Investors Flock to Indianapolis CBD
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The Regions Tower now has 11K SF of outdoor event space
INDIANAPOLIS—This Midwest city is well known as a hub for national distributors, but its downtown office market has also begun to draw a lot of attention. After a few very rough years during the recession, new companies seeking youthful workers have started moving into the CBD, and institutional investors are snapping up the city’s top office towers.
From 2007 through 2011, no investment activity was seen among the class A or trophy properties, according to JLL’sSpring 2015 Indianapolis Skyline Review, its study of the top twelve downtown office properties. But in the last three years, 40% of the Skyline properties have traded hands, even though some of these buildings were struggling. In 2014, New York-based Nightingale Properties purchased the 36-story, 696,000 square foot Regions Tower, and the 515,000 square foot Market Tower was bought out of foreclosure by Chicago-based Zeller Realty Group…
Investors Flock to Indianapolis CBD
