Posts Tagged “Barry Real Estate”

By Jim Sack

Finally, after a lot of prodding by Council members John Shoaff, Tom Smith and Mitch Harper, not to mention you and I, the Redevelopment Commission has voted to tell Barry/Hardball that the Atlanta firm is in default. The building they promised would be completed last year is still to be begun. Read the rest of this entry »

By Jim Sack

It was a bittersweet moment today for Graham Richard, our former mayor.

Graham stood at the very back of the crowd of 200 or so people, mostly heavy hitters, politicians and affiliates of one downtown organization or another, to watch current Mayor Tom Henry, Redevelopment Director Greg Leatherman and a few others give and take credit for the new hotel adjacent to the ballpark. Read the rest of this entry »

By Jim Sack

September first is the grand opening day of the new hotel adjacent to Parkview Field in downtown Fort Wayne. It should be seen as a feather in the cap of Mayor Tom Henry, and should also call into question the administration’s support for Barry Realty.

When Mayor Graham Richard envisioned the massive central city development there were four components: the ball park, the hotel, the condo/retail building and a parking garage. Three are now operating. Only the Barry Realty promise to build the condo building -four stories, scores of condos, ground-floor entertainment and offices- remains unfulfilled. Read the rest of this entry »

All has been quiet on the Barry Real Estate, Harrison Square fubar situation.

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When all else fails, blame someone else.

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By Jim Sack

Last night’s council meeting was so boring that a council member resorted to text messages to keep reporters awake.

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