Plans for former car factory and jail could revitalize Market Street
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INDIANAPOLIS — The hulking concrete complex at Market Street and College Avenue used to be the last place you would want to sleep at night. The historic buildings could soon attract new residents to downtown Indianapolis.
The former Cole Motor Company and Marion County Jail II will transform into loft-style housing with shops on the ground floor. Crews have already stripped the inside to bare concrete and work on the outside could start in the next few months.
“With what it’s been the last 20 years as a city-operated jail, it’s important to take it back to where it was originally for a productive use,” said project developer Jeremy Stephenson.
The only change to the plan was to demolish a building on the complex which had become structurally deficient.
“With what it’s been the last 20 years as a city-operated jail, it’s important to take it back to where it was originally for a productive use,” said project developer Jeremy Stephenson.
The only change to the plan was to demolish a building on the complex which had become structurally deficient.
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