Could land trusts keep housing affordable, avoid gentrification?
In a quest to create permanently affordable housing, about 25 Indianapolis community groups and development corporations have formed the Community Land Trust Coalition.
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East-side not-for-profit plans $9 million, 51-apartment mixed-use project
To be known as St. Lucas Lofts, the project proposed by Englewood Community Development Corp. would include at least 10 units designated for individuals who are recovering from homelessness.
Developer of $66M apartment project downtown requesting $9.8M in TIF bonds
Under a proposed deal, the Boston-based developer of the 11-story project would receive a portion of the increase in property tax revenue generated by the project in order to pay off the bonds.
Developer plans $17.5M apartment project on southern edge of downtown
Indianapolis-based BWI LLC is requesting a city property tax break for the 97-unit development that would save it $1 million over 10 years.
Residential Real Estate: Marketplace Stats for June 28, 2019
The number of active listings in central Indiana—at 5,077 at the end of February—remains low, although it’s 15 percent higher than at the same time a year ago.
Home prices keep rising but experts say there’s no bubble in sight
“Our area’s price points are not out of control” like other parts of the country, said Rachel Burt, a broker with F.C. Tucker.
Sales of existing homes fall for sixth straight month in central Indiana
On a year-to-date basis, closed sales of existing homes in the 16-county Indianapolis area are down 3%, to 12,731.
Weather still dampening central Indiana home construction
Applications for home construction fell 1% in central Indiana in May, marking the sixth straight month of declining permit filings.
Developer plans to raze homes in Fishers for $29M apartment project
The Fishers City Council on Monday night approved a development agreement between the city and Indianapolis-based Scannell Properties, which has 14 residential parcels under contract south of the Nickel Plate District.
TWG seeks tax break for $26M apartment project at old IPS site
TWG Development could save $1.4 million on the 188-unit Wesmont, named after jazz guitar legend Wes Montgomery. It’s part of the company’s larger redevelopment project south of East 16th Street and east of the Monon Trail.
Amazon’s HQ2 already making northern Virginia’s housing prices skyrocket
Real estate agents and local economists said inventories are so sparse that some popular ZIP codes in Arlington and Alexandria show no homes for sale at all.
First Merchants Bank settles federal lawsuit alleging redlining
According to the complaint, First Merchants “engaged in unlawful redlining in Indianapolis by intentionally avoiding predominantly African-American neighborhoods because of the race of the people living in those neighborhoods.”
Developer buying homes in Fishers neighborhood for new project
A Carmel-based developer has reached agreements to acquire 14 homes in a neighborhood along busy 116th Street in Fishers and is planning to redevelop the land.
Kite, Milhaus detail plans for 7-building apartment complex in Glendale
The two local developers said they hope to start work on a 267-unit apartment project in Glendale Town Center’s parking lot by the end of this year.
Zionsville Town Council rejects controversial apartment proposal
The Zionsville Town Council voted 4-3 Monday night to reject a 184-unit apartment project proposed just south of the town’s quaint downtown village. A vote on the project ended in a deadlock a month ago.
HAND plans affordable senior housing project in Tipton
Hamilton County Area Neighborhood Development plans to build it first project in Tipton and only its second outside of Hamilton County.
Developer investing $30M to buy, rehab Nora apartment complex
The 254-unit Nora Pines would be renamed but remain affordable housing. TWG Development is asking the city to issue $17.6 million in bonds for the project, which the developer would be responsible for repaying.
Sales of existing homes fall for fifth straight month in central Indiana
On a year-to-date basis, sales of existing single-family homes are down 3.8 percent in the area, to 9,249.
Ambrose partners with Glick as part of $200M first phase at Waterside development
Ambrose partners with Glick as part of $200M first phase at Waterside development
Carmel to take legal action against Lucas Estate in party controversy
Forrest and Charlotte Lucas have continued to host not-for-profit events and what they say are private weddings at their West 116th Street property, despite being turned down for a zoning variance by the Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals in 2017.