Archive for January 2020
Fight for Air Climb opens registration for March 29 event
The Fight for Air Climb in downtown Des Moines, happening on March 29, invites individuals, families, groups of friends, corporate teams and first responders to climb the stairs of four of the tallest buildings in …
Read MorePROJECT UPDATE: CONNOLLY LOFTS
WHAT: A four-story, 57-unit apartment building
WHERE: 401 S.E. Sixth St.
BACKGROUND AND UPDATE: Construction …
Lee Enterprises to buy Berkshire Hathaway newspaper operations
Quad-City Times: Davenport based-Lee Enterprises will buy Berkshire Hathaway’s BH Media Group publications and the Buffalo News for $140 million, the company said today. The deal covers 30 daily newspapers in 10 states as well as …
Read MoreFormer agent sentenced to 18 months after defrauding insurer of nearly $200,000
A former insurance agent from Muscatine has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison after a joint investigation by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. Ashley Erin Murphy …
Read MoreIowa Commercial Real Estate Association meeting
WHAT: Iowa Commercial Real Estate Association
WHEN: 7:15 a.m. Feb. 6
WHERE: Des Moines Golf & Country Club, 1600 Jordan Creek Parkway, West Des Moines.
GUEST SPEAKER: Chris Shires, urban designer and planner with Confluence. Shires will present …
Read MoreUI Health Care to open $27 million rehabilitation hospital in Coralville
University of Iowa Health Care, through one of its subsidiaries, is partnering with a national health care company to build a 40-bed rehabilitation inpatient hospital in Coralville, the Cedar Rapids Gazette reported. The $27 million hospital, which …
Read MoreMake It OK: Employer Toolkit now available for organizations
The Make It OK campaign in Iowa, led by the Healthiest State Initiative, has announced a new way for employers across the state to take action to end mental illness stigma in their workplace. The Make It …
Read MoreDMU campus now for sale, creating development opportunities in central Des Moines
An aerial view of Des Moines University, which has put its 24-acre campus at 3200 Grand Ave. in Des Moines on the market. The osteopathic medical school is moving to a new campus in West …
Read MoreA Closer Look: Malcolm Hankins
Malcolm Hankins’ path to working in city government is not a typical one.
The 49-year-old studied administration of justice in college and has a master’s in ministry.
Hankins, who was hired in November as an …
Read MoreLeaders discuss main issues facing housing and residential development in Central Iowa
Our most recent Newsroom 515 event focused on housing. The discussion was also one of the panels — albeit the only one in front of an audience — for our Annual Real Estate Magazine, which …
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