Archive for May 2015
Technologistas, Black Business Coalition set mentorship event
The Technologistas of Iowa and the Iowa Black Business Coalition are holding a mentorship event at 5:30 p.m. May 14 at Principal Financial Group Inc., 750 Park St. Dubbed the Mentorship Mingle, the event is aimed …
Read MoreHubbell signs first commercial tenant at Cityville on 9th project
ARC Physical Therapy+, an outpatient physical and occupational therapy provider, is the first commercial tenant at Hubbell Realty Co.’s Cityville on 9th, a mixed-use, multifamily and commercial development on 10.5 acres south of Martin Luther …
Read MorePeoples Co. expands appraisal services
Agricultural real estate appraiser Jim Rothermich has joined Peoples Co. as the newest addition to the organization’s team of land brokerage, land management and land investing services specialists. He is a certified general real estate …
Read MoreHughes joins Elwell Co.
Carson Hughes has joined the sales and leasing staff at Denny Elwell Co. as an associate vice president. He was formerly with World Group Commercial Real Estate and Terrus Real Estate Group. Hughes has experience …
Read MoreTIF under review
Iowa Rep. Tom Sands, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, is taking a look at the definition of urban renewal areas and the use of tax increment financing, an economic development tool that …
Read MoreOpus launches industrial warehouse projects
The Opus Group is set to expand the industrial office and warehouse footprint in Greater Des Moines by several hundred thousand square feet.
It is ready to start construction on a 208,252-square-foot speculative industrial office …
Read MoreEffort seeks regional common building, fire codes
Johnston City Administrator Jim Sanders is leading an effort to review building and fire codes in Greater Des Moines and determine whether there is way to make them more consistent.
The effort is one of …
Read MoreOld YMCA murals could adorn new YMCA
Jim Cownie went in search of a middle ground between development and historic preservation, and, along with a crew of like-minded folks, may have found a resolution to protect murals at the Riverfront Y before …
Read MoreTelemedicine firm is first Square One DSM resident
West Des Moines telemedicine company Certintell became the first resident of the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s Square One DSM accelerator on Monday.
Square One Executive Director Mike Colwell said accelerator leaders had considered Certintell …
Read MoreUnityPoint’s Leaver receives national award
Bill Leaver, president and CEO of UnityPoint Health, has received a 2015 Healthcare Leadership Award from Becker’s Hospital Review. Leaver was nominated because of his notable contributions to health care on local and national levels. …
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