Archive for August 2011
Business Record: August 19, 2011
Making room(s) for old-timers
We’re getting older, maybe older before our time. That is a good thing for developers as they try to accommodate the needs of an aging population and keep a fairly dormant construction industry alive as …
Hubbell looks to seniors
Hubbell Realty Co. has remained nimble during the tight real estate market.
The company is dabbling in the construction of senior living communities while it studies the potential of that market niche in its larger …
Read MoreSign us up
It might seem a little weird to walk through the downtown skywalk system and see a sign for something that no longer exists.
But try to get to a building that’s been around for six …
Read MoreCoaching better health at Mercy Clinics
A Mercy Clinics Inc. health coach program is gaining national attention.
The program, under development for the last 15 years, is an attempt to prevent patients with chronic conditions from experiencing a breakdown in their …
Read MoreStaying low to the ground
If you spot Bill Spencer kicking the clods around a piece of Greater Des Moines real estate, take note: A development opportunity could be afoot.
Spencer is president of Landmark Development Services Inc., a company …
Read MoreA Closer Look: David Leto
Walk me through the succession plan.
We’ve gotten to the size now, around 35 employees, and we’ve just gotten to be so big that it’s just been a little much for one person to do. …
Read MoreNew casino hotel will cater to business, too
Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino will become a “stay where you play” gaming venue when an attached hotel property opens next spring.
The 168-room hotel, now being built onto the Meadows Events and Conference Center, …
Read MoreIndustry Report: TECHNOLOGY
Put on your ‘Thinc’ing caps
The local technology start-up community is buzzing over a new event that will come to Iowa in October. The ThincIowa conference, hosted by Silicon Prairie News (SPN), will take place …
OUR VIEW: What we’re missing- grownups
Fortune magazine senior editor-at-large Allan Sloan has had enough. He has seen a lot in 40 years of writing about economic matters, but this summer he found himself “watching with increasing horror as market-illiterate know-nothings, …