Archive for May 2018
RDG buys Walker | Coen | Lorentzen Architects
RDG Planning & Design has acquired Walker | Coen | Lorentzen Architects, boosting its architecture staff by 30 percent and adding an Iowa City office. “We’re excited about this for a whole host of reasons,” …
Read MoreBlackbird and EMC complete downtown Des Moines land deal
Blackbird Investments said in a news release last week that it has completed a deal to acquire the east block of the Kaleidoscope at the Hub from EMC Insurance Co. in exchange for the cleared …
Read MoreApple completes land purchases, will farm 1,400 acres of data-center land
Apple Inc. has spent $68.4 million to acquire 2,042 acres of private property, most of it farmland, in what is now southwest Waukee, a sprawling tract of land the city annexed last year in large …
Read MoreMercy psychiatric hospital sought for Clive, would operate as joint venture
Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines has filed a certificate of need application with the state of Iowa requesting approval to construct a 100-bed freestanding inpatient behavioral health hospital in Polk County.
The proposed facility, …
Read MoreAug. 3: Iowa Arts Summit
Host: Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
About: The biennial Iowa Arts Summit features dynamic breakout sessions featuring presentations by leading state and national voices in the arts. Hear from Iowa’s most creative minds and how …
NOTEBOOK: Turn the fossil fuel clock back to ’94
This morning we reported the news that MidAmerican Energy will, by at least one measure, be the first investor-owned utility in the country to produce enough renewable energy to meet 100 percent of annual consumer …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Turn the fossil fuel clock back to ’94
This morning we reported the news that MidAmerican Energy will, by at least one measure, be the first investor-owned utility in the country to produce enough renewable energy to meet 100 percent of annual consumer …
Read MoreBroadlawns to open psychiatric urgent care center
Broadlawns Medical Center announced today that it will expand its mental health services by opening a psychiatric urgent care center at its Des Moines campus at 1801 Hickman Road, effective June 4. Services at the …
Read MoreBerganKDV merges with Alliance Management
Cedar Rapids-based professional services firm BerganKDV announced today it has merged with Alliance Management, which is based in Minneapolis. For BerganKDV, the merger adds Alliance Management’s expertise in turnaround management, the evaluation and revitalizing of distressed companies. …
Read MoreDes Moines chosen to host 2018 TECNA Conference
The 2018 Technology Councils of North America (TECNA) Conference will take place July 24-26 in downtown Des Moines, the Technology Association of Iowa (TAI) announced today. TECNA represents more than 50 IT and technology trade …
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