Archive for December 2010
Iowa’s first wine coop folds
Southern Hills Winery, which marketed itself as the state’s first wine cooperative, has shut down and filed to liquidate its assets under federal bankruptcy laws.
Located in Osceola near Terrible’s Lakeside Casino, the organization has …
Read MoreNew net-neutrality regulations pass
The Federal Communications Commission approved so-called net-neutrality rules by a 3-2 vote yesterday, banning Internet service providers, led by AT&T Inc. and Comcast Corp., from blocking or slowing Web content sent to homes and businesses, …
Read MoreBiotech association announces new director
The Iowa Biotech Association has announced Rachel Hurley as its new executive director.
Hurley was most recently the director of legislative relations in the office of the Michigan attorney general, where she helped develop the …
Read MoreMPO moves forward in director hiring process
The Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is in the process of hiring a new executive director to replace Tom Kane, who announced his retirement last week after more than 19 years of service …
Read MoreTrivest acquires Ryko Manufacturing
Grimes-based car wash supplier Ryko Manufacturing Co. has been acquired by Miami-based Trivest Partners.
Trivest is a manufacturer of automated car wash systems. Ryko’s management team will continue to lead the day-to-day operations of the …
Read MoreDes Moines data center involved in TDS acquisition
Telephone and Data Systems Inc, the parent company of TDS Telecommunications Co., announced today it has acquired TEAM Technologies LLC.
TEAM owns and operates data centers in Des Moines, Cedar Falls and Madison, Wis., which …
Read MoreWomen business owners looking for nominations
Nominations are currently being taken for the Connie Wimer Spirit Award, Aspiring Woman Business Owner of the Year Award and the Woman Business Owner of the Year Award, to be given by the National Association …
Read MoreVirginia auto dealer eyes Lithia-owned site in Urbandale
A Richmond, Va.-based auto dealer plans to build on an Urbandale site that was once slated for a Lithia Motors Inc. dealership.
On Dec. 20, the Urbandale Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the City …
Read MorePrincipal Real Estate acquires Houston, San Francisco properties
Principal Real Estate Investors, the property-investment division of Principal Financial Group Inc., has acquired office properties in Houston and San Francisco. Bloomberg reported that Principal Real Estate, the nation’s fourth-largest institutional real estate manager, purchased …
Read MoreLending guidelines could hamper sales of self-storage properties
Investor demand for self-storage facilities is expected to increase next year, but the inability of well-capitalized buyers to finance smaller deals could stop some transactions from taking place.
Inside Self-Storage, an industry trade publication, reported …
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