VALPARAISO – Inland Real Estate Corp. has acquired Valparaiso Walk, a 137,000-square-foot shopping center at Silhavy Road and LaPorte Avenue for $21.9 million. The center is anchored by Bed Bath & Beyond, Marshalls, Best Buy and Michaels. Inland Real Estate is based in Oak Brook, Ill., and owns shopping centers throughout the Midwest.
VALPARAISO – Derek Frazier has been named Development Director for Frontline Foundations Inc., a faith-based substance abuse treatment provider in Porter County. He will oversee fundraising, marketing, and grant development. Frazier was a member of the 2011 Valparaiso Chamber’s Leadership Academy and currently serves as co-chair for Emerge South Shore’s Identify Committee. Frontline Foundations, Inc.
GRANGER – Doctors Express Granger announces the grand opening of its first Indiana neighborhood Urgent Care Center at 7115 Heritage Square Drive, Suite 1250, Granger. Doctors Express Granger is owned by Dr. Richard Sullivan and Dr. Michael Martino. Normal hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week. On Saturday, Feb.
SOUTH BEND – CBRE|Bradley and Bradley Residential Management have announced the promotion of Jennifer Pinkepank to marketing and research manager of their group of companies. She will manage and support marketing, communication and research initiatives across eight regional offices in Northern Indiana and Southwest Michigan. As part of the team since 2008, she is responsible
SOUTH BEND – Old National Bank, based in Evansville, has expanded in northern Indiana, acquiring 24 offices from the Bank of America in South Bend, Elkhart and southern Michigan. Old National already has four offices in South Bend, Granger and Elkhart. The acquisition includes four offices in Indiana and 20 in southern Michigan, a state
MERRILLVILLE – A former Osco Drugs store at 61st Avenue and Broadway in Gary will soon become a Community HealthNet clinic. Work on the $600,000 project has begun it is expected to be completed soon. HealthNet will have nine exam rooms and provide primary care, pediatric care, obstetrics services and provide other health needs. HealthNet
HOBART – Local Chick-fil-A restaurant owner Tyler Carter, View Outdoor Advertising and the cow of the hour gathered Jan. 10 to divulge what the infamous bovines have been up to. The Merrillville advertising company announced its participation in Chick-fil-A’s award-winning marketing campaign featuring the cows urging people to “Eat Mor Chikin.” The campaign began in
VALPARAISO – Century 21 Alliance Group has announced the top listing agent for December and the agents with the most closings in 2012. The top listing agent in December was Denise O’Connor, and Natalie and Diane Worstell of the Worstell Group closed the most deals in 2012, with Linda Fillippo second. The agents were presented
GARY – Fitch Ratings, one of the three major credit rating agencies, has upgraded Methodist Hospitals bond issues to BBB from BBB-. The upgrade is the second such move by the ratings agency in the past 12 months. The ratings agency cited Methodist’s sustained operating performance in making this latest upgrade, including strong profit margin,
SOUTH BEND – Mayor Pete Buttigieg has announced that South Bend has been selected as one of nine communities in the United States to participate in the Code for America Fellowship Program in 2013. The others are: Kansas City, Las Vegas, Louisville, Oakland, San Francisco, San Mateo County, Calif., Summit County, Ohio (Akron), and New
