Human remains found at Eleven Park construction site
Developer Keystone Group has discovered “fragments of human remains” at the construction site, on property that was mostly occupied by the city’s first public cemetery in the 1800s.
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Summons for Santa Claus: The story behind the Indiana Supreme Court case
Before Santa Claus, Indiana, became a well-known destination for amusement park lovers, two entrepreneurs engaged in a long legal battle that was eventually decided by the state’s highest court.
SEC accuses retail centers’ owner of fraud
The founder of an Arizona real estate company with scores of retail centers across the country—including seven in the Indianapolis area with a total of nearly 500,000 square feet—is facing federal allegations that he committed a $35 million fraud.
INDOT gifting biodiverse 10-acre property to Central Indiana Land Trust
The piece of land in Hancock County known as Founders Fen is home to numerous indigenous and rare plants, including the state-endangered Canadian burnet along with the Indian plantain, queen of the prairie and the white turtlehead.
IBJ Podcast: ‘We’re survivors’—how the founders of Clancy’s Hamburgers and Grindstone Charley’s evolved to The Fountain Room
The story of Clancy’s Hospitality in many ways is the story of the central Indiana restaurant industry.
IPS moves to lease School 102 to not-for-profit amid ongoing litigation
Banned from selling any of its closed school buildings through a court order, Indianapolis Public Schools will instead lease Francis Bellamy School 102 to a local not-for-profit that serves youth.
Nordstrom Rack store planned at Noblesville’s Hamilton Town Center
Nordstrom Rack is the off-price retail division of Nordstrom, and carries merchandise from Nordstrom stores and Nordstrom.com at discounted prices.
Lilly Endowment awards $146M in grants to 6 Indiana schools for development projects
The grants range from $5.8 million to $35 million each, with Ball State University in Muncie landing the largest grant.
Sales of existing homes in central Indiana see steep November decline
Closed sales in the area have fallen for 22 straight months on a year-over-year basis, but prices are still on the rise.
Oldest Catholic church in Indy plans $2.7M parish center downtown
Officials with St. John the Evangelist want to build the 2,800-square-foot facility as part of a larger $5.5 million renovation that started in 2021. They hope to finish in time for the huge National Eucharistic Congress planned for Indianapolis in July.
Kroger seeks to expand store at busy intersection in Noblesville
The plan calls for expanding the 75,000-square-foot Kroger store by 50,000 square feet, constructing 75,000 square feet of additional retail space, and adding a Kroger fuel station and retail buildings along 146th Street.
City seeks to rezone land on southeast side for ‘low barrier’ homeless shelter
The city wants to build a “housing hub” that will include the city’s first low-barrier homeless shelter on 11 parcels at the intersection of Shelby and East Georgia streets.
Great American Songbook Foundation planning museum north of Palladium
The organization has entered into a preliminary agreement with the city of Carmel to locate the museum on 3.7 acres at the northeast corner of City Center Drive and 3rd Avenue Southwest.
McDonald’s burger empire set for unprecedented growth with 10,000 new stores
Ahead of a day-long event for investors, the Chicago burger giant said Wednesday that it aims to have 50,000 restaurants in operation worldwide by the end of 2027.
zWorks to open second coworking center in Zionsville
zWorks said the location features open work areas, a large conference room, two private offices and a quiet, reservable room for meetings and calls.
Scarlet Lane Brewing to close two of five locations
Scarlet Lane Brewing announced Monday plans to close tap rooms in the Meridian-Kessler and Kennedy-King neighborhoods.
City-County Council approves downtown sports taxing district, purchase of Broad Ripple Family Center
The council also approved tens of millions of dollars in bonds to support the redevelopment of Old City Hall, a demolition of the former Jail I building and renovation of portions of the City-County Building. Also passed Monday was a plan to create a study commission on the use of artificial intelligence.
Las Vegas concept that exited Broad Ripple plans to take over former Hard Rock Cafe location
Tanya Davis plans to open a new version of Vegas Lounge & Bar on the first floor of the historic Morrison Opera Place building at 47-49 S. Meridian St.
Proposed pipeline stirs questions about who controls Indiana’s water
Consideration of a pipeline to pump massive amounts of water from Lafayette to the LEAP Innovation and Research District in Lebanon is revealing major gaps in Indiana’s water-rights laws, some stakeholders say.
U.S. home sales slumped to slowest pace in more than 13 years in October
Surging mortgage rates and rising prices are keeping many prospective homebuyers on the sidelines.