Posts by kmeyer
Designing the next generation of shopping experiences
By Mark Giles, AIA, senior architect | Principal, DLR Group
In the fast-paced world of retail, the ability to adapt is not merely a strategy — it is essential. Across the nation, the retail landscape …
Read MoreAre You a Cat Person or a Dog Person?
BY ROWENA CROSBIE, president, Tero International
The world is divided into dog people and cat people. No matter which team you support, check out this Tero Tips video for life lessons from cats and dogs.…
Read More11 takeaways from Power Breakfast conversation on leading in a VUCA environment
Business Publications Corp. President and CEO Suzanna de Baca moderated the Business Record’s second Power Breakfast of the year on leadership lessons from operating in a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) environment.
From post-pandemic …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Two-spirit people
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical “Hamilton” ends with these lines: “Who lives; who dies? Who tells your story?”
Most history is told from the viewpoint of winners.
I’ve become increasingly aware of this adage in recent …
Read MoreWhat they’re checking out: Week of May 31
As an ongoing feature, staff members at the Des Moines Public Library will recommend a business-related book to add to your reading list. Find this and more books like it at any of the Des …
Read MoreCommercial development begins in Middlebrook Agrihood
For years, Steve Bruere has had a fondness for small-town commercial areas where an array of businesses and residences line Main Streets and visitors wander from store to store, checking out shops and sampling coffees …
Read MoreMiddlebrook Agrihood will use geothermal to heat, cool homes
The next phases of residential and commercial development in Middlebrook Agrihood in Cumming will be cooled and heated with geothermal energy technology, the developer of Iowa’s first agrihood said.
West Des Moines-based Diligent Development, Middlebrook …
Read MoreWhat they’re checking out: Week of May 17
As an ongoing feature, staff members at the Des Moines Public Library will recommend a business-related book to add to your reading list. Find this and more books like it at any of the Des …
Read MoreA Closer Look: Ryan Crane
Ryan Crane considers his work with One Iowa to be the “coolest first job out of college and the coolest first job in Des Moines I could ever have.”
It was also Crane’s first experience …
Read MorePanelists discuss economic health of downtown Des Moines
Nearly 17% of office space in downtown Des Moines is vacant, the highest vacancy rate since 2007, according to JLL market reports.
But, even with the higher-than-normal-office vacancy rate, downtown’s economy is strong, Carrie Kruse, …
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