This Northern Indiana thread serves as a space to discuss developments in all of the principal cities in the northern portion of the state, including:
- Fort Wayne - largest city in Northern Indiana / 2nd largest city in the entire state
- South Bend - 2nd / 4th
- Hammond - 3rd / 8th
- Gary - 4th / 9th
- Elkhart - 5th / 17th
- Mishawaka - 6th / 18th
- Portage - 7th / 24th
- Merrillville - 8th / 27th
- Goshen - 9th / 28th
- Valparaiso - 10th / 29th
- Others (if substantial projects) - to-date, Michigan City, Crown Point, and the Duneland area.
***Credit is due to Blocky858 for conceiving and launching a Fort Wayne thread a few weeks before I started a separate, Northern Indiana thread. For simplicity, these two threads have been merged with the help of DetroitSky. Thank you both! There was also an earlier South Bend -Mishawaka, IN Metro Development thread started by Halovet in 2018 that never really took off, so that has been absorbed here as well. I will do my best to maintain a project rundown in this opening post for anything that anyone posts on here.
Wikipedia defines the Northern Indiana region by these 26 northern-most counties, which can be further sub-divided into Northwest Indiana / Calumet Region, North-Central Indiana / Michiana Region, and Northeast Indiana. So if it falls within this region, and it's substantial, it's fair game for this thread -
Source
Wikipedia
The cities highlighted below are organized by population and are arranged from largest to smallest (2019 estimates) -
Code:
Fort Wayne - Allen County
Population: 270,400
Source: Matador Network
South Bend - St. Joseph County
Population: 102,000
Source: WVPE
Hammond - Lake County
Population: 75,500
Source: Wikipedia
Gary - Lake County
Population: 74,00
Source: Delta Institute
Elkhart - Elkhart County
Population: 52,400
Source: Elkhart County CVB
Mishawaka - St. Joseph County
Population: 50,400
Source: Wikipedia
Portage - Porter County
Population: 37,000
Source: NWI Times
Merrillville - Lake County
Population: 34,800
Source: Wikipedia
Goshen - Elkhart County
Population: 34,200
Source: Wikipedia
Valparaiso - Porter County
Population: 33,400
Source: Joey BLS Photography
Michigan City - LaPorte County
Population: 31,100
Source: Uptown Arts District
Crown Point - Lake County
Population: 29,900
Source: Joey BLS Photography
Duneland Area (Chesterton, Porter, Burns Harbor) - Porter County
Population: 20,800
Source: NWI Times
Unless noted otherwise, all projects for each location are arranged first by status, then by cost, if known (most to least expensive). The rundown will be updated as time goes on -
Status Order:
- under-construction (listed first)
- approved / proposed (listed second)
- completed (listed third, newest to oldest)
- demolished / destroyed (listed fourth)
- cancelled (listed last)
Fort Wayne
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Electric Works, under construction ($300 - $450 million)
(general location)
Source: Fort Wayne Electric Works
High Street Riverfront Development (multi-phase), under construction ($250 million)
(general location)
Source: WANE | Courtesy Domo Development
Amazon "Project Mastadon" Fulfillment Center, completed fall 2022 (~ $100 million?)
(general location)
Source: LinkedIn | Greater Fort Wayne Inc.
Riverfront at Promenade Park, under construction ($90 million)
Northeast corner of Superior and Harrison Streets
Source: WANE 15 News | Courtesy Rendering
The Pearl, under construction ($50 million)
(general location)
Source: WANE
Maple Heights Behavioral Health, under construction ($45 million)
3955 W. Washington Center Rd.
Source: LinkedIn | Greater Fort Wayne Inc.
The Ashberry (STAR Financial Bank HQ), under construction ($43.4 million)
215 W Main St.
Source: WANE 15 News | Courtesy STAR Financial Bank
Trine University Fort Wayne / Parkview Health, under construction ($40 million)
(Perry Township - general location)
Source: trine.edu
Indiana Tech Zollner Engineering Center Expansion, under construction ($21.5 million)
(general location)
Source: Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly | Contributed
Michael Kinder & Sons, Inc. HQ (MKS), under construction (~ $14 million?)
6055 Innovation Blvd.
Source: LinkedIn | Greater Fort Wayne Inc.
North River soccer stadium complex, proposed ($150 million)
(general location)
Source: WANE 15 News | Courtesy Rendering
The Lofts at Headwaters Park, proposed ($97 million)
Northeast corner of Clinton and Superior Streets
Source: Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly ! Courtesy Rendering
Fort Wayne Airport East Terminal Expansion, proposed ($60 million)
(general location)
Source: FWIA
"The Wedge", proposed ($51 million)
(general location)
Source: City of Fort Wayne | Barrett & Stokely Inc.
Village Premier, proposed ($50 million)
(general location)
Source: WPTA 21
Purdue Fort Wayne Music Technology Building, proposed ($22 million)
(general location)
Source: Purdue University Fort Wayne | Courtesy of Design Collaborative
202 Wayne, Mixed-Use, proposed (unknown $)
202 E. Wayne St.
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Fort Financial Credit Union HQ, completed January 2023 ($9 million)
(general location)
Source: LinkedIn | Greater Fort Wayne, Inc.
Fort Wayne Airport West Terminal Expansion, completed September 2022 ($47 million)
(general location)
Source: Fort Wayne International Airport
Amazon Fulfillment Center, completed December 2021 ($60 million)
4400 Airport Expy.
Source: WANE 15 News | Robert Borel Photography
Lutheran Downtown Hospital, completed November 2021 ($120 million)
(general location)
Source: LinkedIn | Greater Fort Wayne Inc.
The Bradley, completed July 2021 ($26 million)
204 W Main St.
Source: Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly | Contributed
Amazon Delivery Station, completed October 2020 (~ $12 million?)
(general location)
Source: Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly
Skyline Tower, completed August 2018 ($42 million)
855 Webster St.
Source: Weigand Construction
202 Metro (Fifth Third Bank Renovation), completed 2017 (~ ~24 million?)
202 W. Berry St.
Source: 202 Metro
Ash Skyline Plaza, completed May 2016 (~ $40 million?)
888 S Harrison St.
Source: Ash Brokerage
South Bend
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Four Winds Casino - hotel tower addition, under construction (~ $150 million?)
3000 Prairie Ave.
Source: casino.org | Courtesy Four Winds Casino
The United Way Southeast Neighborhood Center, under construction ($3.5 million)
corner of Fellows St. and E. Dubail Ave.
Source: LinkedIn | Millies Engineering Group, courtesy Arkos Design
Three Twenty at The Cascade - phase 2 proposed (~ $40 million?)
(general location)
Source: Three Twenty at The Cascade
Four Winds Casino - gaming floor addition, completed August 2022 (~ $12 million?)
3000 Prairie Ave.
Source: WNDU
300 E LaSalle, completed early 2022 ($42 million)
East Bank neighborhood
Source: Matthews, LLC
St. Joseph County Library Expansion, completed November 2021 ($38 million)
(general location)
Source: South Bend Tribune | Courtesy Robert A.M. Stern Architects
University of Notre Dame McKenna Hall Replacement, completed August 2021 (~ $20 million?)
(general location)
Source: University of Notre Dame
Press Ganey Administration Building, completed July 2021 (~ $20 million?)
(general location)
Source: LinkedIn | Majority Builders, Inc.
Barnes & Thornburg Building, completed late 2020 (~ $18 million?)
201 S Main St.
Source: btlaw.com
Three Twenty at The Cascade - phase 1, completed late 2019 ($38.5 million)
(general location)
Source: Three Twenty at The Cascade
SBFD Fire House No. 9, completed July 2019 ($3.6 million)
2108 E Mishawaka Ave.
Source: Shive-Hattery
Hammond
(reserved)
Gary
Elkhart
Mishawaka
Portage
(reserved)
Merrillville
(reserved)
Goshen
Valparaiso
Michigan City
Crown Point
Duneland Area (Chesterton, Porter, Burns Harbor)
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is planned, along with a few townhomes, but I believe those starts have been delayed. From what I can discern, construction still hasn't broken ground on those, but if anyone is in the know and can correct me on that, please do! The total cost for both buildings & the surrounding site is estimated at $38.5 million.
This would be built west of Kroemer Rd. and north of US-30, 
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