Notable Transactions: Sept. 19, 2012

 

Urbandale Care Group LLC of Vancouver, Wash., paid $3.8 million to Urbantus LLC of Seattle for a nursing home at 8525 Urbandale Ave. in Urbandale. At the time of the sale on Aug. 31, the …

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Signed Lease Transactions: Sept. 19, 2012

Signed Lease Transactions

Eichinger 4 LLC has purchased 2860 S.E. Grimes Blvd. in Grimes from First American Bank, which was represented by Cindy McCauley of Brad Johnson Investments LC. The buyer was represented by Darcy Gill of …

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HMN Architects moves downtown

Regus PLC has provided a newcomer to Greater Des Moines some room to move.

HMN Architects Inc., which entered the Iowa market last year, has moved from Regus office space at West Glen Town Center …

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FBL Financial ends S&P credit rating

Standard & Poor’s Rating Services has withdrawn its debt and financial strength ratings for FBL Financial Group Inc. at the company’s request, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Tuesday.

At the end …

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Iowa wind turbine plant announces 407 layoffs

The Siemens wind turbine manufacturing plant  — a major supplier to MidAmerican Energy Co. — said Tuesday it would layoff two-thirds of its workers at the Fort Madison plant.
The layoffs are prompted by sluggish…Read More

Chick-fil-A to stop funding anti-gay causes

In a move to take itself out of a summer storm of controversy over gay marriage, the Chick-fil-A restaurant chain will no longer financially support anti-gay causes, according to a statement issued today by  LGBT advocacy group The…Read More

Walters to change plea in bank fraud trial

Randal Walters, facing federal bank fraud charges along with his development partner John Kline, will appear before a judge at 9 a.m. Thursday to change his not guilty plea in the case.

Walters and Kline …

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