Posts by pherteen
Q1 office market reports show office consolidation keeping vacancy rates stable or higher
No new office construction was brought to market in the first quarter of 2025, with vacancy rates remaining high in the central business district as tenants either consolidated locations or moved but did not expand.…
Read MoreNOTABLE TRANSACTIONS: Downtown Des Moines lofts sold for $2.95 million
Sote Dooriors I LLC, based in Des Moines, paid Hubbell Realty Co., operating as the 12th Street Lofts LLC, $2.95 million for property at 121 12th St. in downtown Des Moines, Polk County real estate …
Read MoreEvent Preview: CRE forum panelists share opportunities for 2025
Adaptive reuse of buildings, the continued development of data centers, securing long-term leases and working to build stronger relationships between communities. Those are among the opportunities for growth in the commercial sector in 2025 identified …
Read MoreOn Leadership: Stop doing everything – The power of strategic prioritization
“My inbox is a war zone and my calendar a battlefield,” a CEO recently confessed to me. While we both got a chuckle out of his description, his detailed account of the relentless barrage of …
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Business Record 4-11-25
A Closer Look: Travis Mansfield
When developers unveiled details of the proposed regional shopping center in southeast Des Moines in 1972, they called it Army Post Plaza.
By fall of 1975, when the center opened, its name had been changed …
Read MoreWhat they’re checking out: Week of Apr. 4
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 MoreBusiness Record 4-4-25
Cover Story: Navigating the future: Principal’s Deanna Strable on leadership in an evolving world
Focus: Human Resources
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Read MoreNew restaurant in Waukee’s Pin Oak building could open by summer
Patrick Elbert hopes to bring a slice of hometown flavor to Waukee’s downtown Triangle when he transforms the former Pin Oak building into a new restaurant.
Elbert, co-owner of Husk Homes, acquired the building in …
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