Archive for October 2018
NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the October 5 issue?
Here’s a list of local people in the October 5 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …
Read MoreMcLellan: Delivering bad news
It’s inevitable. We are going to screw up and have to share that with our customers, our prospects and, in many cases, our employees or teammates.
That we will have to do it is a …
The Elbert Files: Bringing women downtown
David Feehan, who helped make the Downtown Farmers’ Market a success 20 years ago and was instrumental in the redesign of the Martin Luther King Jr. bypass as a welcoming boulevard, has a surprisingly simple …
Read MoreMore than a building
Last July, when Waldinger Corp.’s acquisition of Wolin Mechanical-Electrical was just settling in, Iowa division President Guy Gast said he expected great things to come of the deal, once all the wrinkles of joining two …
Read MoreNewsmaker Q&A: A new lens
Joseph Benesh is an architect who got a taste of strategic planning while he was organizing young professional groups and later decided to make it his career.
Why? He likes to listen, to help people …
A shrinking inventory
Buyers and sellers are afoot in the state banking industry, and all of that potential merger and acquisition carrying on is not likely to slow anytime soon.
Greater Des Moines bankers say they are seeing …
West Des Moines Water Works is moving as it plans new construction
West Des Moines Water Works will move its offices from West Des Moines City Hall to the A.C. Ward Municipal Water Treatment Plant at 1505 Railroad Ave. on Oct. 29, as it begins the planning process …
Read MoreHubbell golf classic tallies a record
Hubbell Realty Co.’s Extreme Charity Golf Classic raised a record-breaking $49,500 for distribution to three local charities, according to a release. Big Brothers Big Sisters, Children’s Cancer Connection and Easter Seals of Iowa will each …
Read MoreTop brokers recognized during Iowa Commercial Real Estate Expo
The Iowa Commercial Real Estate Association named its annual award winners Tuesday during the annual Iowa Commercial Real Estate Expo. Michael Malone, an office specialist with Cushman & Wakefield Iowa Commercial Advisors, was named Rising Star. …
Read MoreMultifamily snapshots
Jared Husmann is a young broker at Keller Williams Commercial who, like a lot of youngsters in the business, collects a lot of data. At least one oldish reporter at the Business Record (there aren’t …
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