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.
Renovation of apartment building owned by the Indianapolis Housing Agency will have to wait, after it failed to receive the
necessary federal backing to fund it. Three other IHA projects, including Caravelle Commons, will move forward, however.
The aim is to spur redevelopment on the city’s blighted near-east side before the 2012 Super Bowl is played in Indianapolis.
City agency plans renovations, expansions at eight apartment properties.
A local developer’s plans to renovate a long-vacant and graffiti-covered 1915 building have hit a snag.
King Park Area Development Corp. is preparing to approach developers interested in submitting plans for the 1.8-acre site, the equivalent of about eight residential lots.
J.C. Hart Co. is designing plans for a $17 million upscale apartment community as part of the master-planned Lawrence Village
at the Fort.
A Ball State architect thinks Indianapolis residents will like what they see in the new J.W. Marriott hotel downtown and beat
drums for more interesting buildings.
A revitalization project that helped Indianapolis land the 2012 Super Bowl is beginning to take
shape. Organizers hope to build and rehab about 300 housing units, including the Jefferson Apartments "homeownership
incubator."
Former YMCA branch at 860 W. 10th St. would be razed to make way for retail and housing.
The commercial area at 71st Street and Binford Boulevard is recovering from its funk, but a true transformation hinges on
implementing a master plan.
Visions for the empty historic building
range from offices to a museum. Two developers propose a boutique hotel on an adjacent parking
lot. Video bonus: Tour the landmark’s interior.
The 34-story hotel, the city’s largest, is scheduled to open in 2011.
BOS Community Development Corp., created in 1982 to revitalize the Indiana Avenue and Midtown area, says its mission is accomplished.
The troubled Indianapolis City Market is looking East for a new direction. This summer, its executive director, Jim Reilly,
visited Philadelphia and Cleveland to observe their successful urban markets and seek pointers that might be applied here.
Speedway officials broke ground Thursday morning on the first phase of a $500 million redevelopment project they hope will transform the small town into a year-round racing-themed destination.
The Shelton, a five-story building on Delaware Street, is getting a $3 million makeover.
A salvage company is leasing the Bush Stadium field from the city parks department to store vehicles it collected in the federal
Cash for Clunkers program.
The owner of the vacant former Fall Creek YMCA along West 10th Street is seeking bidders interested in tearing down the building
and redeveloping the prime 2-acre site.
The master of urban planning degree offered downtown will use the city as an urban laboratory.
