Greater Lafayette Commerce EconTRomic ENDS YEAR-END 2014

Industry, Real Estate Developments Top 2014 Economic News

ignificant industrial investments and this year. Other growth included 54 new new real estate developments topped the retailers and restaurants, several new bank S positive news in 2014 for Greater locations and 20 new startup, knowledge-based Lafayette, where a new $100 million GE businesses. Aviation plant is now under construction Throughout the year, the community and Tate & Lyle is spending $90 million to collectively focused on “The Place of Choice” enhance its two corn processing plants. More plan, improving quality of life and other than $120 million in real estate developments sectors. It landed a 9th place ranking out of 184 are changing the landscape, primarily in cities in Forbes 2014 list of Best Small Places for multifamily and mixed-use, retail/apartment Business and Careers. sites. In all, $651.3 million was invested

In this issue Quick Glance, 2014 Activity Details inside

Business and Industry Advanced Manufacturing 4 CAPITAL INVESTMENTS SPEAKModalities, SpeechVive, Spero Energy, Vibronix High-tech/Life Sciences 8 2014, $651.3M (2013, $1.02B; 2012, Co-working Facilities 14 $646.1M; 2011, $444.3M; 2010, $640.1M) Funding: bioVidria Inc., $1M grant; Symic Professional/Services/ Biomedical, $15M Warehouse 15 BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY Expanded Service: MetroNet now providing Retail/Hospitality/Tourism 16 1g service to homes, businesses; Wintek Sustainable Energy 18 Advanced Manufacturing established point-of-presence at Chicago carrier New: GE Aviation, Jessup Paperbox Community Expansions: Alcoa, Copper Moon Coffee, Co-working Facilities Initiatives 18 FedEx Ground, Frito Lay warehouse, Rea Media 19 Opened: MatchBOX Coworking Studio Magnet Wire, Tate & Lyle, TRW, Wabash Medical 20 National, Wildcat Creek Partners Expanded: The Anvil Nonprofit Sector 21 Continuing Expansion: Subaru of Under way: The Bindery Artist’s Studios Public Works 22 Automotive Real Estate 23 Professional/Services Recognitions 25 High-tech/Life Sciences Banking: New facilities – Centier, Purdue Education New: Some 20 companies, including Federal Credit Union, Regions, Security Federal P-12 Schools 26 Animated Dynamics, Aseda Sciences, Savings Bank; acquisition—Lafayette Savings Ivy Tech 26 Aten Biotherapeutic, Biokorf, CPrecisely, Bank by Old National Bank IU School of Medicine - Drug-free Therapeautix, Energy Driven Remodel: Cornerstone Financial, Purdue Lafayette 27 Technologies, KinaSense, Mobile Enerlytics, Federal Credit Union on Union St. 27 Nano-Meta Technologies, Nemoco, Mortgage: AmeriFirst, Ruoff Home Mortgage Workforce Development 29 Neuro Vigor, Sensorhound Innovations, Quick Glance | Continued

Two Tulips,a downtown retailer Greater Lafayette Commerce Other: Cornerstone Financial, DogWood Nonprofit Kennel, My Gym, Studio B Fitness, Studio ECONOMIC Underway: Clear River Church Soar TR ENDS New: Lafayette Family YMCA outside basketball courts Retail/Hospitality/Tourism Remodel: Cornerstone Baptist Church Retailers/restaurants: 54 new spots opened in 2014 (52 total in 2013; 60 in 2012; Merged: Crisis Center with Mental Health 41 in 2011; 35 in 2010) America of Tippecanoe County Hotels: Courtyard by Marriott and Hampton Inn expanding; Fairfield Inn Public Works renovating Lafayette: $3.4M Riehle Plaza and Transportation: Uber, TaxiTapp pedestrian bridge improvements under way; $9.9M in street work, 2014 COMMUNITY West Lafayette: Annexed 3,977 acres, including Purdue campus, increased Medical population by 12,000 and city from 7.62 New: AlignLife Chiropractic, Franciscan square miles to 13.84 square miles and Express Care, Hendrickson Oral Surgery, moved up from a Class 3 to Class 2 in Home Health Depot, Men’s T Clinic Indiana city size; $15.2M in street work, 2014; State Street master plan adopted; Renovation: IU Health Arnett Cancer $1.2M wastewater treatment plant Center improvement Under way: Franciscan Alliance Tippecanoe County: Purchasing former Cardiopulmonary Rehab, IU Health Arnett bank for offices Hospital Medical Office Building, Joyful Journey Adult Day Service Tippecanoe County Public Library: Building $2M east side branch

2 Quick Glance | Continued

Real Estate Suites, Seng-Liang Wang Hall; underway— Active Learning Center, Agronomy Mixed Use: Lor Corp., Lindberg and Center Phenotyping and Seed Processing Northwestern; 225 Northwestern; Laboratory, College of Engineering strategic Cumberland Proper; Granite Student growth renovations, Honors College and Apartments Residences; softball stadium; announced— Apartments: Regency Springs Apartments; new child care center. South Street Station Senior Living/Care: Aster Place, DEMOGRAPHICS The Springs of Lafayette; Terraces of Population, 2013 Westminster Village Other: Centennial Townhomes Lafayette 70,373 Home Sales: 2,092 single-family houses West Lafayette 42,419* sold All of Tippecanoe County 180,174 The region About 500,000 EDUCATION Labor force, Tippecanoe New: T.C. Harris Academy County residents About 86,000 K-12: Lafayette School Corp. reopening an Labor force, including elementary school incoming commuters About 104,500 Greater Ivy Tech: St. Joseph’s College, Rensselaer, *Estimated, pending census following offering bachelor’s degrees at Ivy Tech Lafayette annexation Commerce Purdue: Opened—Ralph and Bettye Bailey Sources: U.S. Census Bureau; Indiana Stats, ECONOMIC Hall, drug discovery facility, Harrison www.stats.indiana.ed Street parking garage, Krach Leadership TR ENDS Center, Lyles-Porter Hall, multidisciplinary cancer research facility, Third Street

Vinton Woods

3 BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY

Advanced Manufacturing

Overview Key Industries bout 60 manufacturing and industrial (listed alphabetically) firms operate in Tippecanoe County, Alcoa/Lafayette Operations employing about 15 percent of the A 775 employees workforce and shipping worldwide. Extruded aluminum products 2014: Plant upgrades/expansion, $.6M; Industry Ranking Based completed and opened $100M, 115,000sf on Employment aluminum lithium plant (world’s first Subaru of Indiana Automotive 3,192 full-production facility) on current campus, producing 20,000 metric tons and cast Wabash National 2,292 round and rectangular ingot for rolled, Caterpillar Large Engine Center 1,682 extruded and forged applications in billet Oerlikon Fairfield Drive Systems 1,034 sizes up to 33-inch diameter and slab capable of producing wing skin plate and Alcoa/Lafayette Operations 775 fuselage sheet for commercial aircraft. Lafayette Interior Fashions 572 Alloy Custom Products Inc. Evonik Degussa Corp. 107 employees Tippecanoe Labs 555 Greater Tank trailers, pressure vessels Lafayette Tate & Lyle, two plants 500 Commerce TRW Commercial Steering 317 Andover Coils LLC 27 employees ECONOMIC Kirby Risk Service Center 317 TR ENDS Electronic coils and transformers Rea Magnet Wire Corp. 213 BlicHmanN Engineering Southwire Lafayette Plant 174 Home brewing equipment Oscar Winski Co. Inc. 141 Industrial Pallet Corp. 120 Canteen Correctional Services Nanshan America 119 10 employees Landis + Gyr 115 Meal, laundry services for correctional Alloy Custom Products 107 facilities voestalpine Rotec 107 Carlex Glass Co. Great Lakes Solutions 105 12 employees Heartland Automotive 100 Assemble, cure auto window panels ProAxis 100 Caterpillar Large Engine Center 1,682 employees Diesel and natural gas engines

Caterpillar Logistics Services Inc. Trucking, warehousing

Copper Moon World Coffee 30 employees Wholesale coffee 2014: Expanded facility

4 Advanced Manufacturing | Continued

Dayton-Phoenix Group Inc. Industrial Pallet Corp./ 56 employees American Fibertech Corp. Braking resistors for freight, off-highway 120 employees vehicles Wooden pallets

Environmental Recycling Inc. Jessup Paper Box Recycling construction, manufacturing 18 employees materials Rigid boxes, slip cases, clamshells, game boards, puzzles Evonik Degussa Corp. Tippecanoe Labs 2014: Moving from White County; 40,000sf new plant under way. 555 employees Pharmaceutical components Kirby Risk Service Center 317 employees FCA Manufacturing Wiring harnesses and subassemblies 36 employees Industrial wood skids and boxes Lafayette Instrument 56 employees GE Aviation Polygraph instrumentation and other high- LEAP engine assembly tech detection and decision-making devices 2014: $92 million, 150,000sf plant under Greater construction on 60 acres in Park 350; to hire Lafayette Interior Fashions Lafayette 200; construction slated for completion in 572 employees Commerce 3rd quarter 2014; assembly to begin in 2016. Custom window coverings ECONOMIC Graybar Lafayette Puzzle Factory TR ENDS 7 employees 4 employees Supply chain management, logistic services Jigsaw, sphere and chalkboard puzzle Great Lakes Solutions, designer A Chemtura business Landis+Gyr 105 employees 115 employees Flame retardant research center, Electronic meters prototyping Owned by Japan-based Toshiba Corp. 2014: Announced restructuring, pending workforce reduction. Liquid Spring LLC Suspension systems Heartland Automotive 100 employees M4 Sciences Corp. Interior and exterior automotive 10 employees components: instrument panels, doors, Ultra-precision, electro-mechanical head liners and auto body parts modulation device for deep-hole drilling 2014: $38M addition, to hire 224 more by using low-frequency vibration on lathes fall 2015. M.A.I.L. Inc. Hicksgas 63 employees Propane distributor Outsource mailroom; catalog fulfillment

Ice Cream Specialties McKinney Corp. Ice cream novelties 18 employees Race car chassis and component maker

5 Advanced Manufacturing | Continued

MEGABRANDS America Inc. Schilli Distribution Services Game and toy design Warehousing/logistics

Milestone Contractors School Datebooks Asphalt plant 75 employees; 125 seasonally Custom school calendars sold internationally; Mulhaupt’s Inc. onsite bindery 65 employees Custom metal door-frames, contract Southwire Lafayette Plant hardware (formerly Coleman Cable Inc.) 174 employees Nanshan America Advanced Aluminum Technologies Wire manufacturing 119 employees; to increase to 200 2014: Coleman Cable acquired by Southwire. High-end aluminum extrusions used STAG Capital Partners in mass transportation, automotive, Warehouse/distribution facilities distribution, industrial and electrical industries; train-body material for high- Steiner Enterprises speed rail Contract manufacturing 2014: Building $50M casting house and office. Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc. Norfolk Southern Corp. 3,192 employees Greater Rail yard Subaru Outback and Legacy; Toyota Camry Lafayette (through 3rd quarter 2016) Commerce Oerlikon Fairfield ECONOMIC Drive Systems 2014/2015: $422M, .5Msf expansion continues; to add 100 new jobs; in 2014 made TR ENDS 1,034 employees more than 286,000 vehicles; 2015 production Gears, shafts and drives to be about 310,000.

Packaging Systems of Indiana Supply Chain Solutions 28 employees Logistics, trailer parts Shipping products Swift Fuels LLC Perry Foam Products 9 employees 49 employees High-octane, unleaded aviation fuel Urethane foam sanding pad products Tate & Lyle, North and ProAxis Inc. South plants 100 employees 500 employees Sheet metal, structural steel fabricator Corn starch, syrup, sweeteners Radian Research 2014: $90M expansion (north plant), new equipment and upgrades (both plants) under 80 employees way; to be completed by 2017. Watthour test equipment TKO Graphix Rea Magnet Wire Corp. 10 employees 213 employees Refurbish semi-trailers Magnet wire Announced; not yet operating 2015: Adding a drum storage building. Toyota Tsusho America Inc. Roadworks 50 employees 22 employees Tire, wheel assembly for Toyota Stainless steel truck trailer parts

6 Advanced Manufacturing | Continued

Greater Lafayette Commerce Oscar Winski Co. Inc., a locally founded business ECONOMIC TR ENDS

TRW Commercial 2014: Facility expanded ($.6M); announced Steering Systems it will open Frankfort, Ind., site for 317 employees composite products ($2M investment; Steering gears 100,00sf existing space); new customer: Brenner Park of Wisconsin, chemical tank Two plants trailers; also supplying Australian market. 2014: $13.3M in improvements. Year-end reported net income of $70M, up voestalpine Rotec Group from $46.5M in 2013; shipped 57,350 new 107 employees trailers in 2014, an increase of 10,550 from 2013. Began 2015 with largest-ever number Precision steel/aluminum components, of trailers on order, expect to top 2014 sales. pedal box spacer tubes, seat belt/air bag components for auto industry Wee Engineering Inc. 8 employees Wabash Center’s Greenbush Industries Vacuum tanks, tank trucks, pumper trucks Contract assembly Oscar Winski Co. Inc. Wabash National Corp. 141 employees 2,292 employees Scrap metal, steel fabrication Commercial semi-truck, rail, platform Worwag Coatings LLC and liquid tank trailers; dry freight and 30 employees refrigerated vans; intermodal equipment; Industrial power and liquid coatings engineered and composite products

7 High-Tech | Life-Science Businesses

Overview Advanced Process Combinatorics bout 130 high-tech, knowledge-based 10 employees and life-science businesses operate in Lafayette-West Lafayette, most in start- Planning, scheduling, radiation treatment A planning software up stages and employing fewer than five. Many are capitalizing on discoveries made Akina Inc. at Purdue University and are based in the 10 employees or located elsewhere Drug delivery technology and affiliated with the park. Animated Dynamics Inc. Largest High-tech/ Life sciences Life-science Companies, Arxan Technologies Based on Employment 26 employees MED Institute 220 Software security Cook Biotech Inc. 181 AsedaSciences BASi 150 Drug discovery Butler America LLC 140 Aten Biotherapeutics SSCI, an Aptuit Co. 100 Life sciences Greater Dow AgroSciences 89 Lafayette Ash Access Technology Commerce Endocyte Inc. 88 Medical devices ACell Inc. 70 ECONOMIC Atlantic Green Technology TR ENDS gh LLC 37 Inc. Cantilever Technologies 40 Biofuel, nutrition pharmaceuticals from Passageways 36 algae Axoni Note: Businesses listed alphabetically; those Online manufacturing network with no employee number listed have fewer than 5 workers. BASi 200 employees 3ID Web and app development Pharmaceutical development, contract research, analysis ABAQUS Central 2014: Closed United Kingdom office; Consulting, engineering product design expanded automated blood sampling system to swine and mini pigs for new ACell Inc. medicine evaluation. 70 employees Tissue-engineered biomaterial for medical Batch Process Technologies industry Decision support software for batch 2014: $6M expansion in Duncan Park chemical processing completed. Biokorf LLC Advanced Ag Solutions LLC Life sciences Technology, consulting for farmers BioVidria Inc. Advanced Bioimaging Drug research Systems LLC 2014: Received $1M grant from National Technology to detect bacterial growth Institutes of Health

8 High-Tech | Life-Science Businesses | Continued

Dow AgroSciences

Butler America LLC CPrecisely Inc. Greater 140 employees Imaging software Lafayette Engineering design Commerce CoVideo Systems Cellaflora Design 8 employees ECONOMIC App development Web-based streaming technology services TR ENDS

Chao Center for Industrial Cruise Software Pharmacy and Contract Retail industry software products Manufacturing 2014: Added new products. CurXCeL Drug discovery Chyall Pharmaceutical Consulting LLC DATTUS Advises on optimizing pharmaceuticals’ 8 employees properties Advanced manufacturing software

Concordance Health DelMar Information Improving medication compliance through Technologies LLC pharmacist/provider partnership 7 employees Custom software development Cook Biotech Inc./Cook Group 169 employees Delphi Delco Electronics Tissue engineering research; develops, Systems makes wound care/surgical repair products Auto electronics design lab 2014: Tissue products have now been used Development Consultants Inc. in more than 1.5M surgical repairs. Materials design, manufacturing consulting Copient Technologies/ Dow AgroSciences NCR Corp. 89 employees 11 employees Research facility, greenhouse, seed quality Point-of-sale and -purchase hardware, control lab software

9 High-Tech | Life-Science Businesses | Continued

Drug-Free Therapeutix LLC Genport North America Corp. Life sciences High-energy electric generators, batteries

Duffek gh LLC Develops mobile device applications, games 37 employees Software, Braille textbooks, other learning e-Language Learning LLC products for people with sight challenges Language software for monitored, individual lessons GreenTech America Inc. 5 employees EITAC Solutions Group Develops and commercializes yeast-based 10 employees cellulosic ethanol technology Products to enhance computer use by those with low vision HemoCleanse Inc. Medical technology En’Urga Inc. 10 employees HNTB LiDAR Lab Optical diagnostic equipment Optimizes, leverages light detection and ranging data for civil engineering Endocyte Inc. applications 88 employees Drug delivery research Imaginestics LLC Greater 25 employees Lafayette Energy Technologies LLC Software connection tools for Commerce Energy manufacturing and life sciences ECONOMIC Executive Automation LLC TR ENDS IN Space LLC Software development, consulting, training 5 employees Favored Grain Jet propulsion technology development Seed business Independence Science LLC Favored Inc. Consults with schools to provide assistive 7 employees vision technologies Milk with nutrients, supplements Indiana Fiber Technology Developing light-weight bio-aggregates, FLIR Systems Inc. biofuels 33 employees Mass spectrometer development Indiana Microelectronics LLC Designs, makes radio frequency, microwave FoundOPS filters Software systems InfoComm Systems Inc. Frosty LLC Security consulting, research Website development InMass Technologies Inc. Futago Inc. Soil, bio-remediation Chemical industry related InVivo Ventures LLC FuturaGene Inc. Forms companies from Purdue research 14 employees findings Plant gene discovery

10 High-Tech | Life-Science Businesses | Continued

IVDiagnostics LLC MetroNet Developing cancer diagnostic kits, imaging Internet access, all fiber optic solutions 2014: Providing 1g service to residences and businesses. Janus Biosystems 5 employees Mobile Enerlytics LLC Lipid materials research Energy storage for smart phones

Karyozen LLC Moerae Matrix Inc. Cell sorters, flow cytometers for life Developing drug-tissue scaffold products to sciences/healthcare industries improve soft tissue healing, regeneration

Kina Sense LLC Mor-NuCo LLC Life sciences 22 employees Develops, commercializes protein L.S. Technology Inc. technology for early cancer detection Software for handheld computers mPlexus Life Plus LLC Medical imaging software for Internet 26 employees transmission Toxicology services, testing; medical devices; helps others meet Chinese regulations on Mudawar Thermal Greater chemical purchases/sales Systems Inc. Lafayette Thermal management devices, phase- Commerce Lite Machines Corp. change systems 8 employees ECONOMIC Radio-controlled hobby helicopters; high- Gerald P. Murphy Cancer TR ENDS tech surveillance equipment Foundation 8 employees LoadOut Technologies LLC Nonprofit cancer research institute Mobile technology solutions for agriculture, industry Nano-Meta Technologies Inc. Nanomaterials MagSense Life Sciences 6 employees NanoSense Inc. Magnetic particle separation for research, Nanotech devices for medical diagnostic, diagnostics, drug development therapeutic applications

MED Institute/Cook Group Nanovis LLC 220 employees Nanosurfaced implants; nanostructured Identifies, develops new medical product biomaterials concepts NEMOco LLC 2014: 80 clinical studies in more than 40 Nanoscale electronics medical specialties underway, ranging from endovascular products to peripheral stents, Neuro Vigor LLC urological devices and more. Life sciences

Medtric LLC nGenX Corp. Life sciences Provides technology infrastructure; develops hosted IT applications

11 High-Tech | Life-Science Businesses | Continued

Passageways LLC, a locally founded high-tech company

NOX Technologies Perfinity BioSciences Inc. Cancer detection research 6 employees Greater Sample preparation techniques/tools to Lafayette OdditSoft Inc. facilitate mass spectronomy Commerce Software, consulting ECONOMIC Phlebotics Inc. Omega Micro Technologies TR ENDS Develops, makes medical devices Ceramic substrates for electronic devices Prima Specialty Vectors LLC On Target Laboratories Utilizes Purdue-licensed technology 9 employees Cancer research, fluorescent imaging Purdue Enterprise Co. 2014: Received $15M private investment; Technical consulting patients being enrolled in Phase 2 clinical QuantIon Technologies Inc. trial. High-tech using mass spectrometry Optical Therapeutic Technologies Scale Computing Fluorescent probes for cancer surgery 5 employees; 27, imaging Enterprise class, scalable grid storage 2014: Won Virtualization Company of Panoptic Insight LLC the Year at Storage v. Cloud Awards event; Consulting on security, innovation second consecutive year. relationships Schoolhouse Partners LLC PARSEC Solutions LLC Grant writing, grants database Engineering consulting; multi-phase fluid systems Sensient Flavors and Fragrances LLC Passageways LLC Makes colors, flavors, fragrances for food, 36 employees beverages, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, Business web portal management systems imaging systems and others for financial and other companies Sensorhound LLC Software development

12 High-Tech | Life-Science Businesses | Continued

Simulex Inc. THREE.com 8 employees Web hosting, internet marketing Simulation products for defense, business Tienta Sciences Inc. SPEAK MOdalities LLC Infrared, mass spectrometry in protein Software to assist in language skills discovery, analysis development Tissue Source Inc. SpeechVive Inc. Animal tissue for regenerative medicine Assistive technology Triclinic Labs Sorian Inc. Consulting, lab work for solid-state chemical Research services development

SpectraCode Inc. Tymora Analytical Operations Imaging systems Testing cancer drugs’ effectiveness

Spectraline Inc. Vasc-Alert Online quality monitoring 8 employees Dialysis diagnostic product Spero Energy Inc. Energy and specialty chemicals Vision Advantage LLC Helps auto dealers increase profits SSCI Inc., An Aptuit Company Greater 100 employees Vibronix Inc. Lafayette Contract research, analytical lab Life sciences Commerce ECONOMIC Stormfront Productions Inc. VivusNet Corp. TR ENDS 14 employees Digital Canvas, multi-media advertising Web design, video production, branding product

Symic Biomedical VoCare Inc. Therapeutics for multiple conditions Telemedicine system 2014: $15M in venture capital financing Westech Consulting Co. Inc. received, led by Lilly Ventures. Business consulting with emphasis on tools such as lean, Six Sigma and Toyota Sypris Research Center production system Information security for government, aerospace, defense markets Wintek Corp. 13 employees TecMark Inc. Emergency response, restoration contractor Business-class Internet service provider, management direct fiber-based provider 2014: Established point of presence at ThirtySix Software LLC Chicago carrier. Intuitive data content management solutions

13 CO-WORKING FACILITIES

Overview products such as education materials, music management, food delivery system and reater Lafayette’s co-working and website development. Facility is supported shared-space facilities include The by city of West Lafayette and PRF; open to G Anvil; Purdue Foundry, entrepreneurs/ students and community. Memberships are companies collaborating on Purdue $10 a month for students; $30 for others. research activities; Partners, The Bindery Artist’s Studio is being startup offices for student entrepreneurs, created on the second floor of Lafayette industry and research partnerships; Printing, 511 Ferry St., to house 13 studios MatchBOX Coworking Studio; The Bindery and shared classroom, lobby and gallery; to Artist’s Studios and Second Level Studios, open in 2015 and provide 24/7 access. photographers. MatchBOX Coworking Studio opened 10,000sf downtown building in 2014; Recent Activity equipment includes laser cutter, 3D printer, The Anvil, a nonprofit co-working and industrial sewing machine; operated by business incubator facility that opened in nonprofit corporation; city of Lafayette 2013 for Purdue student entrepreneurs, and partners funded $1.75M renovation. moved to a former church near campus now By year-end more than 100 members Greater owned by Purdue Research Foundation, 320 signed up, working in graphic design, web Lafayette North St., expanding its space to 10,085sf. development, programming, videography, Commerce Members now total 80, and 10 companies tutoring, writing and more. Memberships ECONOMIC have launched from the facility, with begin at $360 a year. TR ENDS

MatchBOX Coworking Studio

14 Professional | Services | Warehousing

Overview Regions Bank opened new downtown headquarters and moved Purdue-area reater Lafayette is home to numerous branch to new building. professional and service businesses— G architects, attorneys, accountants, Security Federal Savings opened new advertising agencies, customer care centers branch. and others. Major banks include 1st Source, Centier, Mortgage Firms Farmers and Merchants, Farmers State, 2014 Openings: Fifth Third, First Financial, First Source, Fountain Trust Co., Huntington, JP Morgan AmeriFirst Home Mortgage Chase, Kentland, Lafayette Bank and Trust Approved Mortgage Co., Lafayette Community, Old National, Ruoff Home Mortgage Regions, Salin, Security Federal; credit unions: Purdue Federal Credit Union, Industrial Federal Credit Union, Staley Fitness openings Credit Union. My Gym Largest insurance firms: State Farm Studio B Fitness Insurance regional office employing 545; All State, American Family, Bundy McNear, Studio Soar Henriott Group; MBAH Insurance; Tucker Insurance. Other services Greater Lafayette Bankers Life to open in Duncan Park Recent Activity Commerce Carnahan Hall Music Event Space Financial Institutions ECONOMIC opened TR ENDS Centier Bank opened three new branches. Cornerstone Financial remodeling Lafayette Savings Bank opened new DogWood Kennel opened West Lafayette branch (now part of Old One Too Many Beers Productions, music National). bookings Old National Bank acquired and in early 2015 renames all Lafayette Savings Bank operations. Warehousing Purdue Federal Credit Union moved to Warehouse space is available through near-campus site and to remodel Union various firms, including Apex/Schurman Street branch. Lange, INOK, Superior Structures, Warehouse of Lafayette LLC and Winstead.

Regions Bank, new downtown headquarters

15 Retail | Hospitality | Tourism

Overview Whittaker Inn planned near Harrison High School, 15-18 rooms, event space for argest shopping venues are Tippecanoe 40, owner living onsite; to open in 2016. Mall with 840,000sf and more than 100 L stores, including Macy’s, Kohl’s, Sears, JCPenney, HH Gregg and Dick’s Sporting Retail Goods; and Lafayette Pavilions, covering 404,000sf, with Fresh Thyme Farmers 32 retailers opened or Market, TJ Maxx, Cold Stone Creamery, announced in 2014: Gordman’s and others. Other venues: Asian Market downtown Lafayette, Tippecanoe Court, Lafayette Market Place, Wabash Landing, BraunAbility University Square and Chauncey Village CG Vision district. Cascada Center Nail Salon The community is home to nearly 270 Charming Charlie different restaurants with a combined 360 sites. Restaurants range from ethnic The Children’s Place eateries to national chains, and 28 hotels Crossroads Motor Sports with 2,430 rooms, from full-service CVS business class (Best Western Lafayette Executive Plaza, Courtyard by Marriott, Decades Greater Four Points by Sheraton West Lafayette, Footworks Holiday Inn City Centre and Purdue Union Lafayette Fresh City Market Commerce Club Hotel) to extended stay (Homewood Suites, TownePlace Suites by Mariott and Fresh Thyme Farmers Market ECONOMIC Candlewood Suites). Genius Phone Repair TR ENDS Downtown Lafayette-West Lafayette has Goodwill been designated an official cultural district Hunters Moon Harley Davidson by Indiana Arts Commission, with three areas: Chauncey Village, Riverfront, Arts Luxurious Nail Salon & Spa and Market. Downtown covers 92 square Meijer blocks: Main Street, the Levee, Wabash Landing and Chauncey Hill Mall. More Murphy Oil than 250 businesses operate in this area, Ollie’s Bargain Outlet which also is a growing residential hub with Pacific Pride about 160 condominiums out of some 600 housing units. Pretty Fingers Quick Pantry Recent Activity Quinlan & Fabish Music Co. Lodging Rack Room Shoes Courtyard by Marriott, $5M expansion, Red Raspberry Boutique and Midwifery adding 32 rooms, 15,500sf indoor/outdoor Clinic meeting space by early 2015. Safety Shoe Co. Fairfield Innrenovated guest rooms and Sisters Too Viking Sewing Shop public space. Sports Clips Hampton Inn, $1M expansion and Tesla Motors Supercharging Station renovation under way. Uncle Adam’s Uphill Bikes TownePlace Suites by Marriott, $600,000 remodel under way. The Weathered Plow Farm Market Zounds

16 Retail | Hospitality | Tourism | Continued

Subway

Restaurants/Nightlife Tourism/Recreation Visit Lafayette-West Lafayette reports 22 restaurants/nightlife spots 3.5 million visitors annually generate more opened or announced in 2014: Greater than $300 million in direct expenditures; Lafayette Baked of West Lafayette some 6,500 employed in tourism-related Commerce businesses. Ben’s Soft Pretzel ECONOMIC Big Apple Bagels Information Kiosks: Visit Lafayette-West TR ENDS Lafayette partnered with the cities to install Blue House Restaurant and Grill 27 information kiosks, with more planned; Fuel Coffee Shop to be updated twice a year. Hi Tea Hot Box Pizza Transportation India Mahal Greater Lafayette is served by the Purdue Airport, Greyhound Bus and Amtrak Jimmy John’s (2) passenger rail. CityBus provides extensive Latea Bubble Tea Lounge routes throughout the community. Mango Loco New: Parkside Seafood House & Oyster Bar Uber Red Mango TaxiTapp Rookies Sports Bar Simpero Catering Starbucks Subway Sunset Restaurant Grill Sushi Don Taqueria El Maguey Town & Gown Bistro Yum Yum Cupcakes & Tea

17 Sustainable Energy

Overview Recent Activity ustainable energy is a focus in the Purdue Energy Park, a $40M Performance county, demonstrated by three wind Services project, proceeding in northwest S turbines installed at CityBus to power Tippecanoe County; building a dozen 432- its facilities, others slated for installation, foot towers, 1.7 megawatts each; Purdue to and a two-year program at Ivy Tech use for opportunity to gather data, develop Community College covering turbines, solar curriculum and offer hands-on training. panels and other systems.

COMMUNITY

Initiatives

Greater Overview discussion; resulted in one-year continuation Lafayette of daily passenger rail service. That was reater Lafayette’s economic Commerce extended, and efforts are ongoing to development, government, education, continue it. ECONOMIC business and industry groups TR ENDS G collaborate on a number of community- Community of Choice. Greater Lafayette wide efforts. Commerce is coordinating multiple activities following study and implementation of a Advancing Manufacturing: We Have plan to move the community from good Jobs Here, We Have Training Here. We to great. In fall 2012, 125 volunteers on Have Internships Here. Launched in 2012 eight teams began addressing areas that by Greater Lafayette Commerce, Ivy Tech include diversity and inclusion, downtown Corporate College, Region 4 Workforce vitality, the arts, economic development, Board and WorkOne, among other transportation and Purdue/community supporters, this program matches job- relations. Activities to fully implement the seekers with employers for direct-hire jobs. plan continue. It also offers scholarship-funded training for those needing it. Through August www.greaterlafayettecommerce.com 2014, 225 people had earned the Certified Production Technician credential, with 22 Intersection Connection is a collaboration employers participating in the program. of community organizations formed in The Tippecanoe County-based program 2007 to co-locate complementary youth is now serving as a model for four other development, higher education, financial communities in Indiana launching similar literacy, and health and wellness services on programs. the Ivy Tech Community College Lafayette campus; a major goal is to build a facility that www.advancingmanufacturing.com will house a new YMCA, onsite childcare, Junior Achievement of Greater Lafayette and Amtrak: Save the Hoosier State an IU Health Arnett clinic. By mid-year 2014, Campaign. Greater Lafayette Commerce the group had raised $13 million; total goal coordinated a statewide campaign to save and timeline not yet announced. the Amtrak Hoosier State line (Indianapolis to Chicago), hosting a summit attended by www.intersectionconnection.com hundreds and bringing all parties to the

18 INITIATIVES | Continued

Read to Succeed. Launched in 2011 and grant project to clean up a key corridor in expanded each year since, this program downtown Lafayette, readying it for mixed- involves Greater Lafayette Commerce, use development, a trail and green space; United Way of Greater Lafayette and and work on a corridor-wide looped trail the community’s three public school system. In 2014, the corporation secured corporations, bringing volunteers to $275,000 in local funding to update the elementary schools. Some 600 volunteers north reach section of its two cities, a river now serve all 19 elementary schools. master plan for the Lafayette-West Lafayette It received a 2014 Primacy of Place urban riverfront, which will focus on the Community Award from Ball State re-use of the former Lafayette municipal University’s Building Better Communities. golf course, a project that will being in A new effort also launched at five schools: spring 2015. The corporation also acquired Born Learning Academy, a multi-week two more strategic properties, bringing program for parents and preschoolers. the total to 15, valued at $5.9M, and it continues its work to improve the Wabash www.readtosucceedgreaterlafayette.org River water quality through its watershed Wabash River Enhancement Corp. This management program, working in three nonprofit involves local governments and sub-watersheds and installing more than others in steps needed to bring development $1M in urban and agricultural conservation to the river area. Recent activities include best-management practices. completion of a byway management plan www.wabashriver.net Greater for the state-designated River Road Scenic Lafayette Byway; completion of a $550,000 state Commerce ECONOMIC TR ENDS

Media

Overview Recent Activity he community is served by a dozen FM Journal and Courier daily newspaper was and AM radio stations, including part of Gannett’s restructuring of its print T WBAA, a National Public Radio affiliate; business; workforce was reduced. television station WLFI-TV (CBS affiliate); WLFI-TV was purchased by Media General a daily Gannett newspaper, the Journal & Inc., Richmond, Virginia. Courier; a weekly, The Lafayette Leader; the , published during the academic calendar; Lafayette magazine (quarterly); Just Kidding!, a monthly newsletter of children’s events; and online, Macaroni Kids-Lafayette.

19 Medical

Overview north central Indiana. It employs more than 650, including more than 80 physicians in reater Lafayette and the surrounding some 28 specialty areas. 18 counties are served by several hospitals, numerous multi-physician Other healthcare providers are Riggs G Community Health Center, for the medically clinics, ambulatory surgery centers and rehabilitation facilities. underserved; River Bend Hospital, which provides mental health care; and Sycamore Indiana University Health Arnett Springs, an inpatient psychiatric and operates a $228M, 400,000sf, full-service substance abuse treatment hospital. hospital opened in 2008 with 191 beds, five operating rooms, emergency care (Level III trauma center), neonatal intensive care, on- Recent Activity demand food service and adjacent helipad. With an ambulatory surgery center, 15 Openings Greater Lafayette physician offices and five AlignLife Chiropractic more in adjacent counties, two urgent-care facilities and its full-service hospital, IU Franciscan Express Care Health Arnett offers integrated healthcare. Henrikson Oral Surgery It employs about 250 physicians and Home Health Depot providers, some 525 registered nurses and more than 1,260 support staff. Men’s T Clinic Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health operates Under way Greater Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health East, a $192 Lafayette million, 410,000sf, full-service hospital Franciscan Alliance Cardio Pulmonary Commerce opened in 2010. It has 150 private rooms, Rehab Facility stand-alone women’s center, eight operating IU Health Arnett Cancer Center ECONOMIC suites, 27 emergency department bays renovation TR ENDS (Level III trauma center designation in IU Health Arnett Hospital Medical process), 14 neonatal intensive care suites Office Building,$20M, 78,000sf facility and room service dining. St. Elizabeth Central hospital provides medical Joyful Journey, An Adult Day Service, services, psychiatric care, and inpatient $1M, 5,000sf facility, to accommodate up to and outpatient rehabilitation services. 25 at one time, nonprofit The Franciscan Physician Network offers primary and specialty healthcare, primarily Other from two east-side medical office buildings. Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health acquired The Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health system 28 acres along new U.S. 231; planned use employs 88 physicians, 701 registered not yet announced nurses and 1,782 support staff. St. Vincent Seton Specialty Hospital, Unity Healthcare is a comprehensive, formerly housed in Franciscan St. Elizabeth multi-specialty healthcare provider with Central, closed satellite offices and practitioners throughout

20 Nonprofit Sector

Recent Activity Lafayette Family YMCA installing two basketball courts on 18th Street for Clear River Church building $3M church community use, with numerous community downtown. funding supporters. The Community Foundation of United Way of Greater Lafayette Greater Lafayette, which manages exceeded its 2013 campaign goal, raising endowments and funds for individuals more than $4.9M in pledges and donations; and organizations, disbursed $994,539 in the agency provides funding for 23 local grants to more than 80 nonprofits in 2013, social service organizations. The 2014 completed a matching campaign for agency campaign goal is $5M. endowments that brought in $779,648 in new contributions, and established 10 new YWCA to renovate Oppenheimer House, endowment funds. 604 N. Sixth St., for new women’s shelter ($.9M). Cornerstone Baptist Church is remodeling. Remodeling Crisis Center merged with Mental Health Alpha Gamma Delta, $1.4M America of Tippecanoe County and in 2015 will move to its downtown campus. Deta Mu Chapter Alpha Phi, $600,000 First Assembly Church purchased former grocery store for community center. Greater Lafayette Commerce ECONOMIC TR ENDS

21 Public Works

Fiber Parks/Community Facilities Numerous firms offer Internet and fiber Lafayette: $3.4M in improvements at services to business and homes, ranking Riehle Plaza and pedestrian bridge planned the community ahead of the pack for for 2015; Subaru South Tipp Park renovated availability (see high-tech listings). and reopened. West Lafayette: Happy Hollow Park got a Recent News $50,000 upgrade in 2014; another $150,000 in upgrades planned over the next few years. Transportation Tippecanoe County to purchase former CityBus buying six CNG buses, building downtown bank for $765,000; invest $1.2M $3.3M CNG facility; the first public transit on remodeling; in late summer 2015 to in the U.S. to add such a facility; opening move public defenders, court services and 2015; CityBus to save $10M over 10 years. probation departments to the 30,000 sf building. Roadwork/Sewer work/ Tippecanoe County Public Library to Wastewater build $2M east side branch in 2015. Lafayette 2014 roadwork: $9.9M. West Lafayette 2014 roadwork: Annexation/Master Plan $15.2M; 2015: $1.2M wastewater facility West Lafayette annexed 3,977 acres, improvement planned. Greater including Purdue University campus, Lafayette Interstate 65 to be widened to six lanes extending city limits to US 231 bypass Commerce in a $69 million state project from SR 25 and increasing city’s size from 7.62 square ECONOMIC to SR 38 in Tippecanoe County beginning miles to 13.84 square miles and adding TR ENDS late 2014 and finishing late 2016 or early 12,000 people to its population. The city 2017. also adopted a State Street Master Plan to create a West Lafayette downtown; improve entry to Purdue and West Lafayette; calm traffic; install bike paths, wider sidewalks, more green space and public art; three main districts, multi-year “tens of millions of dollars” project.

Plans call for reinventing State Street in West Lafayette.

22 Real Estate/Developments

Overview Recent Activity mong local real estate agencies Mixed-Use Developments (alphabetical): Candor Realty, Opened A Castleview, Coldwell Banker Shook, Commercial Brokers, Fields, Keller 720 Northwestern (joint venture: Campus Williams, Prudential Indiana, ReMax, Cathy Acquisitions/Street Capital), five-story, Russell, FC Tucker, Len Wilson, WMD mixed use, retail/apartment project; two Properties. levels of underground parking, 405 spaces; Among top residential builders: Citation apartments: 490 beds; retail: Fresh City Homes, Cornerstone Home Builders, Green Market grocery, bookstore, Regions Bank Goose Homes, Kalan Homes, Komark Ltd., and fast-food restaurants on ground floor. Spire Group, Tempest Homes; commercial: Hayes Triangle (and Wang Hall) Hagerman Construction, Kelly Construction four-story, $38.9M building 500 block of Indiana, Kettelhut Construction, T.L. of Northwestern, retail on ground floor; Kincaid, Milestone Contractors, Norfleet Purdue engineering space above. Builders, Superior Structures, Tecton Construction Management, Tri-Tech Under Way/Announced Construction and Weigand Construction 225 Northwestern (at Lindberg), 5-story Co. Related: Kirby Risk Electrical Supply, residential/commercial, 44 apartments, The Schneider Corp., Scholer Corp., TBIRD 5,300sf of retail on ground floor. Design Services and Tillett Engineering Services. 516 Northwestern, $25M multi-use facility Greater under way. Lafayette Purdue Research Park: 200 acres of Commerce 725-acre park now have infrastructure. Regal Valley Commons, $30M retail/ Currently, the park has 51 buildings; 1.3Msf commercial development, Veterans ECONOMIC is owned or leased by 160 companies; Memorial Parkway, on 29 acres. TR ENDS about 3,200 employees work in the park State Street Corner, State and (largest firm is State Farm Insurance, 535 Northwestern, apartments and retail; yet to employees). The park has 350,000sf of begin. incubator space, the largest university- affiliated business incubation complex Residential/Multifamily in the nation. Designated an Indiana Certified Technology Park in 2003, allowing 320 Grant St., $17M multifamily project. local option and state income taxes from Boiler Gateway, 135-unit apartment employees to be collected in a development project under way at State and Salisbury, fund. Park has a $1.3B economic impact on West Lafayette, by developer Boulder Group Indiana. LLC. Innovatech Development, a privately Centennial Townhomes: Developer John owned facility, offers cleanroom, wet lab Teibel building 12 two-story townhomes; and high-tech manufacturing space for lease first four to be completed in 2015. at its building in Purdue Research Park. Cumberland Proper: J.C. Hart, Carmel, developing 266-unit planned development, west end of Cumberland, 19 acres, to include 24 apartment buildings, 11 duplexes, clubhouse, English Tudor style; $20M. Granite Student Housing, new $5.7M multi-family at 46 N. Salisbury. Lakeshore, 53 units of multi-family housing planned in 2014. Morris Rentals, $1.2M project under way.

23 Real Estate/Developments | Continued

Northwestern & Meridian, 3-story Commercial apartment complex planned (818 Duncan Park (INOK Investments), added Northwestern), timeline not yet set. a 13,000sf new building and 14,000sf Park Place Apartments, .75-acre site, addition to existing building for ACell. $1.24M, three-story building, 23 units, 51 Innovatech improving facility, $50,000. bedrooms, 440 S. Chauncey. Market Square Shopping Center acquired Regency Springs Apartments (John by Lafayette MSP LLC, several investors, Scheumann, Crest Properties), 64-unit including Jennie Kirby, Kirby Realty owner; apartment building, underground parking, 30 tenants; exterior renovated. 4th and Alabama downtown, $5M. Market South, $975,000, Veterans South Street Station, Salisbury/Littleton, Memorial Parkway, announced. four-story, 46-unit complex under way. Southern Winds, additional 100 units planned for 2014. Building/Sales Activity The Cottages on Lindberg planned for Residential sales, Lindberg and McCormick Roads; 129 single- all of Tippecanoe County family and duplex units for student housing 2014: 2,092 properties sold, $327.5M; on 18-acre site; to include clubhouse, trails, average price $155,952 volleyball and basketball courts. 2013: 2,148 properties sold, $322.1M; Greater University Terrace, three-story, average price $149,953 Lafayette 25-apartment unit with 53 bedrooms, 2012: 1,923 properties sold, $283.5M; Commerce planned for 105 E. State St., near Purdue, to average price $147,441 include two-story parking garage. ECONOMIC 2011: 1,627 properties sold, $219.6M; TR ENDS Weida Apartments, 404 Brunswick, average price $134,997 $1.3M, 16 units. 2010: 1,674 properties sold, $233.2M; Williamsburg on the Wabash, $6.1M average price $139,306 remodel, 2014. Single-family building permits, Senior Living all of Tippecanoe County Aster Place: $24.6M facility by American 2014: 468 Senior Communities on 9.5 acres in Cascada 2013: 454 Park; 115 units plus 18 independent living 2012: 496 apartments, now under way. 2011: 462 Home Place Senior Apartments, in former medical office building, 40 units, 2010: 381 3-stories, in planning stage. Multi-family building permits, The Springs at Lafayette (Mainstreet all of Tippecanoe County Properties of Carmel, operated by Trilogy Health Services), opened $14M assisted 2014: 452 units, 8 sites living facility, former Home Hospital site; 2013: 433 units, 5 sites 100 beds, single story, 68,000sf, employing 2012: 175 units, 3 sites 120. Facility includes café, hair salon, theatre, courtyard, pedestrian/bike trail to 2011: 395 units, 4 main sites, others infill tie to Columbian Park. Westminster Village investing $35M in new health/fitness center and 54 residences (in three buildings) called Terraces at Westminster; units 1,655sf to 2095sf each.

24 Recognitions

Unless otherwise noted, recognitions are for No. 17 of 200, New Geography, Best Cities Lafayette MSA, which includes Benton, Carroll for Manufacturing. and Tippecanoe counties. Economic Front-Runner, Area Development Magazine in Leading Locations List. 2014 No. 20 Best-Performing in Small Cities Business ranking by Milken Institute, based on job creation and technology. No. 9, Forbes Best Small Places for Business and Careers out of 184 cities on economic No. 21 of 25, Money Magazine, West and quality-of-life indicators, job growth Lafayette, for cities with youngest trends, cost of living (11.5 percent below population; median age 23.5. national average) and cost of operating business. Community No. 35, Leading Location by Area No. 15 Most Secure Midsized Metropolitan Development Magazine for economic and Area, Farmers Insurance. workforce indicators.

Education, Brain Power Indiana No. 1 for number of graduates in computers No. 7, Area Development Magazine, in Top per capita and No. 17 of 20 for metros 10 States for Doing Business. Greater producing college graduates in computers, Lafayette No. 8, Tax Foundation, for top state for tax Expansion Solutions Magazine. Commerce climate. No. 3, Luminosity’s Smartest Cities for ECONOMIC cognitive power. TR ENDS 2013 In Top 100 metropolitan areas, USA Today, Business for increase in percent of population and number of people with bachelor’s degrees No. 1 in Indiana and No. 8 nationally, from 2006 to 2011; increases were 45.1 Fortune, Best Place for Small Business, percent and 4,708 individuals. based on cost of business, jobs growth, educational achievements. Tourism No. 2 in Indiana for STEM job density, with 13.6 percent of the workforce, topping the No. 14 of 51, MSN Living/Parenting state’s 10.9 percent and national average magazine, mini-vacation spot rankings. of 11.9 percent (Lafayette up 70.6 percent since 2001, with 4,850 new jobs), source: Indiana Indianapolis Business Journal. No. 1 in the Midwest and No. 5 nationally, Chief Executive Magazine, Best Place to Do Business. No. 2, Site Selection Magazine, Top 10 Competitive States. No. 10, State Business Tax Climate Index, by The Tax Foundation.

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P-12 Schools

Public Schools Lafayette School Corp. remodeling three elementary schools’ kitchens, $1.2M; in fall Lafayette School Corp. 11 schools, 7,036 2015 to reopen Oakland as an elementary students; 1 Four Star school school and Oakland High School to move Tippecanoe School Corp. 18 schools, to former Washington Elementary ($2M 11,844 students; 5 Four Star schools investment to remodel the two locations). West Lafayette Community School Tippecanoe School Corp. renovating and Corp. 3 schools, 2,138 students; 3 Four Star reopening former Battle Ground Middle schools School, $5.8M. Central Catholic Junior/Senior High Recent Activity spending $2.1M to upgrade its athletic complex T.C. Harris Academy opened to serve up to 64 developmentally challenged youth.

Greater Lafayette Commerce ECONOMIC TR ENDS Ivy Tech Community College

Overview technology, surgical technology, criminal justice and nursing. The college also Some 12,390 students enrolled in offers specialized workforce training and Ivy Tech Community College Lafayette continuing professional education. S Region (Lafayette, Crawfordsville, Frankfort and Monticello) in 2013-14, with another 5,800 from other regions taking Recent Activity distance education courses that originate St. Joseph’s College, Rensselaer, will offer in Lafayette. The public, open-access 4-year bachelor’s courses at Ivy Tech for college, which employs nearly 700, has those who have earned associate degree seven buildings on 51 acres in Lafayette. in business or accounting; evening classes Its facilities include a joint-use college/ beginning fall 2014. public library. It also operates a downtown Lafayette satellite and several regional sites. Purdue University reserving five spaces annually in civil or environmental and The college offers courses in more than 80 ecological engineering for Ivy Tech programs of study and awards associate associate’s graduates with 3.0 or better GPA degrees and technical certificates. Study in science, math and engineering. areas include biotechnology, advanced manufacturing, agribusiness, alternative Aviation program developed to support the fuels technology, liberal arts, elementary new GE Aviation facility. education, computer information

26 Indiana University School of Medicine - Lafayette

Overview Recent News ndiana University School of Medicine – The school moved into a new facility fall Lafayette operates on the Purdue 2014, occupying part of the Lyles-Porter I University campus, offering a full four- Hall at Purdue. year program and admitting 16 first-year medical students each fall.

Purdue University Greater Lafayette Commerce Overview Recent Activity ECONOMIC est Lafayette campus enrollment: 2014 First Year Class had highest test TR ENDS Fall 2014, 38,770 students, more scores and GPAs of any incoming class. W than 9,000 of them international Retention: 2014 achieved 93 percent students. Employed: 15,612 faculty retention rate. and staff, including more than 1,880 tenured and tenure-track faculty, and Purdue Moves being implemented, a 187 distinguished and named faculty. 10-point effort launched in 2013 to include Degrees offered in the schools and colleges enhancements in STEM, research, more of agriculture, education, engineering, on-campus housing, new education models, health and human sciences, nursing, and affordability. liberal arts, management, pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences, science, Patents technology and veterinary medicine. About 6,800 earn undergraduate degrees annually; Technology licenses: In 2014, 24 startups 1,600, master’s; and 650, doctorates. were founded throughout the country based on innovation from Purdue research; Facilities: Nearly 400 buildings Purdue Research Foundation announced encompassing 12M sf on approximately November 2013: 314 invention disclosures, 18,000 acres, including farm land. 491 patent applications, 106 issued patents Sponsored research funding: $390M, for the last year. 2013-2014 ($320.2M, 2012-13; $354M, 2011-12; $419.6M, 2010-2011; $438M, 2009-10); among hundreds of specialized centers are collaborative manufacturing, management of manufacturing enterprises, pharmaceutical processing research, computer integrated good manufacturing and software engineering research. University’s economic impact in the state is more than $4.59B annually.

27 PURDUE UNIVERSITY | Continued

New Facilities/ $15.9M, 28,600sf Multidisciplinary Cancer Renovations Research Facility, addition to Bindley Completed 2014 Bioscience Center. $7.6M Ralph and Bettye Bailey Hall, From 2004 to 2014, more than $1B in new 15,328sf. construction of more than 50 buildings completed. Under Way $38M, 111,700sf Lyles-Porter Hall opened $90M Honors College and Residences, fall 2014 in Life and Health Sciences Park, 40,000sf of academic space, 800 beds, at for speech, language and hearing sciences Russell and Third. and other health programs. $79M Active Learning Center, 163,000sf, to $38.9M, 147,000sf Hayes Triangle (and open spring 2017. Seng-Liang Wang Hall) multi-use facility, 516 Northwestern Ave. includes Purdue $70M College of Engineering strategic College of Engineering facilities and retail. growth initiative multi-building engineering renovation; first phase to be completed by $37.4M, 304-bed, 124,100sf Third Street fall 2015. Suites with restaurant and convenience store. $13M softball stadium to be completed spring 2015. $29.5M, 81,500sf Krach Leadership Center. $10M Agronomy Center Phenotyping and $28.7M, 65,300sf drug discovery facility in Seed Processing Laboratory. Life and Health Sciences Park. Greater Lafayette $16M, 850-space Harrison Street parking Planned Commerce garage attached to Lyles-Porter Hall. $50M animal sciences facility. ECONOMIC $11M airport runway rehab. TR ENDS New child care center.

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28 Workforce Development

Overview Recent Activity everal other educators offer programs Excel Center, public charter school for adults. Lafayette Adult Resource through Goodwill of Central Indiana, S Academy provides basic skills training free, services up to 300 adults seeking and study for the Test for Assessing Core 40 high school diploma; day, Secondary Completion; Excel Center evening classes. provides adult high school education. On Lafayette Adult Resource Academy is and offsite workforce training is offered serving 1,700 students in the 2014/2015 by Ivy Tech. And nationally accredited, academic year. career-focused Harrison College offers nine business and four health science programs, Tricoci University of Beauty is awarding certificates, associate and remodeling its interior. bachelor’s degrees. Leadership Lafayette Region 4 Workforce Board received provides an annual community leadership a $7.6 million U.S. Department of program. Labor grant for a four-year Rapid Reemployment for Advanced Manufacturing Positions (RAMP) program that begins in 2015. Ivy Tech Community College and Purdue University will train 800 unemployed people for manufacturing jobs; participants will receive benefits during training.

Greater Lafayette Commerce

Greater Lafayette Commerce, founded Economic in 1927, is a nonprofit membership organization supported by local industries TR ENDS and governments. Its mission is to advance economic and community prosperity for a Published by Greater Lafayette Commerce, Site availability: superior quality of life. Economic Trends highlights activities and http://statein.zoomprospector.com investments impacting the economy in March 2015 Tippecanoe County, Indiana. For more Editors information, visit Jody Hamilton Director of Economic Development www.GreaterLafayetteCommerce.com [email protected] Greater Lafayette Commerce Lauren Davis 337 Columbia St. Economic Development Program Manager P.O. Box 348 [email protected] Lafayette IN 47902 765/742-4044

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