{"id":1004069136,"date":"2013-03-19T14:48:09","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T22:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/?p=109590"},"modified":"2020-05-14T02:28:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T10:28:30","slug":"mayor-greg-ballard-plans-redevelopment-of-former-market-square-arena-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/mayor-greg-ballard-plans-redevelopment-of-former-market-square-arena-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Greg Ballard Plans Redevelopment of Former Market Square Arena Site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2013\/03\/Market-Square-Arena-Indianapolis-June-1988.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-109591\" src=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2013\/03\/Market-Square-Arena-Indianapolis-June-1988.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>by Adriana Pop, Associate Editor <\/em><\/p>\n<p>The City of Indianapolis is ready to take another shot at redeveloping the former Market Square Arena (MSA).<\/p>\n<p>During his annual State of the City speech, Mayor Greg Ballard announced that his administration is now seeking plans and proposals to repurpose the northern half of the former MSA site into something better than surface parking.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/article\/20130307\/BUSINESS\/303070126\/Mayor-Greg-Ballard-push-plan-redevelop-Market-Square-Arena\" rel=\"nofollow\">IndyStar<\/a><\/em> reports that the officials\u2019 vision for the nearly two-acre parcel at the northeastern corner of Market and Alabama streets in downtown Indianapolis involves a high-rise building with apartments or condominiums on the upper floors, as well as a major retail component on the first floor. Officials also hope that the project would help spur development on the southern half of the city-owned site.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement marks the city\u2019s third attempt to repurpose the land. In 2004, a group of investors called Market Square Partners proposed a $140 million project that would have brought more than 400 condominiums, 175,000 square feet of retail and 700 parking spaces on both lots. Two years later however, the project crumbled after the developers could not to sell enough condos to meet financing requirements.<\/p>\n<p>In 2007, the city was presented with another two development proposals. As recession hit, both projects eventually fell through.<\/p>\n<p>Built in 1973 for $23 million, the arena was the Indiana Pacers\u2019 home until it was imploded in 2001. The site hosted a multitude of important events, such as Michael Jordan\u2019s first return from retirement in 1995, or Elvis Presley\u2019s final concert in June 1977.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been nearly 36 years since \u201cElvis left the building\u201d. It is time for the MSA space to make its architectural mark again on our city, to bring new residents and retail to the near east side, and to put that prime piece of real estate back on the property tax rolls\u201d, Ballard said.<\/p>\n<p>Developers will be able to submit proposals until April 22.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo credits: Bob Hall via Wikimedia Commons <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Indianapolis is ready to take another shot at redeveloping the former site of Market Square Arena (MSA), which it segmented into parking lots.<br \/>\nDuring his annual State of the City speech, Mayor Greg Ballard has announced that his administration is now seeking plans and proposals to repurpose the northern half of the former MSA site into something better than surface parking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":260,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1590,21742],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004069136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-indianapolis","category-latest"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mayor Greg Ballard Plans Redevelopment of Former Market Square Arena Site - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/mayor-greg-ballard-plans-redevelopment-of-former-market-square-arena-site\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mayor Greg Ballard Plans Redevelopment of Former Market Square Arena Site\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The City of Indianapolis is ready to take another shot at redeveloping the former site of Market Square Arena (MSA), which it segmented into parking lots.  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