Archive for May 2021
CRE forum panelists discuss COVID’s effect on commercial, residential development
During the Business Record’s annual Commercial Real Estate Forum, held virtually on April 22, eight panelists described how the pandemic has affected various sectors of the construction and development industries and the outlook for the …
Read MoreNOTABLE TRANSACTIONS: Canoyer Garden Center expanding Des Moines-area operations
Canoyer Garden Center, with retail stores in Grimes and Ankeny, is expanding its Central Iowa operations with a new greenhouse and warehouse planned on 4.5 acres at 4169 109th St. in Urbandale, city records show. …
Read MorePROJECT UPDATE: Union 315
NEWLY ANNOUNCED EVENTS: Retirement celebration for UNI’s Dr. Cox
Retirement celebration for UNI’s Dr. Cox
What: Dr. Arthur Cox, director of the Center for Real Estate Education at the University of Northern Iowa, is retiring. A casual gathering of UNI business alumni, colleagues and friends …
Speakers for 2021 commercial real estate expo announced
Keynote speakers for the 2021 Iowa Commercial Real Estate Expo include KC Conway, principal of Red Shoe Economics, Matt Higgins, co-founder and CEO of the private investment firm RSE Ventures, and Elizabeth Holland, CEO of …
Read MoreAmazon fulfillment center on the market for $355 million
The recently completed Amazon AR Sort Fulfillment Center in Bondurant is on the market for nearly $355 million, about $300 million of which is an assumption of debt, according to a news release from Avison …
Read More$10.4 million building permit issued for Amazon facility in Ankeny
A building permit valued at $10.4 million has been issued for tenant improvements at a new warehouse in Crosswinds Business Park in Ankeny, city building permit data shows.
In April, the Business Record was the first …
$1 million in new amenities added to Regency West Office Park
Paul Rupprecht, left, and Mark Rupprecht in a new conference room that will be available to tenants at Regency West Office Park in West Des Moines. The conference room is among more than $1 million …
Read MoreProcrastination
BY ROWENA CROSBIE, president, Tero International
History is full of examples of highly successful and famous people who were also great procrastinators.
Victor Hugo, whose masterpieces include the historical novels “Les Misérables” and “The Hunchback of Notre…Read MoreAquaculture researcher named 2021 World Food Prize laureate
The goal of global food production should not just be feeding the world’s growing population, but nourishing “all people and all nations as well as sustaining the health of the planet in the long term,” …
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