A 26,000-square-foot specialty grocery store is on the drawing board for The Farm, the mixed-use development that greets drivers at Zionsville’s Michigan Road gateway. The one-story building is proposed on roughly 3.56 acres at the northwest corner of Sylo Crossing and Pittman Farms Drive and is being pursued by developer Pittman Investors LLC. The petition has been filed with the town’s planning department and has appeared on the Zionsville Plan Commission docket this spring.
According to the Zionsville Plan Commission staff report, the petition (Docket No. 2025-88-DP) calls for a single 26,000-square-foot store on Parcel B1 of The Farm PUD and notes the project stays within the development’s retail cap. The staff report states the PUD allows up to 150,000 square feet of total retail and that previously approved retail in the project totals about 56,998 square feet. The filing was reported April 23, 2026, by the Indianapolis Business Journal.
About The Farm
The Farm is a multi-phase, roughly 48- to 50-acre development built on the former Pittman family farm that blends apartments, restaurants and retail. As outlined by Current Publishing and the developer’s site, The Farm, Phase 1 included a 400-unit apartment complex and restaurant tenants such as Piada and Shake Shack, and the site was long planned to include a smaller, specialty grocer in a later phase. Leasing materials show Phase 2 retail pads are being marketed for build-to-suit anchors and pad sites.
Site Standards And Design
The staff report indicates the submitted design meets the PUD’s bulk and height standards and includes required parking, sidewalks and landscaping, with building elevations and landscape plans submitted as exhibits. The proposed structure comes in under the PUD’s 65,000-square-foot maximum per building and is intended to anchor the Village Core Use Block while preserving pedestrian connections to the apartment area. Detailed drawings and the petitioner’s proposed findings are included in the staff packet for technical review.
Next Steps For Approval
The petition has appeared on recent Plan Commission agendas but was continued for further review, and minutes show commissioners granted the petitioner a continuance to the April 20, 2026, meeting. No tenant has been publicly announced, and local coverage along with developer materials describe the concept as a yet-to-be-named boutique or specialty grocer in a later phase. See the Zionsville Plan Commission minutes and earlier reporting from Current Publishing for background.
If approved, the grocery would add a mid-size food destination for residents of the new apartments and nearby neighborhoods while occupying a smaller footprint than a full-line supermarket. Leasing lists and commercial property pages show the site at the U.S. 421/Sycamore Street corridor and that Phase 2 pads are being marketed now; see the project listing on Crexi for lease details.
