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Downtown Indy’s Sugar Factory restaurant facing eviction, court records show
Sugar Factory makes downtown Indy sweet
Take a look inside the new Sugar Factory which opened in downtown Indianapolis.
Kelly Wilkinson, Indianapolis Star
Downtown Indianapolis’ Sugar Factory restaurant is facing eviction due to failure to pay rent, according to a complaint filed in the Marion Superior Court in early March.
Sugar Factory American Brasserie currently occupies a Circle Centre Mall location at 49 W. Maryland St. It opened in the spring of 2022.
The complaint was filed by Circle Centre Mall LLC and alleges the restaurant owners owe hundreds of thousands of dollars in rent. Sugar Factory has been in default of its lease, due to failure to pay rent, since less than a year after it opened, court documents show.
Multiple attempts by IndyStar to contact representatives of Sugar Factory for comment were unsuccessful before publication of this article.
Sugar Factory is a celebrity-endorsed, over-the-top restaurant, candy store and bar. The chain is known for its goblet drinks, decadent sundaes and lavish entrees. The resturaunt has locations across the United States.
An attorney for Sugar Factory is not yet listed in online court records. A response to the complaint on behalf of the restaurant has not yet been filed.
The restaurant owed $333,778 in late rental payments when the mall first informed the restaurant that it was in default of its lease in January 2023.
In addition to rent payment issues, Sugar Factory was in default of its lease because it failed to provide and install proper storefront signage, the complaint from the mall states.
About a year after the restaurant was notified that it was in default of its lease, in January 2024, the restaurant was notified the mall was terminating the lease agreement due to “failure to cure neither the monetary default nor the default regarding proper signage,” court documents read.
Circle Centre Mall is asking the court to take possession of the premises and award damages, pre- and post-judgment interest and attorney’s fees.
An eviction hearing for the restaurant is set for May 1 at 11:30 a.m. in front of Marion Superior Court Judge Christina Klineman.
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