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Vermeer plans expansion to Bondurant
Vermeer Corp. plans to build a 300,000-square-foot production facility in Bondurant and create 182 jobs, significantly increasing the Pella-based company’s footprint in Iowa and allowing for future expansion to meet the demand for the company’s …
Read MorePeoples Co. moves to new mixed-use building in Middlebrook community
The first mixed-use office building in the Middlebrook community in Cumming was recently completed with its anchor being the new headquarters for Peoples Co.
Peoples and its 75 team members who work out of the …
Read MoreNOTABLE TRANSACTIONS: Native Real Estate sells property next to Southridge
The Raymond O’Connor Revocable Living Trust and Jennifer O’Connor Revocable Trust paid Native Real Estate LLC $4.9 million for property at 1113 E. Army Post Road and 1107 E. Army Post Road, Polk County real …
Read MoreKnapp Properties’ Chris Costa named 2026 CRE Pro of the Year
Chris Costa, president and CEO of Knapp Properties, has been named the 2026 Commercial Real Estate Professional of the Year by the Business Record. He will be honored at the Business Record’s Commercial Real Estate …
Read MoreNew Iowa Clinic CIO talks innovation, AI and how to get creative
Brandon Gockley, the new chief information officer at the Iowa Clinic, serves as a change agent who brings a specific creative process to his role.
Get out of the office.
“Sitting there doing emails is …
Read MoreBusiness Record 2-20-26
Cover Story: How uncertainty shaped 2025 for Iowa nonprofits
Focus: Nonprofits
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Read MoreFormer Iowa first lady Billie Lee Ray dies
Billie Lee Ray, former first lady of Iowa and wife of the late Gov. Robert D. Ray, died Wednesday. She was 97.
Having met while attending Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, Billie and Robert …
Read MoreRaecker named 2026 Forty Under 40 Alum of the Year
Each year, the Business Record honors a member of a previous Forty Under 40 class to recognize their contributions since being named a Forty. The 2026 Forty Under 40 Alum of the Year is Scott …
Read MoreThe Forty Under 40 Class of 2026
Mural is first project for Grimes’ downtown redevelopment plan
The city of Grimes hopes to begin implementing some of the recommendations to redevelop its downtown in 2027, with a longer term vision to explore recommendations on parking and other improvements in the years to …
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