Lucases put imprint to Hilbert mansion
Forrest and Charlotte Lucas kept original touches including a painting with original owner Steve Hilbert holding a spear, but otherwise aimed to make the mansion more casual. (with 360-degree photos)
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Carmel moves toward $183 million refinancing
The refinancing would free up about $8.8 million for future development projects and keep the Carmel Redevelopment Commission out of the red. But a skirmish is brewing over a CRC proposal for the city to help cover operating expenses.
Hamilton County hotels report stronger occupancy
Helped in part by the Super Bowl, the county’s occupancy rate increased 8.4 percent, to 63 percent, compared with the first six months of 2011, according to a report by Tennessee-based Smith Travel Research.
New student-loan effort adding to ITT backlash
For-profit school operator ITT Educational Services Inc. told investors late last month that it had worked out a tentative deal with an outside party that would provide $100 million in loans to its students.
Extra money for Carmel arts groups on hold
Carmel Mayor James Brainard's request for an additional $1.36 million in arts funding is lingering in a city council committee.
Carmel looks at $195 million refinancing package
The Carmel City Council will consider backing a $195 million debt re-issue, which would free up millions of dollars for further development of the massive City Center project.
Firm gives college kids the opportunity to run a painting business
Student Development Co. helps college students run Textbook Painting businesses, to learn the ins and outs of entrepreneurship. Thirty students in seven states are participating this summer, including 10 student entrepreneurs in Indiana.
Mega-warehouse technology subject of Aug. 1 expo
The Indy Warehouse Automation Expo will showcase new generation of scanners, cameras and radio frequency ID technology.
Positron moving $65M project from Noblesville to Gary
A troubled central Indiana nuclear medicine company is dropping plans to build a multimillion-dollar facility in Noblesville after reaching a better deal with the city of Gary.
Mudathlon makes a splash as obstacle course races grow
A 3-year-old Westfield has taken advantage of the adventure-race trend by staging Mudathlons–obstacle courses conducted in the mud. More than 12,000 people were expected to participate in Mudathlon’s four races this summer, up from about 2,000 at the company’s first two races in 2010.
EDITORIAL: Road construction carries high costs
Hamilton County motorists may be forgiven the occasional bout of road rage this summer.
Golf courses scramble to weather lack of rain
PGA officials are keeping their eyes on Carmel's Crooked Stick as the BMW Championship approaches. And groundskeepers are using some high-tech tactics to avoid the withering effects of drought.
Businesses move, close for U.S. 31 transformation
The 13-mile, $600 million upgrade of U.S. 31 that carves through some of Hamilton County’s fastest-growing suburbs is a temporary inconvenience to motorists, but for some business owners it’s a life—or livelihood—altering event.
Carmel veterinarian opening animal hospital near Mass Ave
Woodland Animal Hospital owner will take former bookstore space in Chatham Arch neighborhood.
Honda West negotiating to open Fishers dealership
It’s not clear if the car dealer would leave its long-time home on West 38th Street.
Cousin wins minor damages in Mike’s Carwash lawsuit
A Hamilton County judge has ruled that a former co-owner of Mike’s Carwash Inc. receive just $140,000 in damages in a civil case that sought close to $30 million.
Performing arts center’s new chief to chase donations
Tania Castroverde Moskalenko, incoming CEO of The Center for the Performing Arts, turned a $500,000 deficit into a $300,000 surplus at her current organization in Tennessee. The 18-month-old Carmel center’s budget is almost seven times larger.
State scrubs contractor-financing plan for U.S. 31
INDOT still plans to complete project three years sooner with traditional financing.
Brainard requests more money for Carmel arts center
Carmel Mayor James Brainard wants to give the Center for the Performing Arts another $840,000 to cover its bills through December—on top of a $5.5 million subsidy he orchestrated last fall.
Lauth embarks on turnaround of The Congressional in Carmel
The local developer moved its offices into the building and plans more than $2 million in upgrades to reposition a property that fell on hard times at the dawn of the national real estate crisis.