Archive for November 2010
Meredith Corp. signs a lease for nine floors in Manhattan
CoStar Realty Information Inc. reported that Des Moines-based Meredith Corp. signed a lease for 212,594 square feet on nine floors at 805 Third Ave. in New York City. The 31-story, 615,000-square-foot Manhattan office building opened …
City to install 30 updated parking meters
Des Moines will install 30 new “double space” parking meters downtown starting this week.
The new meters are scheduled to be installed in the vicinity of the Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield building, which …
Read MoreCarlisle receives Vision Iowa grant for trail expansion
The city of Carlisle is seeking more than $1 million in Vision Iowa funding to proceed with a planned expansion of its bicycle and pedestrian trails.
At its Nov. 10 meeting, the Vision Iowa Board …
Read MoreBeyond basketball
Kingdom Cares International is the nonprofit arm of Kingdom Hoops Academy, a youth basketball program whose goal is to help student athletes develop spiritually, physically and athletically.
The Ankeny-based organization, which was founded in 2008, …
Read MoreA giant help(ing)
It’s safe to say that being on television was good business for a group of Greater Des Moines restaurants.
For Jethro’s BBQ, business has gone up 20 to 25 percent since the Oct. 6 airing …
Read MoreUrban 515 is locally focused
Urban 515 co-founders Scott Thomas and Kari Lantz have frequented restaurants and social scenes around the globe in the course of their individual pursuits of business and pleasure.
Now the business partners want to promote …
Read MoreGroups use social media to promote restaurants
Sometimes the simple ideas take hold.
Emily Beckmann decided to try the guacamole one night at Dos Rios restaurant downtown, and discovered she loved it. So she shared her experience on Twitter, and it turned …
Read MoreIowa wine grows whiskers
At barely 10 years old, the Iowa wine industry is showing signs of maturity.
For the first time, Iowa’s 82 winemakers are selling more of their product at grocery stores and other retail outlets than …
Read MoreOutcomes Pharmaceutical continues to grow
When Tom Halterman tells prospective clients he has a business model for reducing medication-related expenses that will also improve the quality of care, he’s often rewarded with a healthy dose of skepticism.
“Really, one of …
Read MoreReal estate’s bright side
Remove the adjective “toxic” from commercial real estate.
So says Kelly Rush, head of global property securities for Principal Global Investors LLC, who noted recently that even during the darkest days of the reorganization of …
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