The diligence problem in Lafayette, Indiana, is a May week on State Street when Chauncey Village empties and a buyer who still wants to price the room as if it were September. Purdue sits in West Lafayette across the Wabash. Students pack the Village in August and leave. That calendar is the file. This is not Indianapolis corporate. This is not Lafayette, Louisiana — that Acadiana oilfield-and-festival book lives on Lafayette, Louisiana. Name the state on the first call.
Tippecanoe campus-and-plant files are written from Spring Hill. This page is not an Indiana ABC or contractor-license opinion. Have counsel read campus-adjacent leases and plant-vendor assignments before anyone signs. (352) 515-0226.
When Chauncey Village empties in May
Campus-adjacent restaurant, hotel, and rental-adjacent trades are a real product. They are not a Dayton HVAC route. A book that only works when students are in town is a seasonal file. Boilermaker home weekends at Ross-Ade, Mackey Arena nights, commencement, and Grand Prix week help some rooms. They are spikes. A June session and a road-game stretch belong in the year.
West Lafayette and Lafayette are one labor pool and two city desks. The Wabash is the split. Purdue and the Village sit west. Downtown Lafayette, the county courthouse, Teal Road, Sagamore Parkway, and the east-side industrial parks sit east. A West Lafayette occupational license is not a Lafayette receipt. Write the city on page one.
Purdue, Subaru, and the Wabash split
Subaru of Indiana Automotive and the Caterpillar large-engine campus are the weekday industrial product. Manufacturing, staffing, and plant-adjacent construction that already badge into those programs are a real file. A book that lives on one model year, one engine program, or one supplier PO is concentration. A launch week is a spike. This is not Indianapolis’s Lilly campus and not a Plainfield cross-dock story. Wabash National’s remaining trailer conversation and the SR 38 industrial box are weekday texture. They are not a student lease.
IU Health Arnett and Franciscan Health Lafayette keep weekday medical demand that does not depend on a student August. Provider bench and whether Arnett and Franciscan patients still use the same Tippecanoe number after the sale are the asset. See the medical practice guide. This is not a downtown Indianapolis hospital belt and not a Carmel wealth-corridor clinic.
I-65 is the freight and buyer spine — south toward Indianapolis, north toward Chicago and the northwest Indiana industrial box. It does not turn a Tippecanoe truck into a Marion County file. Accounting books that follow plant owners and Purdue-adjacent professionals are a weekday product. See the accounting guide. Battle Ground, Dayton, Frankfort, and Monticello already share some of this labor pool. They do not share a Chauncey rent.
HVAC on east-side and county rooftops is density. Recurring service beats a one-phase student-housing book.
Lafayette, Indiana, is not Indianapolis. There is no Monument Circle and no I-65 / I-70 X as the defining story. It is not Bloomington. There is no IU Sample Gates file. It is not Lafayette, Louisiana.
Buyers who confuse this with Acadiana
Operators already in Tippecanoe County adding a second door or a second crew already know which city desk they work and which May the Village emptied.
Plant-adjacent strategics who already badge into Subaru or Caterpillar programs are a better conversation than an Indianapolis buyer who wants “cheap Carmel.” Campus hospitality operators who have run an academic calendar can underwrite Chauncey if they will also underwrite June.
Who should not buy. An Acadiana oilfield buyer who googled Lafayette and landed in the wrong state. A Carmel professional-services buyer who wants West Lafayette at a Marion County multiple. A Lilly-campus investor who thinks every Indiana plant town is Indianapolis. A Boilermaker alum who walked State Street on a home Saturday and called it a market.
SBA works when sales are documented and a manager wage is already modeled. Single-program or single-semester files usually need more equity and seller financing.
Owner-operated Tippecanoe shops still price on SDE. A multi-crew industrial or multi-door hospitality group that already runs without the founder can open EBITDA. See the valuation guide.
West Lafayette rent versus a Teal Road truck
Campus-adjacent hospitality clears when a full year includes a quiet summer week and a lease a successor can hold. See the restaurant guide. Plant-adjacent manufacturing and staffing clear when a second lead already opens and the customer file is not one Subaru or Caterpillar program. Healthcare and professional services along the Arnett and Franciscan nodes clear when the book calls the firm.
Local examples:
- A Chauncey dining room that did 35 percent of the year across August and two home football Saturdays is a campus calendar.
- A Teal Road staffing book that invoices one Subaru launch is a program-year file.
- A West Lafayette professional suite and a Lafayette courthouse-adjacent accounting book do not share a Village rent.
- An east-side HVAC book that already leaves without the owner is Tippecanoe coverage, not an I-65 slogan. A “we cover I-65” claim that is one van is a route.
Earn-outs show up when one plant program, one landlord, or one enrollment year is a double-digit share. Diligence here fails on the Wabash split and Indianapolis-as-comparable stories more often than on the Ross-Ade photo. See diligence.
A founder who still opens every State Street night or still expedites every plant release has not handed the Tippecanoe board to anyone else.
Tippecanoe items before you go to market
- Name the product: Village hospitality, plant vendor, Arnett-adjacent practice, or east-side route.
- Pull monthly sales that include a May empty week and a quiet summer session.
- Put West Lafayette and Lafayette licenses in one folder. They are different city desks.
- Get counsel on campus-adjacent leases and plant-vendor assignments.
- Put a second person on the floor or the shop.
- Isolate one Subaru or Caterpillar program if it is a double-digit share.
- Write Indiana in the first sentence so Louisiana buyers do not waste a tour.
Use the sale-prep roadmap for the stack.
Purdue’s academic calendar and the Subaru / Wabash National / Caterpillar leftover industrial box are the first folders. A Chauncey Village restaurant that only looks good on a home Saturday or a Boilermaker move-in is a spike. West Lafayette and Lafayette proper are different occupational maps. Battle Ground and Dayton already share this labor pool.
I-65 is the pipe toward Indianapolis and Chicago, not a reason to import either multiple. This page is not Bloomington and not Ames. There is no IU as the defining campus and no ISU / DOE Ames Lab story. A “we cover Tippecanoe” HVAC truck that is one Teal Road van is a route.
Lenders want a summer-session Tuesday in the year, plant-vendor assignment language, and a second person on the floor or the shop. Seller notes show up when one campus PO or one OEM release is a double-digit share. Price the Boilermaker-and-plant box — not an Indianapolis Circle multiple.
Purdue Research Park vendors, Franciscan Health, and IU Health Arnett are weekday desks a Boilermaker Saturday buyer skips. Chauncey Village is a student overlay. It is not twelve months. A staffing book that lives on one Subaru release is concentration. West Lafayette’s city license is not Lafayette’s. Photograph a June Tuesday on Main Street. Leave Ross-Ade in the appendix. Seller notes show up when one campus PO or one OEM line is a double-digit share. Price the plant-and-hospital box — not an Indianapolis Circle slide.
Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Wabash National, and the Caterpillar leftover still set which Tippecanoe manufacturing books invoice. A successor who has never walked a Purdue Research Park buyer still needs that map in week one. Battle Ground and Dayton rooftops do not share a Main Street CAM. Write the June Tuesday. Write the plant release. Leave the student Saturday out of the annualized column.
IU Health Arnett and Franciscan do not share a Chauncey Village rent. A buyer who only walked campus on a home Saturday will still have to underwrite Subaru’s release calendar and a June Tuesday on Main Street.
Tippecanoe rooftops in Battle Ground still invoice after the students leave. Write that weekday, not only the Boilermaker Saturday.
Spring Hill on a Boilermaker file
We take campus rooms to operators who already understand an academic calendar, and plant books to industrial owners already on SR 38. Start with a valuation, your industry page, or contact. Spring Hill. (352) 515-0226.
Related industry pages
These are national listing pages — not a Lafayette × service directory. Old city-and-industry URLs redirect here or to the industry page. The local underwriting is on this page.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this Lafayette, Louisiana?
No. This page is Tippecanoe County, Indiana — Purdue, Subaru, and the Wabash. The Acadiana oilfield-and-festival book is a different state and a different listing page.
Do you need a Lafayette office to list a Tippecanoe business?
No. We run the file from Spring Hill and name the Wabash split, Purdue, and the plant programs on the first call.
Can I price West Lafayette like Carmel?
You can try. Buyers will still underwrite a student May, two city desks, and a thinner professional bench than Marion County. Those multiples do not travel up I-65.
Does West Lafayette get its own page?
West Lafayette is the Purdue parent on this page. It does not get a second file. A Village restaurant and a Teal Road staffing book still get different underwriting.
Will SBA finance a Chauncey restaurant?
Documented weekly sales through a quiet summer, a manager wage already modeled, and an assignable lease help. A September-only book is a harder credit.
How should Subaru launch weeks appear in the CIM?
Put model-year and launch overtime on their own line. Show a down program year. Buyers will haircut a single-OEM spike they cannot see.
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Selling or buying in Lafayette?
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