The Union is the newest part of Fishers District, the development near 116th Street and I-69. Its first restaurant with a firm date, Flower Child, set its opening celebration for Tuesday, Oct. 27. Two months before that, the Fishers City Council approved a Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area for the whole district. Under it, drinks bought from participating businesses could be carried between The Yard, The Union, Fishers Event Center and The Crossing. Both projects make the district easier to cover on foot. They are not arriving on the same schedule, though. None of the businesses approved to sell into the DORA are at The Union.
That gap shapes what this corner of Fishers will feel like over the next several months.
What's opening on Union Place Drive
Flower Child is at 9344 Union Place Dr. Current in Fishers reported that it is the brand's 47th location and its second in Indiana, after the Nora location. The restaurant covers 3,500 square feet, with an open kitchen, indoor seating and a covered patio. Outside, a mural pairs the brand's lemons with its "Let Your Soul Shine" line.
The menu is built around fast-casual bowls, wraps and salads:
- The Mother Earth Bowl, The Rebel "French Dip" Wrap and the Avocado Caesar Salad
- Gluten-Free Mac & Cheese, plus gluten-free desserts like Lemon Olive Oil Cake and a Double Chocolate Almond Brownie
- House-made Rose Petal Lemonade, kombucha on tap, seasonal sangria, beer and wine
You can dine in, or order through the Flower Child app for curbside pickup or delivery. Flower Child is owned by Fox Restaurant Concepts, a subsidiary of The Cheesecake Factory, according to a City of Fishers announcement from January.
For a neighbor, the bigger point is where Flower Child sits. Thompson Thrift began building the 123-acre Fishers District in 2015. The Union is one of five developments inside it, and ground was broken in mid-2025. A restaurant opening there in October 2026 marks the start of a new block of storefronts. The district has been anchored for years by its older side, and this block will fill in around it.
The rest of The Union's tenant list, and how firm each name is
The Union's own retail and dining directory is longer than the January announcement. The status column below is based on the most recent public reporting for each business.
| Business | What it is | Status per latest reporting, October 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Flower Child | Fast-casual bowls, wraps, salads | Opening celebration scheduled for Oct. 27 |
| Piedra Mexican Steakhouse | Restaurant | Announced tenant, no opening date published |
| Racha Thai | Restaurant | Announced tenant, no opening date published |
| Niku Sushi. Kitchen. Bar | Restaurant and bar | Announced tenant, no opening date published |
| Everbowl | Fast casual | Announced tenant, no opening date published |
| Kitchen Social | Restaurant | Developer anticipated second half of 2026 |
| The Oakmont | Cocktails, shareable plates, burgers, brunch | Announced tenant, no opening date published |
| Cunningham Restaurant Group concept | Fine dining upstairs, small-plates bar downstairs | Concept name not yet announced |
| JETSET Pilates | Fitness studio, 11433 East Union St., Suite 140 | Fall 2026 expected |
| Renova Aesthetics, Sweathouz, Unplug Soy Candles | Services and retail | Announced tenants |
| Hupp Jewelers, Tous les Jours | Jeweler, bakery | On the directory |
| Jeni's Ice Cream | Ice cream shop | On the directory, location not confirmed by the company |
Two names need context. The Oakmont already has a Mass Ave location at 323 N. Delaware St. in Indianapolis, which opened in 2021, so Fishers would be a second stop for a known menu. As for Jeni's, Current reported in July that the shop appeared on a Thompson Thrift map, but the company had not confirmed the location.
Dot Sugar, a dessert and drink brand from Beaverton, Oregon, was named in the January announcement. It does not appear on the current directory. No public notice says the lease ended, so for now its status is simply unclear.
The Cunningham building carries the most weight on this list. Cunningham Restaurant Group runs more than 20 concepts across Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, including Rize, Bru Burger Bar, Provision, Livery and Vida. At The Union it plans a 5,700-square-foot fine-dining restaurant on the second floor and a 2,400-square-foot small-plates bar below it. Thompson Thrift said the concept is meant to be unique both to Fishers and to the CRG portfolio. If that plan holds, The Union's top end will be a restaurant that exists nowhere else in the group's portfolio.
The DORA was drawn around the whole district
The Union is the newest piece of the district. The DORA ties all of it together. The City of Fishers DORA page describes the Fishers District zone as roughly 116th Street on the north, Whistle Drive on the east, and USA Parkway on the south and west. It includes The Yard, The Union, Fishers Event Center and The Crossing. The Slate residential area is excluded. The adopted ordinance excludes all residential properties.
The rules as adopted Aug. 17, 2026:
- Hours: Monday through Thursday, 4 to 10 p.m.; Friday through Sunday, 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., unless a festival or special event permit sets different hours
- Containers: non-breakable only, with the approved DORA logo, and no glass
- Quantity: no more than two open alcoholic drinks per person when leaving a seller
- Size caps: 16 ounces for beer, 12 ounces for wine, cider or hard seltzer, and 10 ounces for mixed drinks with no more than 2 ounces of liquor
- Where drinks come from: only drinks bought from a designated permittee or an approved temporary vendor can be consumed in the district's public areas, and alcohol bought outside the DORA cannot be
Storefront stickers will tell you where you stand. Participating sellers display a DORA-branded SOLD sticker. Businesses that don't sell into the DORA but welcome its drinks display BEVERAGES PERMITTED. Businesses that don't allow them display NOT PERMITTED.
The hours changed along the way. The July draft proposed noon to 11 p.m. daily for Fishers District. The council amended that before its Aug. 17 vote, according to Current. The adopted schedule starts later on weekdays and earlier on weekends.
The first permittee list belongs to the older side of the district
The ordinance names eight Fishers District businesses as designated permittees:
- Sun King Fishers
- Sangiovese Ristorante
- RIZE Fishers
- Sangrita Grill & Cantina
- 101 Craft Kitchen
- Peace Water Winery
- Havana Cigar Lounge
- Torchy's Tacos
That list grew during the process. When the draft went to council in July, only Sun King Fishers and Sangiovese had applied. By adoption there were eight, and every one of them is an established business. No Union tenant is on the list. The newest storefronts in the zone are not yet among the places that can sell a drink to carry out.
The ordinance lets the city's Board of Public Works & Safety approve more permittees later, and it allows temporary vendors during special events, festivals or other approved times. One link is already in place. RIZE Fishers is on the permittee list, and Rize is a Cunningham Restaurant Group concept, the same group building The Union's two-story restaurant. For now, a DORA drink would start on the older side of the district and could be carried toward The Union, where any business displaying a BEVERAGES PERMITTED sticker would allow it.
What still has to happen, in order
The DORA is approved but not active. The city says the effective date will be set after the Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission approves the districts. Its participating-establishments section still says ATC approval is needed. The ATC's DORA page lists what a city must submit: an application, participation forms, the adopted ordinance, and a map of permittee and temporary vendor locations. The September 1 start date floated in July was a proposal that depended on that review.
The rest of the sequence, as currently reported:
- ATC approval, then a city-set start date. No date is published for either step.
- More Union openings. Kitchen Social's developer targeted the second half of 2026, and JETSET Pilates expected fall 2026.
- AC Hotel Fishers in early 2027. The 135-room hotel at The Union, the first AC Hotel by Marriott under construction in Indiana, topped out Sept. 17, which Current reports keeps it on track for an anticipated early 2027 opening.
- A name for the Cunningham concept. The city's January announcement said it was still being finalized.
The Union also includes about 70,000 square feet of Class A office space. Flower Child and the coming Cunningham concept are opening in a block designed to hold offices, a hotel and storefronts, all inside the DORA boundary.
The DORA rules above are summarized from the City of Fishers and the adopted ordinance. This is general information, not legal advice, so check the city's page for the current rules and start date before relying on them.
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