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Random Rippling - Fresh Thyme Farmers Market groundbreaking
posted: May 29, 2015
Almost 100 were in attendance on May 21, 2015, for the groundbreaking ceremony on the site of the old Broad Ripple Shell station at 63rd and College Avenue [F3 on map]. Construction will begin soon on the Fresh Thyme Farmers Market grocery store (33,500 sq. ft.) and The Coil apartments (151 units). The project will also connect to a new canal esplanade that will run from College Avenue to Guilford Avenue and a parking garage on the north side of the Central Canal.
Included in the ceremony were Mayor Ballard, Browning Investments Michael Browning, Elizabeth Marshall of the BRVA, and Fresh Thyme's Chris Sherrell.
According to Angela Wethington, Vice President of Asset Management at Browning, phase one (the store and garage) is tentatively scheduled to open in the spring of 2016. Phase two (the apartments) is scheduled for a 2017 opening.
Cars lined College Avenue for the kick off of the Fresh Thyme / The Coil apartments project.
Angela Wethington
Jamie Browning and Mayor Ballard
Browning Investments Chairman of the Board Michael Browning recalls the long road to this groundbreaking.
Mayor Ballard
Chris Sherrell
Elizabeth Marshall
The groundbreaking
Mayor Ballard with the first scoop of dirt. To his right, Michael Browning. To his left, Elizabeth Marshall and Chris Sherrell.
Kent, Van and Elaine