HOBART – Luke Oil has announced it is expanding its network of convenience stores in Northwest Indiana. The company plans to open locations in Hobart, Crown Point, Highland, East Chicago and Lafayette. The new stores will add 40 jobs. Luke Oil currently has 10 locations and also is a fuel distributor for GoLo outlets in […]
VALPARAISO – Porter Regional Hospital, which opened Aug. 25, 2012, recently won two construction project awards. Porter’s contractor, Robins & Morton, won the Associated Builders and Contractors Award of Excellence. This award honors all members of the construction team, the owner, designer and contractor and is judged by an out-of-state panel of professionals on quality
MERRILLVILLE – The Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana has named Raymond E. Kasmark of IBEW Local 697 Innovator of the Month for February. The society is part of the Gerald I Lampkin Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center at Ivy Tech Community College in Gary. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 697 building became the
ELKHART – Elkhart General Hospital has announced a $74 million expansion that will add 150,000 square feet to the hospital. The project will include updated surgery suites and new recovery room. The expansion will increase the size of operating suites for 700 square feet to accommodate new technology for arthroscopy and endoscopy. Currently, the hospital
MUNSTER – Community Hospital is expanding outpatient services to Schererville. Scheduled to open in June, the 11,400-square-foot Community Hospital Outpatient Center at the corner of U.S. 30 and Harvest Drive will offer family medicine, immediate care, laboratory and outpatient diagnostic services for patients of all ages. Specialists in family practice and internal medicine will provide
MERRILLVILLE – Jeff Brant has been named 2012 Commercial In-Sites Co-Broker of the Year. He was cited “for outstanding performance in the sport of commercial real estate and dedication to do deals together.” He had four co-brokered transactions. Commercial In-Sites is at 1100 W. U.S. 30, Merrillville.
VALPARAISO – Mack Elliott of Prudential Executive Group has been named to Prudential Real Estate President’s Circle for 2012. The award recognizes the Network’s top three percent of residential sales professionals who exemplified great sales measures in closed residential GCI, commercial GCI or closed 50 residential units for the year. “Mack is a dedicated professional,
VALPARAISO – Nick Arnold, Debbie Miller, Mitzi Wingenroth, and Michele Civanich of Prudential Executive Group have been named to Leading Edge Society for 2012 by Prudential Real Estate. The award recognizes residential sales professionals who exemplified great sales measures in closed residential GCI or closed 35 residential units for the year. “As Leading Edge Society
MERRILLVILLE – Dawn Foods, which operates bakeries in Munster and Crown Point, has announced it will consolidate the two operations into a new location in the AmeriPlex at the Crossroad in Merrillville. The company said it will invest $15 million in the 120,000-square-foot production plant. Together, the Munster and Crown Point operations have 72 employees.
SCHERERVILLE – The four-story Plaza 833 at the southwest corner of U.S. 30 and U.S. 41 will be renovated by Fitzgerald Earles Architects and Associates. The building is owned by LM Commercial Real Estate of suburban Chicago. The renovation includes a new entryway, lobby and atrium, work in each of the corridors of the building,
