Flying Cupcake expands, Bobby Joe’s shuts down
The Flying Cupcake Bakery is opening a new location along Mass Ave next door to Scholar’s Inn downtown. Plus, more restaurant
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Mental health association buys Yellow Rose Inn
An elegant Old Northside mansion known as the Yellow Rose Inn has a new owner with plans to discontinue a bed-and-breakfast
operation.
Group plans to auction relics of downtown architecture
The city has agreed to hand over architectural artifacts from a landmark downtown building to a historic preservation group.
Historic namesake for German Church Road facing demolition
Historic preservation groups are fighting to save a 1914 church at the northeast corner of Washington Street and German Church
Road in Cumberland. The congregation of St. John United Church of Christ has been working on plans to build a new church on
Carroll Road and struck a deal to sell the old one to a developer. The plans are rumored to include demolition
to make way for a CVS store.
Trustee seeks bids for former Fall Creek YMCA branch
The owner of the vacant former Fall Creek YMCA along West 10th Street is seeking bidders interested in tearing down and redeveloping
the prime 2-acre site at 860 W. 10th St.
Plans emerge for vacant former Value City store
Two local entrepreneurs have partnered to develop a new conference and event center in the former Value City department store
near Lafayette Square Mall.
New coffee shop named for Fletcher Place founder
Local investors have opened a new coffee shop in Fletcher Place they plan to turn into a not-for-profit to raise money for
local charities.
Amusement center taking space in Clay Terrace
A children’s amusement center is taking over the former Circuit City space at Clay Terrace in Carmel.
Efforts target blight on 16th
A stretch of 16th Street could see new life as the Indianapolis Housing Agency plans to redevelop a troubled low-income housing project and Kroger revives efforts to acquire land and plan a new supermarket to replace a cramped, old-format location.
City approves new CVS store
The Metropolitan Development Commission has given its blessing to a new CVS store along 82nd Street just east of Interstate
69.
Around Indianapolis restaurant roundup
Several new restaurants are planned for the Indianapolis area.
New Circle Centre display promotes Indy attractions
A formerly lifeless stretch of wall on the northern edge of Circle Centre mall is now an engaging tribute to three of the
city’s most notable attractions.
Developer plans student housing along canal
A local developer has filed plans to build a new apartment complex designed for college students a few blocks east of the
Central Canal.
Development slow around Lucas Oil Stadium
The hoped-for rush of new development around Lucas Oil Stadium has not materialized.
Kahn’s taking former O’Malia store
Kahn’s Fine Wine & Spirits plans to open a second location in a former O’Malia Food Market at the northeast corner of 86th
Street and Township Line Road.
More chocolate, fewer newsstands
Sweets retailer Best Chocolate in Town has opened a second location in Chase Tower. Owner Elizabeth Garber has developed quite a following for her shop at 880 Massachusetts Ave. and now is offering a full selection of hand-made chocolates on the 2nd floor of Chase Tower with Bistro 111.
College Park theater closes
The AMC Loews College Park 14 movie theater has closed after a 25-year run at West 86th Street and Michigan Road. The outdated theater in the Walmart-anchored complex couldn’t compete with Showplace 12 at Traders Point, which opened a few years ago
Co-op grocery plans take shape
Indy Food Cooperative plans to open the city’s first not-for-profit grocery store in a 70-year-old former appliance store along East 10th…
City wins in digital billboard bout
A Superior Court judge has sided with the Metropolitan Development Commission in a dispute over digital billboards. Outdoor advertising giant Lamar had sought a summary…
Barley Island taking SI space
Noblesville’s Barley Island Brewing Co. is planning to open a second restaurant and brewhouse in the former home of Scholar’s Inn Bakehouse at the corner of…