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Site With A History

Several years ago, former Des Moines City Manager Rick Clark was in his office in city hall late in the afternoon, running through a list of development projects that were transforming the city. A Business …
By KENT DARR | Aug 15, 2018
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NOTEBOOK: In case you missed it…

In case you missed it…
A brief look back at news from the past week on BusinessRecord.com.

Clean energy = 30K jobs
A new report says Iowa’s clean energy industry employs 30,000 people. Learn more…
By BPC Staff | Aug 15, 2018
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NOTEBOOK: A hill of beans likely to depress market

While Successful Farming was reporting this year’s soybean crop will likely set a record — and bring the lowest season-average price in 12 years — Kirk Leeds was sitting in his office at the Iowa Soybean Association …
By PERRY BEEMAN | Aug 13, 2018
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On The Move: Week of Aug. 6

Jenna Scaheffer

Catch Des Moines

Promoted to manager of information services

jenna@catchdesmoines.com


Katie Fencl

Catch Des Moines

Promoted to vice president of conventions, sports and services

katief@catchdesmoines.com


Angie Hyer

Management Professionals Inc.

Hired as cost …
By JOHN RETZLAFF | Aug 10, 2018
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Fight’s on at old Riverfront Y site

At Hubbell Realty Co., there is more fight than fold in a conflict with the federal government over what many believe is the prime piece of development ground in all of Iowa, and certainly in …
By KENT DARR | Aug 10, 2018
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Insta-Pro CEO: Steel tariffs have made company less competitive globally

After a decade of double-digit growth as a stand-alone company, Insta-Pro International recently moved its entire operation into a 63,000-square-foot leased headquarters space in Grimes. The newly built facility at 2100 S.E. Gateway Drive provides…
By JOE GARDYASZ | Aug 10, 2018
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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Iowa is getting hotter, bringing more frequent and intense storms

It’s going to be pretty hot today (see that KCCI weather forecast below), and that will likely be a topic of conversation around your offices. It turns out we have more to say about it.…
By SUZANNE BEHNKE | Aug 9, 2018
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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the August 10th Issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the July 27 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …
By BPC Staff | Aug 8, 2018
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A condo conversion success story at the Kirkwood Hotel

In 2015, Tim Schutte’s banker told him it would take three years to convert 54 apartments at the Kirkwood Hotel into condominiums and sell each of the units. Schutte, broker owner of Exit Realty Capital …
By KENT DARR | Aug 8, 2018
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State of biosciences in Iowa

Just this summer Iowa’s bioscience economy got a boost with the news that the University of Iowa and Iowa State University are looking to hire a leader as the Iowa Innovation Corp. transforms into the …
By SUZANNE BEHNKE | Aug 8, 2018