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• City seeks interested parties for reuse of the former Indiana Women’s Prison property
  The former women’s prison site includes buildings which date to the late 1930s. The Department of Metropolitan Development has issued a Request for Expressions of Interest for reuse of the Former Indiana Women’s Prison site.  The site which [Read More...]
• No shortage of amenities at Downtown’s newest luxury hotel
  Half of the Astrea cocktail lounge is patio seating, perched between the Soldiers and Sailor Monument to the east and the Indiana State Capitol to the west. For travelers from out of state and even out of country, the luxurious rooms and fine dining [Read More...]
• City plans to significantly alter the Madison Avenue landscape
  Funded with three rounds of federal grant dollars through the Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Madison Avenue Road Diet will be implemented in three phases. [Read More...]
• Cover story: A different kind of destination
  North Mass: off-the-path area is blossoming [Read More...]
• Fall openings targeted as long-awaited work at CCIC proceeds
  Now rebranded as a separate building from the Circle City Industrial Complex, 1011 Mass Ave sits along East 10th Street just east of the interstates. Two eateries are among eight tenants slated to occupy a portion of the Circle City Industrial [Read More...]
• Tube Factory unveils major expansion in Garfield Park neighborhood
  Massive project to address city’s need for a dedicated contemporary art museum, studios Since 2016, Tube Factory artspace — a project of the 20-year-old nonprofit Big Car Collaborative — has served as a contemporary art mainstay that shares [Read More...]
• IHPC takes action designed to prevent demolition of Holy Cross church
  With dozens of Holy Cross neighbors and other interested parties eagerly applauding, the Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission took the first step on March toward preventing the demolition of the former Church of the Holy Cross. The action, [Read More...]
• Old City Hall to get a very tall and stylish neighbor
  This report enhances the Aug. 29 news item posted on this website. TWG Development principal Tony Knoble is calling the pending development “the most impactful project we’ve ever done.” Mayor Joe Hogsett said it’s a “transformative plan” which will [Read More...]
• Hotel, residences coming to old City Hall site
  The city’s announcement regarding what’s happening to the old City Hall and the parking lot next door should bring smiles to the site’s Firehouse Square neighbors. Those folks see the coming construction project as a remedy for the [Read More...]
• Bottleworks District honored for ‘Outstanding Restoration’
  Indiana Landmarks, impressed with the revitalization of the historic Coca-Cola Bottling Plant into what is now known as the Bottleworks District, has given the complex project its prestigious Cook Cup for Outstanding Restoration for 2023. The [Read More...]
• Playground and splash park open at O’Bannon Soccer Park
  The story behind the Old Northside’s new playground and splash park – a facility christened Friday, May 19 – began all the way back in 1989 when one if the neighborhood’s urban pioneers wanted a space for area children to play soccer. Rick Patton [Read More...]
• Cultural Trail expansion to extend west of White River for first time
  A new section of the Indianapolis Cultural Trail – targeted to be complete in 2026 – will for the first time take the walking and biking trail away from Downtown and across the White River. The $21.2 million expansion announced Tuesday will link the [Read More...]
• Six Downtown blocks of College Avenue to return to two-way traffic
  Work is poised to begin on the project to establish two-way traffic on six blocks of College Avenue from Market Street to Massachusetts Avenue. This project will be closely followed by a similar two-way conversion of Michigan and New York streets on [Read More...]
• $5 million in upgrades planned for Kennedy-King Memorial Site
  A  plaza, pavilion and public art are among the improvements coming to the Kennedy-King Memorial Site, city officials announced on Jan. 17 – most appropriately on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The memorial is located in Dr. Martin Luther King [Read More...]
• Zoo taking a big step forward in “Species Survival” – and chimpanzees too
  The fact that the Indianapolis Zoo will soon open a new Welcome Center is certainly old news to anyone who has visited during the enduring construction season. But what will accompany the new Welcome Center is only now coming into focus: The Global [Read More...]
• Two development firms playing musical chairs with headquarters
  Renovation work is currently under way at the former Harrison College building – work which will allow Milhaus LLC to move its headquarters from Fletcher Place by the second quarter of 2023 to accommodate its expanding staffing needs. At the same [Read More...]
• Support buildings ‘designed to mesh’ with new IU Health complex
  Indiana University Health has outlined design plans for a multi-use support building and a utility plant to serve its new Downtown Indianapolis hospital under construction at its expanding healthcare campus south of 16th Street. Filed recently with [Read More...]
• North Split update: Timeline for two street reopenings
  The East 10th Street interstate underpass is expected to reopen in early September, while Ohio Street should reopening in early October, the Indiana Department of Transportation has announced. Central Avenue, which had been closed since mid-July, [Read More...]
• North Split update: INDOT says work on track for end-of-year completion
  The North Split interchange is scheduled to reopen by the end of 2022, according to a report from the Indiana Department of Transportation. Landscaping, aesthetics and local street work on the project involving both Interstates 65 and 70 will [Read More...]
• Street closure update: Around Downtown hospital project, plus North Split work
  Utility work to prepare for a new downtown hospital by Indiana University Health is progressing, leading to the next phase of traffic changes near the Methodist Hospital campus.*The intersection of 16th and Capitol Avenue will be closed for utility [Read More...]