The 234 Apartment

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Indianapolis Fire Department crews had a busy Thursday morning fighting two fires, one at an East Washington Street apartment and the other at a Bates Street residence , according to Indianapolis Fire Department Battalion Chief Rita Reith . Reith said IFD crews were dispatched just before 2 a.m. and arrived to 5824 E. Washington Street to light smoke showing on the third floor, from a vacant apartment #26. Reith said 16 IFD units were dispatched, getting the flames was under control at 2:01 a.m. According to a release, there were no injuries, however damage is estimated at $16,000. A cause is being investigated by IFD and Indianapolis Metro Police Fire Investigations . 14 IFD units were later dispatched to a single- story house fire at 1510 Bates Street , at 7:01 a.m. and was under control just after 7:30 a.m., Reith reports. IFD reports no injuries and damage estimated at $5,000. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Indian...

USC's Board of Trustees approved a $ 460 million construction project on Friday that will bring eight new residence halls to south campus by 2024. The Campus Village project , originally proposed in 2015, will replace the existing Bates Towers , Cliff Apartments and Carolina Gardens housing facilities and construct new buildings on the sites of the Bates and Benson building parking lots . As the project was developed through a public-private partnership with Memphis- based collegiate property developer EdR , USC will not have to pay to build or operate any part of the Campus Village development . In addition, USC will not become liable for any debt related to the project. In all, the three-phase project will bring 3,750 beds to south campus over the next seven years. With Whaley Street running directly through the land earmarked for the project, the university intends to make Campus Village an "aesthetically pleasing, pedestrian-friendly area that blends well with nearby ...