Q&A with Schahet Hotels CEO Jeffrey Brown about collaboration with Ball State
Brown spoke with IBJ about adding signature touches to The Cantio in Muncie and how Schahet adheres to its core values.
Read MoreBrown spoke with IBJ about adding signature touches to The Cantio in Muncie and how Schahet adheres to its core values.
Read MorePhil Ray, whose tenure at the largest hotel in Indianapolis include hosting 26 college basketball teams during the pandemic, plans to end his 41-year career in the hospitality industry this spring.
Read MoreThe 378-room hotel near Monument Circle is expected to take on an upscale brand owned by Maryland-based hotelier Marriott, as part of a substantial facelift for the property.
Indianapolis-based General Hotels Corp. will manage the hotel, which will be the first in Upland.
The city of Indianapolis is going back to the drawing board — again — on its efforts to revitalize Old City Hall after walking away from a long-stalled deal.
Developers have started or are planning several projects that will convert office space into hotels.
The 100,000-square-foot hotel is expected to have 125 guest rooms in total, plus four restaurants on the first floor and 14,000 square feet of indoor event space on the second floor.
A proposed resolution could mean eminent domain for the long-delayed development but prioritizes negotiations with the property’s owner, town officials told IBJ on Friday.
Russell Louderback, a former White Lodging executive and an adviser to the Signia hotel downtown, is advising the new company on the plans.
The revamp of the historic, Art Deco building likely will begin by August, with completion set for 2027.
Part of the funding will help expand the White Lodging-J.W. Marriott, Jr. School of Hospitality and Tourism Management program to Indianapolis.
The Alcoholic Beverage Board of Marion County recently approved a license for the Kentucky-based restaurant, which will take over a space formerly occupied by Pier 48 Fish House & Oyster Bar.
The added lodging will allow more pilots and flight attendants to participate in training exercises and create more room for corporate employees in town on business.
This week, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Development Commission approved a rezoning request for the property at 1360 E. 30th St.
Projected to open in 2028, the 170-room Ritz-Carlton is expected to be one of the most upscale hotels in central Indiana, along with the InterContinental Indianapolis and the Conrad Indianapolis.
Boxcar Development, an investment group for the Simon family, will formally break ground on the project Wednesday, although site work—including demolition of the former CSX railroad building—began in mid-2024.
IBJ’s Mickey Shuey discusses the logistics of being the home base for a World Cup team and what teams want. Plus, the lowdown on the push for a downtown Indy casino.
Ticket prices continue to rise for the football game, with resale tickets on Ticketmaster starting at about $750 apiece. Tickets on StubHub and other third-party ticket resale sites start at about $350 per ticket.
The 170-room hotel would occupy the southwest corner of Georgia and Pennsylvania streets and feature a skywalk connector to the club level of Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
Downtown hotels are expected to be almost entirely sold out for both Friday and Saturday nights, and ticket prices for the game are soaring on the resale market.
The 18-story Kimpton has been in the works since late 2017, with its price tag almost doubling from the original $57 million planned investment.
In 2015 and 2016, Long-Sharp Gallery was listed as one of the world’s top 500 art galleries by Modern Painters magazine.