Developer seeks tax break for downtown hotel project
Developers planning a new Home2 Suites by Hilton in downtown Indianapolis are asking the city for a property-tax break on the project that could save them more than $650,000.
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Nude photo scandal boosts local startup’s web traffic
Indianapolis-based event-planning website Snappening.com saw traffic surge this weekend, apparently from web browsers looking for nude photos.
Not your typical corporate retreat spots
You know the drill—find a place where a contingent from your organization can fall back and talk about something important. (Or unimportant.)
Digital marketing convention leaving Indy for New York
Connections, the high-profile digital-marketing convention hosted in Indianapolis by ExactTarget each year since the event's founding in 2005, is moving to New York City next year, city tourism officials disclosed Thursday.
Unusual meeting spots for corporate retreats
You know the drill—find a place where a contingent from your organization can fall back and talk about something important. (Or unimportant.)
Lean years loom for Capital Improvement Board
The Capital Improvement Board is headed for lean years, but it’s not for a lack of resources. The entity that oversees downtown convention and sports venues faces payment of two big debts.
Moving date set for historic house in Fishers
A 153-year brick house in Fishers saved from the wrecking ball this summer will move a half-mile north next month, organizers said Wednesday.
Plaza being built near state fairgrounds coliseum
Crews have started building a $2 million pedestrian plaza next to the newly renovated Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum.
Community Health buys Hilton North for redevelopment
The hospital network will close the 221-room hotel along the Interstate 69 corridor by the end of the year and will begin exploring redevelopment opportunities to meet the growth of the network.
Hilton boutique hotel slated for renovated Consolidated Building
Plans call for a 102-room Home2 Suites by Hilton to be built in what’s known as the annex of the Consolidated Building, at the rear of the vacant, 15-story structure on North Pennsylvania Street.
Ideal owners needed for tricky north-side properties
Size and age complicate the sale of several prominent structures in Boone and Hamilton counties.
U.S. prosecutors from across nation meeting in Indy
Federal prosecutors from across the country are gathering in Indianapolis to discuss ways to reduce the number of guns in the hands of criminals, among other violent crime initiatives.
Star caterer Jack Bayt on upswing after tumble
Six years after having the area’s largest catering business sold out from under him, Jack Bayt is back, leading a revamped Crystal Catering. But the new iteration is much smaller than in the days when Bayt and his partners wanted to become a regional or even national player.
Gaming convention sets another attendance record
Gen Con 14, which wrapped up Sunday, drew 56,614 unique visitors to the Indiana Convention Center, surpassing 2013’s previous record of 49,530.
UPDATE: Indiana State Fair attendance tops 950,000
This year’s 17-day run goes down in the books as one of the three most attended.
CIB to provide $5M for natatorium maintenance
The Capital Improvement Board of Managers of Marion County voted Monday to give the Indiana Sports Corp. $500,000 a year for the next 10 years to create a reserve fund for maintenance on the IU Natatorium at IUPUI.
REI Investments agrees to buy site of former GM stamping plant
The local developer plans to purchase the entire 102-acre property, which has been earmarked for a 15,000-seat outdoor concert venue and the city’s new criminal justice complex.
UPDATE: Fair opens with first alcohol sales since 1946
The first person to sample alcohol under the new law was 67-year-old Ed Swafford of Liberty. He tried a Bavarian-style ale and declared it tasty.
Two-hotel tower proposed across from fieldhouse
A Minneapolis developer wants to build two high-end hotels in the same 15-story building on a surface parking lot downtown across from Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
Grand Park helps Hamilton County hotels run up score
Hotel business is booming in Hamilton County, with mid-year occupancy up 9 percent from the first half of 2013. Open since March, Westfield’s massive Grand Park Sports Campus has thrown its weight behind the surge.