Archive for November 2010
New spaces, locations planned for Iowa Health clinics
Iowa Health – Des Moines is working with three developers in Greater Des Moines to relocate two clinics and open a new one.
Highland Park Family Physicians, which is located at 1530 E. Euclid Ave., …
Read MoreFew small business owners purchasing properties
Despite a drop in commercial real estate values, only 6 percent of small business owners have purchased one or more properties in the past two years, according to a study released Monday by CIT Small …
Read MoreCB Richard Ellis’ green ranking improves
CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. ranked No. 30 overall in Newsweek’s 2010 Green Rankings, a list that ranks the environmental performance of the 500 largest publicly traded companies in the United States. The rankings are …
Read MorePrincipal’s Halter named at NAREIM chairman
Patrick Halter, CEO of Principal Real Estate Investors, has been elected chairman of the board of directors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers (NAREIM). Principal Real Estate Investors, a subsidiary of Principal …
Read MoreTaylor to speak at ICREA breakfast
Robin Taylor of the Iowa State Blue Ribbon Foundation will be the featured speaker at the Iowa Commercial Real Estate Association’s November meeting at Des Moines Golf and Country Club, 1600 Jordan Creek Parkway in …
Read MoreSaints Pub to open second location
Saints Pub + Patio will open its second Greater Des Moines location in a Beaverdale property that was recently acquired by Vista Real Estate and Investment Corp. Vista, which on June 15 paid $100,000 for …
Read MoreEconomic data offers some surprises
U.S. companies added more workers than expected in October, slightly boosting optimism about the job market ahead of Friday’s government employment report, Reuters reported.
Private employers added 43,000 jobs in October compared with a revised …
Read MoreFederal Reserve expected to act, again, to rev up the economy
The Federal Reserve is expected to announce a controversial policy today to buy billions of dollars in government bonds in an attempt to breathe new life into the struggling U.S. economy, Reuters reported.
The decision …
Read MoreCasey’s, 7-Eleven courtship ends
Casey’s General Stores Inc. said today that merger talks have ended with 7-Eleven Inc. The convenience store giant had acted as a foil to the hostile takeover bid for Ankeny-based Casey’s by the Canadian company …
Read MoreGame changing
Scientific Games Corp. said today it has been awarded a 10-year, $50 million integrated gaming systems contract by the Iowa Lottery. The contract includes the installation of new sales terminals, a new terminal communications network …
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