DINING: Three Pints a quart low on customer service
Last in a month-long series of numeric restaurant reviews. This week: Three Pints Brewpub.
Plainfield
Fundex settles trademark suit with game inventor
Fundex Games Ltd. has given up its rights to the game Chronology to settle a suit brought last March by local inventor Jane Ruemmele.
Sara Lee to lease 281,000 square feet in Plainfield
Sara Lee Corp. has signed a lease for about 281,000 square feet of space at Plainfield Business Center at Airwest. The Illinois-based maker of food products will establish a new distribution center in the space in February.
Brightpoint takes over s2f after big growth plans fizzle
Minority-owned logistics firm s2f Worldwide, started a year ago with high-profile investors and tax incentives in tow, has been acquired by Brightpoint Inc. The deal closed about three weeks ago, said former s2f CEO Randall Lewis.
Industrial market shows strength but faces challenges
About 2.5 million square feet of industrial space is expected to hit the market between now and the end of the year, most
of it in the Plainfield area.
Local investors make big bet on senior housing
With the first baby boomers set to turn 65 in six months, investments in senior housing are heating up. A group of Indianapolis-area
professionals—including Mark Waterfill (left) and Tony Schantz—have banded together to launch three senior housing
projects around the state, spending $49 million and looking
to do more.
Graphics firm adds workers to fulfill TruGreen deal
TKO Graphix in Plainfield calls back 15 workers and adds another 15 to help install graphics on 6,000 vehicles operated by
the national lawn care company.
Johnson & Johnson warehouse plans to add 465 jobs
Hendricks County distribution facility in new 70 West Commerce Park scheduled to open in mid-2011.
Plainfield roadside diner added to landmarks list
The Plainfield Diner is among five endangered structures new to Indiana Landmarks' annual top 10 list released Wednesday.
Hendricks County scales back hospitality plan
The convention bureau has shelved its plan to attract a full-service hotel and instead will boost spending on tourism marketing.
Logistics firm CEVA to lay off 250 workers in Plainfield
CEVA Logistics U.S. Inc. plans to permanently lay off nearly all of its workers at its warehouse operations in Plainfield,
resulting in the loss of more than 250 jobs.
Medline opens Plainfield distribution center
Illinois-based medical supplies maker Medline Industries Inc. has opened a distribution center in Plainfield, hiring 50 workers.
Bottled-water company ramps up production in Plainfield
Niagara Bottling LLC recently hired 55 for its plant on Whitaker Road, which will make half-liter bottles of purified municipal
tap water.
Plainfield’s MD Logistics sued by Bristol-Myers over lost insulin
Two semi-trailers of the medication were stolen in 2007 from a back lot at Daum Trucking, which isn’t named in the lawsuit.
Bristol-Myers charges MD Logistics with negligence in the $10.7 million suit.
Around Indianapolis restaurant roundup
Several new restaurants are planned for the Indianapolis area.
Water bottler plans Plainfield plant, to create 37 jobs
A bottled water plant is expected to open in central Indiana next year, with the company planning to buy about 300,000 gallons
of municipal water daily.
Auto parts supplier coming to Plainfield, plans to create 30 jobs
Chicago-based LKQ Corp., a supplier of replacement and aftermarket automotive parts, will establish a distribution center
in Plainfield with plans to create up to 30 jobs by 2011, the company announced this morning.
Barter network Tradebank opens branch in Indianapolis
The barter network Tradebank has opened a franchise in Indianapolis with two veterans from Louisville.
Leaders driven to finish road linking Interstates 74, 70
Recently elected as a Hendricks County commissioner, Eric Wathen says his top priority is to complete the long-promised Ronald
Reagan Parkway, which would open a congestion-free path through the suburbs of Brownsburg, Avon and Plainfield.
Plainfield salon a family enterprise
Beth Metzger has talked about opening a salon and day spa with her daughter, Jill Dennis, for years.