Duke Realty reports higher quarterly, annual profit
The Indianapolis-based real estate developer turned a profit to end 2015 after reporting a loss in the fourth quarter of the previous year.
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Tex-Mex restaurant coming to Indiana Avenue
Corner Cantina is set to open Thursday in the Indiana Avenue building last occupied by New Orleans on the Avenue.
UPDATE: Abercrombie & Fitch closes most Indiana stores as sales drag
Struggling retailer Abercrombie & Fitch has closed four of its five stores in Indiana, including Indianapolis locations at Circle Centre and the Fashion Mall at Keystone.
Athenaeum receives Basile gift to help fund $1.2M in theater repairs
Local philanthropists Frank and Katrina Basile have contributed $225,000 toward a fundraising campaign for renovating the theater, which will be renamed for the couple.
Judge rules on residents’ challenge to $10M Ransom Place project
The three residents of the historic downtown neighborhood objected to the apartment project, claiming it was too big and suggesting race might have played a role in its approval. A Marion Superior Court judge disagreed.
Noblesville’s Grace Church buys Nora building for expansion
The church, which already is building a second home in Fishers, has bought an office building on Westfield Boulevard and plans to launch services at the site.
Johnny Rockets closes restaurant in Circle Centre mall
The burger joint served its last customers on Sunday in the mall’s food court, joining a growing list of tenants departing the mall’s third floor.
Roundup: Athenaeum slated for $1.2M revamp; Dufour’s closing
Details of the renovation planned for the historic downtown building are set to be announced on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Irvington residents mourn a loss to their culinary scene.
Crowded by Mass Ave, Chatham Arch exploring permit parking
A surge of activity in the Mass Ave area is spilling over into the historic neighborhood that’s now considering whether to restrict parking on its streets.
U.S. home purchases rebound as 2015 sales reach 9-year high
Steady job growth and low mortgages drew more buyers into the market, causing both sales and prices to climb steadily.
Pittman family estate dispute entangles real-estate projects
A family dispute over the estate of a well-known heart surgeon and developer in Carmel could delay progress on multiple mixed-use real estate projects in Hamilton and Boone counties.
Key lawmaker wants state to buy GM site for green space
Senate Appropriations Chairman Luke Kenley, R-Noblesville, wants the state to buy the 102-acre General Motors stamping plant site on the western edge of downtown and turn it into an expansion of White River State Park.
Zionsville’s first-ever elected mayor outlines priorities
Tim Haak left his job in economic development to take on the new full-time position, even though it might not last. Now on his plate: Creekside Corporate Park, traffic reconfiguration and the planned $10 million town hall.
Not one, but two Goodwill stores coming to Fountain Square
The not-for-profit is slating its second Indy-area Vintage Vogue boutique and a more traditional thrift center for prominent locations in the hip neighborhood.
Longtime downtown tobacco shop closes
A sign in the window of Hardwicke’s Pipe & Tobacco off of Monument Circle instructs patrons to visit its Broad Ripple store, which remains open.
Book publisher signs another big lease in area industrial park
Hachette Book Group has agreed to its fifth expansion in Lebanon Business Park, adding another 418,000 square feet to its operations in a move expected to create 50 jobs.
Lids co-founder leaving as part of sale of sports-uniform division
Scott Molander, who launched the chain as Hat World with a single store in Tippecanoe Mall in Lafayette in 1995, is joining the Tennessee-based company that's buying Lids' sports-uniform business.
Fishers council OKs plans for Topgolf, Ikea developments
The Fishers City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved plans that pave the way for multimillion-dollar developments in the city by Topgolf International Inc. and Ikea.
Lawmaker proposes reforms in how big-box stores are assessed
Indiana lawmakers are making another attempt to settle a dispute between county assessors and retail stores over how to determine the value of newer big-box stores.
Marsh says it will upgrade nearly half its stores in 2016
The Fishers-based grocery chain did not say how much it would spend to "remodel and upgrade" 30 of its 73 stores.