The congregation of St. John United Church of Christ in Cumberland has held its last service at the historic structure and is moving to temporary space. After a battle with town officials over the fate of the church building, leaders say they likely will demolish it.
Indiana Landmarks plans to raise the funds to refurbish the fabled but dilapidated building north of West 16th Street that served as the Boyle Racing garage from the 1920s through the 1940s.
This October, the 86-year-old theater will come to life again. A collaboration between a local arts organization, Partnerships for Lawrence, and the city of Lawrence, which is paying for repairs, is making it possible.
Members of the Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission say they postponed a vote on the Mass Ave project at the request of City-County Council members who argue the building’s massive screen could run afoul of billboard rules. Commission members also questioned the building’s design and even its bold colors.
The Syracuse, New York-based chain said it has chosen to focus on locations closer to its home and will not be opening in space in Circle Centre mall at Meridian and Maryland streets.
The fates of several religious structures in older parts of Indianapolis, often considered architectural gems, are uncertain because dwindling congregations lack the wherewithal to keep up with escalating costs.
Indianapolis Public Schools has put the 11-acre site on the market. It was built in 1931 as a Coca-Cola bottling plant but the school system has used it since 1975 as a bus maintenance facility.
Van Rooy Properties plans to spend more than $3.5 million to convert the crumbling structure into market-rate apartments while also constructing a new building on an adjacent lot to the west.
Demolition crews are tearing down a century-old factory in Kokomo that once housed the operations of early automobile pioneer Elwood Haynes.
After a drawn-out battle with the town of Cumberland, Giant Eagle said that it won’t pursue plans to demolish the St. John United Church of Christ to build a gas station and convenience store on the property.
The city’s attempt to find a partner to manage and redevelop downtown’s historic Indiana Theatre building attracted just one proposal.
They hope to attract a developer to construct a three-story building with a mix of retail and apartments on the lot along East Washington Street where a historic building once stood.
Indianapolis-based VS Engineering was chosen to repair and rebuild the Cedar Ford Covered Bridge that once spanned the Little Blue River north of Shelbyville.
The City-County Council's rejection on Monday paves the way for Giant Eagle to demolish the historic church and build a gas station on the property, unless the town of Cumberland can find another way to stop it.
Ben Hunter, who represents the district where the church faces demolition, said he doesn’t plan to challenge the rezoning of the property. The full council is expected to vote on the matter Monday evening.
King Park Development Corp. is pursuing another developer to rehab the building on East 16th Street after a Noblesville firm pulled out of a deal to convert part of it into a hub for food-and-beverage startups.
Officials in the town of Cumberland are in discussions with a local developer on a plan that could save a historic church from the wrecking ball.
Indianapolis will be the first market where 21c Museum Hotels LLC competes with established art-centric hotels. Yet the company is so bullish about its future here that it expects to outperform its peers by more than 50 percent.
A plan to save the 1927 structure is beginning to take shape as part of a larger effort to transform the three-block stretch of East 10th surrounding the Rivoli into a magnet for arts-based organizations.
The Harrison building at 143 W. Market St. will hit the market Monday. Built in the late 1920s as the Harrison Hotel, the 40,000-square-foot building offers views of the Indiana Statehouse.
