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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS:DRA Properties buys 146 acres of farmland east of Ankeny
Ankeny-based DRA Properties LC paid Elwell Inc. $8.93 million for nearly 146 acres of farm ground located east of Ankeny, Polk County real estate records show. The ground is south of Northeast 36th Street/Northeast 110th Avenue and about …
Read MoreIowa Architectural Foundation announces executive officers
Nathan Griffith, an associate principal at Neumann Monson Architects (Iowa City) has been elected to served as chair of the Iowa Architectural Foundation’s board of trustees. Griffith has a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Iowa State …
Read MoreThese commercial real estate stories attracted the most readers
Numerous lists are published at the end of the year, and here’s ours: the Business Record’s most-read commercial real estate stories of 2022.
The following are the seven commercial real estate-related stories that attracted the …
Retailers expected to follow Target to burgeoning Waukee
Over the past two years, the city of Waukee has added an average of five new residents a day, a review of data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows.
The Dallas County community, now with …
Nominations for Young Women’s Resource Center award open through Jan. 8
The Young Women’s Resource Center is accepting nominations for its annual Louise Rosenfield Noun Visionary Award. The award honors local advocates, activists, innovators and philanthropists who have made significant contributions toward empowering girls and young women. …
Read More2022 Year in Review
2022 was full of news. As many organizations shifted strategic priorities after dealing with two years of pausing many major initiatives because of the pandemic, they were met with lingering economic turmoil caused by COVID …
Read MoreOn the Move: Week of December 25
What they’re checking out: Week of December 30
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 MoreBoring is beautiful
For investors, boring can be beautiful when it comes to economic policy.
That’s what economist James Paulsen suggests in a newsletter for clients of Minneapolis-based Leuthold Group.
“The size, speed and uniqueness of economic policies …
Read MoreFarm Bureau Federation donates $100K to feed families in need
The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation has donated $100,000 to the Iowa Food Bank Association to help provide half a million meals to Iowans who are experiencing food insecurity. According to a news release, inflation and …
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