The Economic Development Corp. Michigan City, Ind. said the Mayfield Place subdivision off Tyron Road, has a new developer, who is planning to invest $7 million in the subdivision and add 30 new homes to the development.
Erskine Village shopping center in South Bend recently was purchased by The Cotswold Group of Harrison, N.Y.
A $1.5 million investment has revived the former Golden Sands Motel in Michigan City.
Hospital officials said 65% of the trades and sub-contractors working on the project are based in La Porte County and Northwest Indiana, which translates to $55 million for the Region’s economy.
Sullair in Michigan City recently broke ground on a $30 million plant rehabilitation and expansion project that is expected to create between 30 and 40 new full-time jobs.
A new national designation for Northwest Indiana could help secure more federal funding to spark economic development in the Region.
La Porte Hospital and community members celebrated a construction milestone Sept. 12 with a topping out celebration, which marks the placing of last steel beam onto the building.
The state of Indiana received a $495,000 grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration to help small businesses find new markets for Hoosier-made goods around the world.
A more-than-500-acre development at the southeast Corner of I-65 and U.S. 231 in Crown Point will one day be the home for a new Franciscan hospital and possibly the new home for Andrean High School.
Slowing job growth and a drop in new job creation are signs from the latest government jobs report suggesting the nation’s economy is slowing down, said Ball State economist Michael Hicks.
