Page 24 - OmniSite Anniversary Book

WE ARE OMNISITE
Looking beyond
THE RUBBLE
OmniSite now lives in a newly renovated 15,000-plus square-foot building, whose minimalist red-bricked exterior complements its modern-industrial design inside.
The discovery.
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And though the aesthetics of this structure rate far more fetching than OmniSite’s original headquarters in Greenwood, the move came out of necessity not vanity.
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“We were dying in Greenwood, because that’s de nitely not a high-tech hotspot,” Tom Ward explains There aren’t any resources for high-tech companies there—no tax incentives, nothing. They’d rather put in a brewery or home builder or farmer any day than us; so we were on
our own.”
Research indicates that the largest concentration of high-tech professionals in and around Indianapolis resides mostly downtown and on the north side of the Circle City. Naturally, Ward wanted to attract and
retain a stable of these workers. But the far south side suburb proved too far of a commute for most of Ward’s desired workforce.
Just blocks from Indy’s Mile Square, OmniSite’s new neighborhood aligns perfectly with the company’s needs, and it also o ers convenient interstate access for those who don’t live downtown.
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RESTORATION TEAM
General contractor: EquiTeam, LLC, Architect: George Small, Design Point, Engineer: Steve Hoffman, Hoffman Engineers
OmniSite purchased the 1.8-acre lot and existing building for $410K, and the renovation cost $1.4 million.
RESTORATION TIMELINE:
STARTING MAY 2015 – NOVEMBER 2015
PHOTOS: TOP TO BOTTOM OmniSite building as it appeared prior to renovation. One of the rst steps involved removing the vinyl siding and exposing the brick. RIGHT: Architectural rendering of
proposed exterior design plans. Image provided by Design Point Architects.
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