Archive for October 2012
New downtown readers festival kicks off next week
The Wonder of Words Festival (WOW!), hosted by the Downtown Community Alliance and Des Moines Public Library, will kick off on Oct. 17.
The festival will run through Oct. 29 at various downtown locations. The new …
Read MoreWhere to get rid of old medicines
Iowans turned in more than two tons of unused medicines at more than 40 collection sites last month.
The Prescription Drug Take-Back event in Iowa collected 4,399 pounds of prescription drugs, according to the U.S. …
Read MoreWhat CEOs know about the economy
Home prices are rising. Unemployment is dropping and the average American consumer’s confidence is up. So why are the country’s CEOs battening down the hatches?
MSN Money explored what the country’s business leaders know that …
Read MoreCold call results in award-winning deal
Commercial real estate specialists Linda Gibbs and Tim Sharpe have turned more than a few large deals on behalf of CBRE/Hubbell Commercial, but it was a cold call from a member of their team that …
Read MoreOpus Group is building in Omaha
The Opus Group, a Minnetonka, Minn.-based company with a strong presence in Greater Des Moines, recently broke ground on the 127,000-square-foot build-to-suit headquarters for The Gavilon Group in Omaha. The new office will feature a …
Read MoreBeal Derkenne focuses on student living in Arizona
Des Moines-based Beal Derkenne Construction LLC has signed an agreement to be the general contractor on a student housing project near the University of Arizona in Tucson. Campus Acquisitions of Chicago is the developer. Beal …
Read MoreTroubled business owner’s home for sale
The West Des Moines home of John Vratsinas is on the market for $1.3 million. The Internal Revenue Service has filed tax liens for $3.8 million that it says is due from Vratsinas and a …
Read MoreRDG receives design awards
RDG Planning & Design of Des Moines received two design awards at the fall conference of the Iowa chapter of the America Institute of Architects. Projects acknowledged for their excellence in design were the University …
Read MoreMonth-to-month house sales dropped in September, year-to-date sales rose
The number of house sales and pending sales dropped in September from August in Greater Des Moines, but year-to-date numbers show that closed deals have increased, outpacing 2011 numbers by 1,055, the Des Moines Area …
Read MoreCapital Crossroads third-quarter update
The co-chairs of each of the 11 “capitals” of the Capital Crossroads regional planning initiative gathered today for the third meeting of the year to provide brief progress reports on their respective capitals.
I attended …
Read More