Projects spur renaissance of North Mass, once considered eyesore of city’s past
In the past decade, the area has grown into one of the region’s hot spots, in part because a handful of developers is embracing the area’s industrial roots.
In the past decade, the area has grown into one of the region’s hot spots, in part because a handful of developers is embracing the area’s industrial roots.
Indianapolis-based Landmark Properties Inc. has agreed to terms on a $2 million redevelopment tax credit to support the project across from Bottleworks.
The Best Chocolate in Town sweets shop will open informally this week in the same retail strip where it served customers from 2007 to 2020.
Chris Burton and Gus Vazquez, owners of The Oakmont restaurant and bar, want to open Vicino in the Mass Ave district by mid-April.
Late Indianapolis poet Etheridge Knight found success in Black Arts Movement following incarceration in the 1960s.
Howdy Homemade Ice Cream’s goal is to provide more jobs to people with an intellectual or developmental disability. But it also wants to help other employers see people with disabilities as a dependable workforce.
Nap or Nothing streetwear retailer plans to open this week in a 3,000-square-foot spot previously occupied by Escape the Room.
The development team hopes to land a single office tenant to occupy most of the building, although the first floor could also consist of retail or other commercial uses.
The husband-and-wife team of Dan and Anna Cage will add the bar, called Nowhere Special, to a portfolio that includes Broad Ripple restaurant Ambrosia, Fall Creek Place restaurant Bocca and Fountain Square speakeasy Commodore.
According to plans approved by the Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission this month, Landmark Properties plans to make several changes to the five-story building to attract office and retail tenants.
Trust Hardware owner Adam Taylor says supply-chain and labor issues made it too tough to operate, so he closed two of his three stores last month. The landlord at his former Binford Shoppes store is suing Taylor for back rent.
The Mass Ave bar known for its vast selection of bourbons and whiskeys has closed after seven years in business.
The downtown restaurant is part of a larger plan by a Fort Wayne-based group of franchisees to open several locations in central Indiana.
The trustee’s office issued a request for bids for the five-story building in one of downtown’s most attractive locations, but several developers and key players in the area told IBJ they weren’t aware the property was available.
Named The Fountain Room, the 6,300-square-foot restaurant from Noblesville-based Clancy’s Inc. will pay tribute to the property’s past as a Coca-Cola bottling plant.
The owner of several buildings across Massachusetts Avenue from Bottleworks plans to redevelop the property in a similar but limited fashion with courtyards, residential units and new office and retail space.
The historic Chatterbox Jazz Club on Massachusetts Avenue downtown is so tiny that opening under pandemic restrictions would have meant just 20 or so people could be inside. That’s no way to make money. But now, the restrictions are gone and the club is about to reopen.
The Garage Food Hall, part of the $300 million Bottleworks development on Mass Ave, has 17 tenants, with two more opening next month. The hall expects to create even more tenant space once pandemic restrictions end.
The company’s three stores are open 24/7. Each has a resident dog. You can also pick up everything from power tools to local honey to live bait. What you can’t do, at least for now, is order online.
There are about 115 retailers and restaurants along the street, plus dozens of service-oriented businesses and office users.