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On Jan. 3, 2022, the Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana released a report on Mortgage Lending in Marion County showing that overall homeownership in the county has decreased by 8.5 percent, however, Black homeownership fell by nearly 20 percent over the past decade. Among the report’s key findings are the loss of 9,500 owner-occupied homes with a disproportional amount of those losses in Black communities.

By now, you’ve probably heard of or participated in Dry January. In case you haven’t, Dry January is simply the act of abstaining from alcohol during the month of January. No worries if you’ve missed a few days, you can still jump right in. We’ve all heard the JLAP presentations and know that we, as attorneys, are more susceptible to substance abuse issues. Abstaining from alcohol for any period of time can be refreshing and empowering.

Oftentimes, developers are stuck in difficult situations as they try to navigate the implications of current market conditions. This is especially true if the developer already has contractual obligations to deliver a building to an end-user or tenant by a firm delivery date

The Associate General Construction Association has posted the fifth edition of the Construction Inflation Alert, a document to help owners, officials, AGC chapters and others understand what contractors are experiencing regarding materials costs, production lead times and supply-chain bottlenecks.

Reddick, a partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, has spent more than 30 years in private practice, serving real estate clients of all sizes from start-ups to the country’s largest electric utility provider. She has skillfully represented municipal clients in public private deals to redevelop and reenergize large portions of the Indianapolis International Airport and represented private clients in multi-jurisdictional acquisitions and disposals.

As many may know, on September 9, 2021, Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman of the United States Small Business Administration announced the following significant enhancements to the COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan program.

On September 1, 2021, the Metropolitan Development Commission adopted a significant modification to the zoning ordinance applicable to Marion County. This modification will be effective November 1, 2021 and is intended to allow and/or encourage more walkable and densely developed residential and mixed use districts while also creating a new Transit Oriented District (TOD) overlay district for commercial and mixed use zoned properties located within 1,000 feet of an existing or planned bus rapid transit line.

The beginning of 2022 will see the opening of the Community Justice Campus (CJC) at Twin Air with many agencies moving out of the City County Building before the end of the year. The Assessment and Intervention Center at the CJC opened in late 2020. Beyond the community benefit of consolidated access to services, the CJC is exciting because it was the beginning of a boom in government buildings. Indy’s building boom won’t stop at the opening of the CJC campus. Over the next three years, the city is expected to build multiple new government buildings and a handful of parks facilities.

While it’s our goal year-round to make you, IndyBar members, more profitable and productive in your practice, we’re taking extra care during the month of September to show you how much we appreciate you!