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SOUTH BEND — The South Bend Redevelopment Commission approved $350,000 and a retroactive agreement for an extra 15-day due diligence period Thursday, April 10 for its planned purchase of the State Theater. The purchase will allow clearing of downspouts and scuffers, securing of door and windows and roof repair,...

BLOOMINGTON (25News Now) - Facing demolition about six years ago, Downtown Bloomington’s tallest building is slated to be converted into a $68 million mixed-use development to help ease the city’s housing crunch. A second redevelopment agreement presented to the city council Monday night calls for construction of 210...

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind.-- Some homeowners near New Carlisle are set to meet this weekend with the St. Joseph County assessor to voice their concerns about skyrocketing property valuations, and the higher taxes that come along with them. ABC57 brought you this story last year, when property taxes spiked in...

After voting in February to buy the historic but long neglected State Theater, the South Bend Redevelopment Commission will consider its first big expenditure on the project. The Mayor James Mueller administration has said it’s not interested in taking on the expense of renovating the 1907 theater. It hopes a buyer will do that. But the city says it does need to spend some money up front before it can market the building.

The St. Joseph County Council voted 7-2 on Tuesday to approve the rezoning of an isolated patch of farmland so that a local developer could build about 250 single-family homes and about 250 apartments east of New Carlisle. Developer Pat Matthews is counting on housing demand from the growth of...

ELKHART, Ind. (WNDU) - It is estimated there are 8,000 rental units in the City of Elkhart. The city administration now has a plan to inspect every one of those units to make sure it is safe and habitable. A proposed rental registry and inspection program is now before a...

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — OrthoWorx CEO Bob Vitoux updated the Kosciusko County Commissioners Tuesday, April 8, on the work OrthoWorx has been doing, as well as requested the $100,000 in financial support for OrthoWorx that was included in the county’s 2025 budget. The funds will be used in association...

GMF Group, a vertically-integrated real estate investment firm founded by Gabe Monfried and Matt Forssman, has expanded its portfolio beyond Florida and North Carolina with the acquisition of three manufactured housing communities in Indiana. The firm’s latest purchases include Brookfield Estates (6200 Brookville Road, Indianapolis), East Indy Estates (6660 S...

Lakefront Property Built by Wind—Natural Infrastructure at Work. The dunes don’t sit still. They weren’t meant to. Every gust off Lake Michigan deposits another layer, pulls another grain free, and carves the shoreline like it’s still in motion—which it is. Indiana Dunes State Park, officially...

NEW CARLISLE — Local developer Pat Matthews wants to build a housing development at U.S. 20 and Spruce Road to support the expected growth of workers at Amazon’s data centers and the GM/Samsung SDI battery plant. Hedgecroft Village would offer about 250 single-family homes and about 250 apartments.

Eight years after they ended a similar program, Elkhart Mayor Rod Roberson is asking common council members to bring back a rental housing inspection program. The program would require landlords to annually register their rental units with the city, giving city code enforcement staff local contact information for landlords when problems arise. Rental units would be required to undergo inspections every three years to make sure they’re safe and meet standards.

The City of Goshen, Indiana, through its Building Commissioner, is seeking proposals from qualified individuals, firms, or organizations to serve as a court-appointed receiver for multiple unsafe properties within the City that are subject to pending court proceedings under the Indiana Unsafe Building Law (Indiana Code § 36-7-9-1 et seq.). The selected proposer will be responsible for taking possession and control of designated properties, securing the properties, preparing and assisting in obtaining court approval for a rehabilitation plan and budget, overseeing property rehabilitation, managing financial accounting related to the project, and providing regular reports as may be required. The subject real estate involves four (4) parcels of real estate, generally located at 423 North 5th Street, 511 North 5th Street, 513 North 5th Street, and 601 North 5th Street.

ARGOS — A property that was cited for clean-up in 2016 will see the county carry out that order. A property on Maple Street in Argos owned by Debra Mersch was cited in April 2016 for being in violation of the county’s ordinance for maintaining the property. Subsequent...

PLYMOUTH — A press release from Jack Garner, Marshall County EMA Director, states that the National Weather Service confirmed an EF1 tornado hit Marshall County on the evening of Wednesday, April 2. The tornado began near Rutland at 7:52 PM and lifted near Etna Green (in Kosciusko County) at...

PLYMOUTH — The Plymouth Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance for the development of a residential housing project of 30-40 units off of SR 17. Representatives for Mike and Joyce Relos, who own a property off of SR 17 on Glenn Overmyer Drive asked for the variance to develop the project that with current zoning would not be allowed.

During the March 26 meeting of the Knox Board of Works meeting, Director of Building, Planning and Code Compliance Lonnie Boley updated the board on a few properties with code violations. The first being the property at 109 McGill Street. “Chief Dulin and myself went out to 109 McGill Street...

OrthoWorx CEO Bob Vitoux updated the Kosciusko County Commissioners Tuesday on the work OrthoWorx has been doing, as well as requested the $100,000 in financial support for OrthoWorx that was included in the county’s 2025 budget. The funds will be used in association with administering and managing the deployment...

SOUTH BEND — It hasn’t been that long since Josh Lugg and Tommy Kraemer completed their Notre Dame football careers as starting offensive linemen. Yet they are proving just as effective as budding entrepreneurs in real estate management. South Bend-based Golden Legacy Partners , with Lugg and Kraemer as co-founders, announced Wednesday the strategic acquisition of ESC Property Services, which serves as a long-term property management company for the Eddy Street Commons residential development and the surrounding Notre Dame area. The transaction increases the number of units under Golden Legacy’s management to 766, according to Lugg, the company’s CEO....

SOUTH BEND — Work is moving forward on the stalled Sideline Flats condominium project on South Bend Avenue, after the site stood abandoned for over a year. During a Zoning Board of Appeals meeting on Monday, April 7, the board approved a variance permitting the development to exceed the maximum width for its building type outlined in the ordinance. This brings the maximum width from 120 feet to 199 feet and allows the project to move ahead. On Monday, Greg Kil, principal architect for Kil Architecture & Planning , told the board the team is ready to submit building...