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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 8h

The downtown South Bend housing market is looking up: two major apartment projects head vertical

First two floors of Stadium Flats north building

First floor under construction at the Monreaux

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

New homes of Dubail Street on South Bend's southeast side

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The South Bend Common Council adopted a new River Park Neighborhood Plan earlier this week. The plan proposes housing of various types, strengthening the Mishawaka Avenue business district, improving streets/calming traffic, and enhancing parks.

Concepts for Veterans Memorial Park and new housing near Indiana University South Bend

Street narrowing and trail enhancement along Northside Boulevard

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Construction on Colfax Avenue in South Bend reveals a section of brick street

A section of old brick street is seen in a road construction project

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The 21st raised intersection will appear in the next couple of weeks at Colfax Avenue and Sycamore Street, just east of the St. Joseph River.

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

South Bend's 20th raised intersection is open at Colfax and Niles Avenues as the Colfax Avenue Streetscape project hits the homestretch.

Colfax & Niles raised intersection detail, including plain concrete tabletop and ramps, plus red concrete crosswalks

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

New infrastructure work to start soon on South Bend's near west side: a $7.8M streets and utilities project near Western Avenue and Taylor Street will support a planned 210-unit mixed-income apartment development

Western & Taylor intersection, pre-construction

Rendering of planned Western Avenue apartments

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Tonight's South Shore extra train serving AC/DC concertgoers leaving South Bend will operate on DC power (the line switched from AC in 1926).

South Shore AC/DC concert service graphic

South Shore AC/DC concert service schedule

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A touch of beauty in an unexpected place: new murals at parking garage entries in South Bend

Mural of a boy driving a red toy Studebaker car

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The first apartment building in the Stadium Flats project, just east of Four Winds Field on Lafayette Boulevard in downtown South Bend, is reaching its full size.

4-story apartment building under construction

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The developer, Affordable Home Matters / Intend Indiana, is extending its siding color palette

New house with rose-colored (or is it light lilac?) siding

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Neighborhood resurrection: a string of new infill homes are under construction on formerly vacant lots on Blaine Avenue on South Bend's west side

Several homes, each with a porch, under construction

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Before today, the last Canadian National-affiliated passenger train to stop at South Bend Union Station was the Grand Trunk's eastbound train to Port Huron, Mich., on April 30, 1971, scheduled to leave the city less than an hour before Amtrak's takeover of passenger rail service

CN special passenger train stopped near South Bend Union Station

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Canadian National Railway's America 250 Hometown Whistle Stop Tour brings its commemorative locomotives to South Bend

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

New: South Bend has secured a $3.8 million Federal grant for planning and preliminary engineering to move the city's Amtrak stop to Union Station

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

New mural on Lafayette Boulevard in South Bend, painted as part of this year's Mural Mania Painted by Royyal Dogg, a South Korean street artist

Large mural of a woman holding a dog with a cat sitting nearby.

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

South Bend's new Madison Street Trail is now walkable/bikeable (Use caution until the project fully wraps up)

Madison Trail, looking west from Niles Avenue

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The west half of the Marion Court project in South Bend is now underway

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The resurrection of a street grid: the first sections of new city street appear as South Bend places them to support new housing along the St. Joseph River south of the Century Center, cleared by 1970s urban renewal

New curbs for a new street, viewed from ground level

New curbs for a new street, viewed from an elevated position

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

A look from above at the new Mishawaka Avenue-Longfellow Avenue/Beyer Avenue raised intersection in South Bend 📸: A&Z Engineering

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Three new apartment buildings in downtown South Bend have started heading vertical

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

That bridge project will link directly to the streetscape project already underway to the east.

Colfax Avenue streetscape project narrows the street, adds shared-use path

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The brick street is made from Marion Paver blocks.

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

St. Joseph Co., jointly with the City of South Bend, has awarded a project to rehabilitate the Colfax Ave. bridge over the St. Joseph River. It will receive wider, protected sidewalks; a shared-use trail; lighting; and -- oh yeah -- monument elements in a light Art Deco style.

Current conditions on Colfax Avenue bridge

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Fourplex under construction on Turnock Street in South Bend. Being built by the South Bend Heritage Foundation, the building will offer 1BR apartments at $840 per month and 2BR at $946 per month.

Fourplex with bay windows under construction

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Filling in the streetscape: the historic Crepeau Building moves 1.5 blocks to its new home on Colfax Avenue in South Bend

Crepeau Building being moved onto its new foundation

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Construction on South Bend's Madison Street shared-use path is underway

The ground along a brick street is turned up to construct a bike-ped path

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Marion Court, a project of 16 new affordable homes built on vacant lots, is under construction at Marion Street and Leland Avenue in South Bend. The work includes detached homes and a duplex, plus small homes and townhouses grouped around a central court.

Homes under construction, all facing a courtyard.

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

First townhouses being built using South Bend's preapproved housing plans are now under construction at Lincoln Way West and Leland Avenue

Townhouses along Leland under construction

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

New townhouse construction Northside Boulevard, South Bend

A string of elevated modern-style townhouses under construction

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Scenes from Bike to Work Week South Bend

View of St. Joseph River from the Northside Trail

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The exterior of Notre Dame's Veldman Family Psychology Clinic nears completion along the Link Trail in South Bend

Veldman Clinic building, at center, nears completion. The Link Trail runs alongside.

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

New housing construction on South Bend's northeast side

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Construction for South Bend's Colfax Avenue streetscape project is underway. By late summer, a shared-use path connecting to the East Race Trail will run here.

Mud is found where street pavement has been removed to make room for a new trail

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

For good measure, let's also throw in some condos on the east side of the river.

Construction fence at the Cascades Phase 2

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The new infill homes of Birner Street, South Bend

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

The seeds of hundreds of new apartment units are sprouting this spring in downtown South Bend.

Stadium Flats (in front of Diamond View)

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

With the approval of the Plan Commission and City Council, a new Downtown South Bend Plan has been adopted. The plan proposes reinvigorating the heart of downtown, attracting jobs using institutional catalysts, adding diverse infill housing, and enhancing the public realm.

Plan illustration for downtown South Bend in 2045

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Last week, South Bend awarded a contract to construct a new walking and biking bridge over the St. Joseph River at Marion Street.

Plan drawing for Marion Pedestrian Bridge

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

On Tuesday, South Bend awarded a $3.8 million contract for Colfax Avenue streetscape work just east of the St. Joseph River. Project includes raised intersections/crossings, bumpouts, new sidewalks, a shared-use path, trees, decorative lighting, and improved bus stops.

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Through its preapproved housing program, South Bend has now permitted 90 new homes in 67 buildings. Here is permit #16, a detached house on Clover Street.

A beige house with a wide porch sits on top of a small hill

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

A selection of new infill homes on South Bend's southeast side

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

A former auto service garage being used for storage turns into a bar and duckpin bowling alley W. Wayne Street, South Bend

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Michael Divita @michaelpdivita.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

New infill home construction Howard Street, South Bend

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