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Indianapolis is looking to redevelop another portion of the former Central State Hospital property.

The Department of Metropolitan Development introduced a request Dec. 20 for proposals for the 2-acre lot, which was home to a portion of the “Seven Steeples” building, the women’s ward of the hospital. The building was demolished in the 1970s, two decades before the hospital closed.

The lot joins three other parcels on the city’s 2024 Central State Adaptive Reuse Request for Proposals: the former powerhouse building at 3161 Kirkbride Way, the former Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit stables at 77 N. Tibbs Ave. and an old storehouse at 3302 Kirkbride Way.

Interested developers have until Feb. 28 to submit their proposals. Finalists will be chosen later this year.

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Mirror Indy reporter Enrique Saenz covers west Indianapolis. Contact him at 317-983-4203 or enrique.saenz@mirrorindy.org. Follow him on X @heyEnriqueSaenz or on Bluesky at @enriquesaenz.bsky.social.

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Indy eyes another Central State Hospital redevelopment

by Enrique Saenz, Mirror Indy
January 14, 2025

<h1>Indy eyes another Central State Hospital redevelopment</h1> <p class="byline">by Enrique Saenz, Mirror Indy <br />January 14, 2025</p> <p>Indianapolis is looking to redevelop another portion of the former Central State Hospital property.</p> <p>The Department of Metropolitan Development introduced a request Dec. 20 for proposals for the 2-acre lot, which was home to a portion of the “Seven Steeples” building, the women’s ward of the hospital. The building was demolished in the 1970s, two decades before the hospital closed.</p> <p>The lot joins three other parcels on the city’s 2024 <a href="https://www.indy.gov/workflow/find-bid-opportunities/bidders_for_project" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Central State Adaptive Reuse Request for Proposals</a>: the former powerhouse building at 3161 Kirkbride Way, the former Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Mounted Patrol Unit stables at 77 N. Tibbs Ave. and an old storehouse at 3302 Kirkbride Way.</p> <p>Interested developers have until Feb. 28 to submit their proposals. Finalists will be chosen later this year.</p> <div class="wp-block-group has-light-gray-background-color has-background" style="padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)"> </div> <p><em>Mirror Indy reporter Enrique Saenz covers west Indianapolis. Contact him at 317-983-4203 or enrique.saenz@mirrorindy.org. Follow him on X </em><a href="https://twitter.com/heyEnriqueSaenz" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>@heyEnriqueSaenz</em></a><em> or on Bluesky at </em><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/enriquesaenz.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>@enriquesaenz.bsky.social</em></a><em>.</em></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org/central-state-hospital-redevelopment-indianapolis-womens-ward/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org&quot;&gt;Mirror Indy&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-Mirror-Indy-square-logo-1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=43840&amp;amp;ga4=G-X0R0QW371R&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://mirrorindy.org/central-state-hospital-redevelopment-indianapolis-womens-ward/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/mirrorindy.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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