Art Bouvier fled his corporate IT gig to open a small Cajun place without
a business plan or prior restaurant experience. After a number of blunders, Papa Roux looks like it will pan out.
GM’s axing of its Saturn brand may fuel the nationwide emergence of an Indianapolis-based used-car franchisor. The first All
Things Automotive franchise will open this month in Fishers, at the former Saturn store owned by Lockhart Automotive Group.
The $16.5 million worship auditorium that Northview Church in Carmel opened last month may be the last major church-related
project completed in central Indiana for years. Although many projects were finished before the recession, churches, which
usually pay for much of construction in cash, struggled to collect pledges.
Renovation work finally has begun on the building at 16th and Pennsylvania streets. Developer Christopher Piazza found two
equity partners for the project because banks were unwilling to lend.
Duke Realty Corp. handled more leasing activity last quarter than it has in any first quarter in five years, the locally based
real estate
investment trust said on Wednesday.
Designers of a walkway that connects the buildings are making the experience as attractive as possible in order to overcome
the psychological barrier of moving from one building to another.
State regulators have issued a $17,000 fine against Kroger Co. over a warehouse accident that led to a worker’s death.
Simon Property Group and Blackstone Group LP are in “ongoing discussions” for an investment in General Growth after the mall
operator turned down a $10 billion takeover bid from Simon in February, CEO David Simon said.
Homes sold in the first three months of the year totaled 4,634, a 1-percent increase from the 4,593 in the
same period last year. However, total sales volume jumped 12 percent, to $637 million.
The goal of the new law is to reduce tax fraud from Hoosiers who file for the Homestead deduction on more than one residence.
The 25-year-old Prince/Alexander architecture firm is on the path to being acquired by Dallas-based REES Associates, an employee-owned
firm with 120 architects.
General Growth Properties Inc., the second-biggest U.S. mall owner, said a bankruptcy court hearing on its auction process
will be delayed five days to give the company time to consider competing bids, including one from Indianapolis-based Simon
Property Group.
Renovation work finally has begun on the Penn Arts building at 16th and Pennsylvania streets.
Crews will begin in late April demolishing the first of 74 homes south of downtown Franklin damaged by massive flooding in
June 2008. Officials still haven’t decided how to reuse the land, and residents are torn.
Efforts to save the former home of Crawford's Bakery at 16th Street and Capitol Avenue appear to be gaining momentum.
IBJ's new video feature on restaurateurs tries curbside
service at Speedway's Mug-n-Bun, unchanged in concept since the 1960s but now sporting subtle tweaks.
The Commerce Department's report on new home sales Friday is forecast to show a 7.1 percent increase to a seasonally adjusted
annual rate of 330,000, according to economists polled by Thomson Reuters. That's up from an all-time low of 308,000 in
February.
John Bales' firm earned $2.9M in commissions on leases for state agencies and $270,000 in commissions
on the sale of surplus state properties. He also acted as a developer for public-sector
tenants—putting them into buildings owned by him or his associates.
Ray Skillman bought five car lots in the last 12 months from other dealers who have struggled during the recession. Skillman now ranks among the five largest dealers in the area, and his chain is poised
for even more growth.
Borrowers may not be able to refinance many of the more than $1.4 trillion in commercial real estate mortgages coming due
by the end of 2014.
