MarketSphere Consulting Relocates Indianapolis Office

INDIANAPOLIS (February 28, 2009) - MarketSphere Consulting has announced the relocation of its Indianapolis regional office to Chase Tower, located at 111 Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis. MarketSphere Consulting opened its Indianapolis office in September, 2003. Carmen Commercial Real Estate Services represented MarketSphere Consulting in both Indianapolis lease transactions, in addition to MarketSphere's office lease negotiations in Pittsburgh and St. Louis.

ProAssurance Utilizes CARMEN for 3rd Project in 10 Years

INDIANAPOLIS (February 1, 2009) - Carmen Commercial Real Estate announced today that it has completed the negotiations with Allen Commercial Group to construct a 30,000 square foot office building that will house CARMEN’s client ProAssurance. “For the past eight years we have counted on Carmen Commercial Real Estate and its Principal, Chris Carmen, to represent our business as a trusted advisor.” said Katie Neville, Vice President, Legal Counsel of ProAssurance. The building is expected to be completed are ready for ProAssurance’ occupancy during January 2009.

About ProAssurance:
ProAssurance Corporation is a specialty insurer with over $3.4 billion in assets and almost $573 million in gross written premiums. The company was formed by the combination of Medical Assurance, Inc. and Professionals Group, Inc. in June 2001.As the nation's fifth largest active writer of medical professional liability insurance, ProAssurance operates the subsidiaries, The Medical Assurance Company, Inc., Woodbrook Casualty Insurance Company (formerly Medical Assurance of West Virginia, Inc.), ProNational Insurance Company, NCRIC, Inc., Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin, Inc., and Red Mountain Casualty Insurance Company, Inc., which are recognized leaders in developing solutions which serve the needs of the evolving health care industry.

Cancer Care Group Selects CARMEN Commercial

INDIANAPOLIS (October 1, 2008) - CARMEN Commercial Real Estate announced today that it has completed the lease negotiations on behalf of Cancer Care Group (CCG) for a 5,000 square foot office facility located on Indianapolis’ Northwest side. CCG is the largest practicing group of radiation oncologists in Indiana; managing fifteen radiation oncology services throughout the state. The facility will house CCG’s headquarters and administrative offices.

The mission of CCG is to offer comprehensive community based radiation oncology services to our patients utilizing state-of-the-art technology within a compassionate and caring environment. Cancer Care Group is the largest practicing group of radiation oncologists in Indiana today. Their network spans from Terre Haute to Anderson and from Columbus to Logansport. They currently manage fifteen radiation oncology services throughout the state of Indiana.

CARMEN Expands Carmel, IN Based Healthcare Company

INDIANAPOLIS (September 15, 2008) – CARMEN Commercial expands Carmel, Indiana based Medical Information Company. DWA Healthcare Communications Group announced the expansion of its Carmel, Indiana headquarters. CARMEN Commercial Real Estate Services, which represented DWA on the expansion project, has acted as the firm’s commercial real estate service provider since 2001.

“Chris Carmen has not only been our real estate service provider, but has been a strategic partner and friend to our company” said Deborah Wood, CEO and Founder of DWA Healthcare Communications Group.

CARMEN Commercial Relocates Cantaloupe, LLC

INDIANAPOLIS (August 1, 2007) – Cantaloupe, LLC announced relocation of Indianapolis HQ: CARMEN Commercial Real Estate Services announced today the highly visible Cantaloupe, LLC it has completed lease negotiations to relocate into the Forum Credit Union headquarters, located on Indianapolis northeast side. Carmen Commercial Real Estate Services represented Cantaloupe in its search for negotiations and will manage Cantaloupe’s relocation.

Cantaloupe, an industry leader in video marketing technology, is targeting November of this year for relocation.
“During the entire property evaluation, Carmen Commercial Real Estate brought the experience and resources that we couldn’t possibly muster ourselves. During the entire process, Chris Carmen remained focused on making certain that our best interest was always being served. He is truly a professional” said Jon DiGregory, Cantaloupe’s founding partner.

Life Science Spin-off selects CARMEN Commercial Real Estate

INDIANAPOLIS (July, 1 2007) – CARMEN Commercial Represents New Life Science spin-off of Carmel, Indiana Medical Information Company. CME Enterprise announced today the relocation of its Carmel, Indiana, Indiana headquarters from its former home within the offices of parent company, DWA Healthcare Communications Group. CARMEN Commercial Real Estate Services, which has been DWA’s outsource commercial real estate provider since 2001, represented CME Enterprise on the procurement of the office located at 550 Congressional Blvd, in Carmel and managed the relocation.

“It would have been difficult, if not impossible, for us to manage the relocation ourselves” said Bill Brooks of CME. Brooks added “it was natural for us to utilize Carmen Commercial Real Estate Services for this project, since the firm has been a key strategic business partner of DWA for years”

CARMEN helps Indianapolis Tech Startup

INDIANAPOLIS (April 5, 2007) – CARMEN Commercial Real Estate guides another early stage tech company. CARMEN Commercial Real Estate Services continues to confirm its position as the IT industry’s commercial real estate service provider of choice through its representation of Achievant, LLC, an Indianapolis based early stage technology company.

Achievant, which was founded in late 2006 and is backed by Colina Ventures, LLC provides small and medium sized organizations state-of-the-art HR automation software combining in a single portal modules for HRIS, performance, compensation and learning management, applicant tracking, time/attendance and employee self-service. Our unique combination of expertise, strong client relationships and an enabling technology platform deliver measurable business gains.

“Carmen Commercial Real Estate’s presence and reputation gave Achievant the real estate search and lease negotiation strength of a much larger company” said Achievant CEO, Jim Hill. “Most importantly, the competence of Chris Carmen and his staff allowed the Achievant team to remain focused on our business, while they acted as our out-source real estate department”.

CARMEN Commercial aids BlueLock

INDIANAPOLIS (March 10, 2007) Highly Visible Indianapolis startup utilizes Carmen Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc. With a strong client base in the Information Technology sector, CARMEN Commercial Real Estate represented new Indianapolis based IT start-up BlueLock, LLC in the acquisition and redevelopment of the company’s first data center, which will also serve as the company’s headquarters.

BlueLock, LLC is one of the only technology firms in the country to deliver hosted computing environments through an infrastructure-as-a-service model. To-date BlueLock has invested $5 million in the formation of the business, rolling out services and establishing a national headquarters.

“We’ve spent the last six months building our first data center, which will also serve as, conducting market research to strengthen our business model and forming strategic alliances with technology vendors, ISPs and data centers across the country,” commented John Qualls, president and chief executive officer of BlueLock. “We now have the financing, operational base, partnerships, experienced team and BETA clients to become a market leader in the emerging infrastructure-as-a-service sector.”

“BlueLock combines the services, assets and accountability of a professional data center, network management and disaster recovery provider into a single-point-of-contact for one, predictable monthly fee,” stated Qualls. “We are one of the few companies in the country to deliver hosted computing environments through an infrastructure-as-a-service model. This enables organizations to pay only for the computing, storage, bandwidth and disaster recovery capacity they need, yet increase each of these parameters on demand to parallel their business growth and accommodate seasonal peaks in application traffic.”

Educational Services Company Selects Carmen

Indianapolis (January 25, 2008) - Indianapolis based Educational Services Company and its sister company, Governmental Consulting Services, have selected Carmen Commercial Real Estate Services to represent the firms in their search and negotiation for suitable office facilities for the growing companies.