build an 80,000-square-foot warehouse and office facility that will house 56 employees.
IBJ Podcast: Purdue’s plans for downtown Indy and city’s move to fix West Street
IBJ’s Mickey Shuey unpacks Purdue’s high-density strategy to serve 15,000 students per year by 2075. He also digs deep into perhaps the greatest hindrance to growth in the northwest sector of downtown.
City, universities say West Street stymies development and pedestrian safety
The nearly 2-mile stretch north to south from Interstate 65 to Interstate 70 is one of downtown’s busiest streets and reaches up to eight lanes in some places.
Cultural campus planned as focal point of Crooked Creek
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.
Expansion of Carmel’s Hotel Carmichael to add 60 rooms, new ballroom and boardroom
Carmel-based development firm Pedcor Cos. plans to spend $10 million to $15 million to expand the hotel across four floors on the north end of the new Wren building, which is attached to the hotel.
IBJ Podcast: CEO of fast-growing Indy housing developer on urban and suburban markets, being ‘a joiner’
Kelli Lawrence of Onyx + East discuss quadrupling revenue in five years, the economics of developing and pricing the firm’s projects and being the only woman in the room early in her career.
Purdue’s plan for its Indianapolis extension focuses on high-density development
The university’s early concepts for the site call for 16 buildings ranging from five to about 20 stories, as well as a handful of others on the east side of West Street, the eight-lane roadway that separates the campus from the rest of downtown.
Developer plans mixed-use revamp of block cater-corner to Children’s Museum
Indianapolis-based New City Development is planning apartments, townhomes, a nonprofit headquarters and retail space to accompany the 190,000-square-foot office building already on the property.
Westfield City Council OKs plan for town houses, entertainment at West Fork District
Plans call for the entertainment area to have duckpin bowling, laser tag, an arcade, a ropes course and mini-golf.