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City launches public survey to gauge public interest in reusing BlueIndy sites
The ideas the city received fell into four broad categories: public charging for e-bikes and scooters, public charging for electric vehicles, shared transit services and placemaking. → Read More
Bar owners sue city, health department over 'arbitrary and unreasonable' pandemic rules
The owners of 20 Marion County bars and nightclubs are suing Indianapolis, Mayor Joe Hogsett, Dr. Virginia Caine and the Marion County Public Health Department over COVID-19 pandemic restrictions that they say violate their constitutional rights. → Read More
City, Kite reach deal for $550M Pan Am Plaza project—with up to 2-year delay
The city will not subsidize construction of Kite's two hotels on the site but will ask the City-County Council to authorize a $150 million bond to finance an addition to the Indiana Convention Center. → Read More
Plan to ease local taxi regulations heading to City-County Council for vote
The proposal aims to relax several long-standing regulations that put taxi companies at an unfair advantage compared with ride-sharing companies Uber and Lift, which don’t have to comply with the same standards. → Read More
Bub's sister restaurant calling it quits after 12 years in business
Bub’s Cafe owner Matt Frey said the eatery will close Wednesday. He and his wife, Rachel, own the restaurant and the building that houses it. → Read More
Big Woods to open in Noblesville
The new 7,700 square-foot restaurant will open this winter. The restaurant will open at 14741 Hazel Dell Crossing in a space that formerly housed a Giuseppe’s Italian Market. Renovations of the space are already underway. → Read More
Wabash College plans $13 million football stadium
The stadium will have seating for 3,550 fans across the main grandstand, suites and the W Club Lounge. → Read More
Hogsett, Merritt lay out plans for infrastructure, poverty in first mayoral debate
The debate was the first of 2019 between Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett, a Democrat, and Republican state Sen. Jim Merritt. The debate largely focused on infrastructure and regionalism, inequity and public safety. → Read More
NinjaZone plans return to Grand Park with new facility
An affiliate of NinjaZone Academy has requested four acres of land directly east of the Pacers Athletic Center at Grand Park be rezoned to accommodate construction of a 35,000-square-foot facility. → Read More
Grand Park developer, Kokomo partner on $86 million youth sports project
Westfield-based Henke Development Group, which helped the city develop Grand Park, plans to spend $77 million developing Championship Park, a commercial development on land next to the sports park. A hotel could also be part of the project. → Read More
The Yard at Fishers District snags Ohio eatery
It will be the first out-of-state location for the gastropub that started in a Columbus suburb in 2012. → Read More
Martin Marietta proposes mining Noblesville site, then developing lakefront homes
If its rezoning request is approved, the aggregate firm would mine and extract on 60 acres of land on Cherry Tree Road and later remake it as a neighborhood aimed at empty nesters. → Read More
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. → Read More
Fishers, Airport Authority seeking buyers for prime 96th Street site
The city of Fishers and the Indianapolis Airport Authority have issued a call for proposals from parties interested in purchasing and developing a 65-acre site at the Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport in Fishers. → Read More
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. → Read More
Primanti Bros. quietly closes its Noblesville restaurant
The Pittsburgh-based chain, which is known for putting french fries on its sandwiches, entered the Indiana market in 2016 with the location near Hamilton Town Center. → Read More
Carmel receives eight development proposals for PNC Bank site
Henry Mestetsky, director of the Carmel Redevelopment Commission, told IBJ on Tuesday that the overwhelming response to the RFP was rare. → Read More
Packaging maker plans $75M facility, 140 jobs in Lebanon
The Lebanon City Council Monday night approved a tax break valued at $1.3 million for U.S. Corrugated Inc., which plans to open a 470,000-square-foot manufacturing facility. → Read More
Carmel official says Brainard created 'toxic environment'; mayor calls relationship consensual
Clerk-Treasurer Christine Pauley said Mayor Jim Brainard created a difficult work environment by pushing her to go on trips with him. But the mayor said in a statement that the two briefly dated and the timing of the accusations—just two weeks before the primary—is interesting. → Read More
Judge dismisses Nickel Plate case, awards Fishers attorney fees
A judge has ordered Save the Nickel Plate to pay the city of Fishers' attorney fees and court costs in a legal case that has turned political. → Read More