Warehousing firm plans $11.7M expansion near downtown
Merchandise Warehouse Co. Inc. is planning an expansion and renovation of its warehouse facilities just south of downtown, allowing it to add 65 employees over the next five years.
Merchandise Warehouse Co. Inc. is planning an expansion and renovation of its warehouse facilities just south of downtown, allowing it to add 65 employees over the next five years.
Two local subsidiaries of Miami-based Venture Logistics LLC want to build the 400,000-square-foot facility on a 46-acre site at West Hanna Avenue and Division Street, near South Harding Street.
DuraMark Technologies Inc. hopes to hire 18 more employees to work in a new 18,000-square-foot office and production facility just south of 169th Street and west of U.S. 31.
City officials are considering incentives for the two-story project, which would feature a restaurant and brewery on the first floor and office space for lease on the second level.
Hoist Liftruck Mfg. Inc., which is based in the Chicago suburb of Bedford Park, plans to spend more than $40 million to set up manufacturing operations in East Chicago.
The $3.85 million project would allow the regional carrier to train as many as 5,000 employees per year.
Hurco Cos. Inc. plans to move some of its manufacturing operations from Italy to Indianapolis, creating 35 local jobs by the end of 2017, the company disclosed in a tax-abatement request with the city.
A Louisville-based manufacturer of corrugated boxes and other packing supplies is seeking a tax abatement from the city to help it open a local plant and distribution center that would hire 60 workers over the next two years.
Aerodyn Engineering Inc. plans to spend $8.5 million to expand its headquarters at 1919 South Girls School Road and add 20 employees by the end of 2019.
Caito Foods Service Inc. is seeking tax abatements from the city to help offset the cost of building and equipping a major new distribution facility on the city’s east side.
Timberline Properties LLC is proposing a seven-year, $35,000 abatement for a project that would renovate 5,800 square feet on the second floor of the Caylor Building into 10 to 12 office suites and a business incubator.
American Bottling Co. plans to develop a $6.3 million distribution center on the northwest side of Indianapolis, leaving behind a site it has occupied in nearby Park 100 for 40 years.
Locally based Environmental Forensic Investigations Inc. plans to move into a larger headquarters near downtown, doubling its employment to 84 over the next five years.
Peerless Pump Co. is in line to receive a pair of tax abatements from the city after the manufacturer spent more than $18.7 million to improve its Indianapolis plant. The deals could pave the way for an even larger expansion.
An Italian wind-turbine maker is expected to pay a central Indiana county $375,000 for failing to meet a goal of hiring 200 workers by the end of 2014.
A Greenwood firm that manufactures wireless monitoring and control devices plans to move operations into an abandoned plant on the south side of downtown Indianapolis, allowing it to expand and add 25 workers before the end of the decade.
The defense and aerospace contractor plans to add another 249 workers to its existing work force of 912 in Indianapolis by the end of 2020. It also plans to invest about $26 million on the local expansion.
John Morrell Food Group, one of the oldest meat manufacturing firms in the nation, plans to build and equip a massive refrigerated distribution center just east of Indianapolis.
The company is seeking a property-tax abatement from the city worth an estimated $263,444 to make the plan possible.
AeroRepair Corp., a Londonderry, New Hampshire-based aircraft maintenance service provider, is set to receive incentives from the state in return for creating 27 jobs in Indianapolis.