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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS: Fireworks firm buys D.M. property from convenience store chain

Former convenience store property on Des Moines’ east side has been sold to a Kansas-based fireworks company.Photo on the left shows the convenience store as it looked in 2014; the photo on the right is…
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PROJECT UPDATE: Pet Parents

Pet Parents is planning to build a new office, warehouse and retail store at 1810 S.W. Magazine Road in Ankeny. Architectural rendering special to the Business Record

Ankeny council approves development agreement with Pet Parents   …

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Zach Loy to lead Turner Construction’s Iowa business unit

Zach Loy has been tapped to lead Turner Construction’s Iowa business unit as its business manager. Loy, a graduate of Iowa State University, has been with Turner his entire working career, holding roles in operations, preconstruction/estimating…
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Master Builders announces award winners

Master Builders of Iowa announced winners of several awards presented at its recent winter conference. The awards include:

Build Iowa Award, which was given to Max Bowman, founder of Star Equipment Ltd. in Des Moines. The …

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Tim Sharpe inducted into Midwest CRE Hall of Fame

TimSharpe, a senior vice president with CBRE|Hubbell Commercial, has been inducted into the Midwest Commercial Real Estate 2020 Hall of Fame. Sharpe, who has been with Hubbell for 38 years, is widely recognizes as a leading investment property…
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Panel: Iowa seen as a good place to invest in real estate

Investors looking for financially sound real estate investments are eyeing Iowa as a place in which to invest, said panelists in a recent virtual discussion hosted by the West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce.

Developers …

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Will J.C. Penney’s store be razed? No, says spokesperson

Proposed plans to redevelopment Valley West Mall will include razing the former Younkers department store but not the structure that houses J.C. Penney, a mall spokesperson told the Business Record.

Planning for the mall’s redevelopment …

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Spokesperson: Redevelopment of Valley West Mall will occur ‘in some way, shape or form’

The middle section of Valley West Mall in West Des Moines would be refurbished so that store fronts would face toward the parking and street rather than inside the mall. The proposed redevelopment of Valley…
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Universities air plans for in-person graduation – days after bill proposed to force them

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Just days after a Republican lawmaker introduced a bill that would force Iowa’s public universities to hold graduations in-person this spring — after two of them already had announced plans for virtual …

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Flat wages in manufacturing cause Iowa’s economy to dip in February

Iowa’s economy declined slightly in February as wages in manufacturing remained stagnant, according to a survey of supply managers released this week.

According to Creighton University’s Mid-America Business Conditions Index, Iowa’s index fell to 71.1 in …