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Downtown land swap: EMC plans office building for former Younkers site; Blackbird tower still a go

EMC Insurance Co. plans to expand its corporate presence in downtown Des Moines with an office building it plans to build on the cleared site of the former Younkers Department Store at 701 Walnut St.…

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Butler Mansion: A historic house designed with office users in mind

A concrete mansion that put Des Moines on the architectural map of American homes in the 1930s is for sale or lease after serving the better part of three decades as a grandiose office building …

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NOTEBOOK: Deeper dive into the Y pool: Kids’ competitive swimming will grow

Here’s an aquatic trivia question: How long does it take to “flip” the lane markers at the Wellmark YMCA’s Olympic-size pool from a 19-lane, 25-yard “short” format to an eight-lane, 50-meter “long” pool? With some…
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McLellan: Where are you listening?

Do you still have a customer service number that you promote on your product packaging, website or collateral material? Do you get many snail mail letters from disgruntled customers?  How about drop-ins, asking to speak …

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The Elbert Files: Smoke and mirrors

The truth about the $2 billion tax cut package approved by Iowa lawmakers a couple of weeks ago is that much of it is smoke and mirrors and is unlikely to occur in the time …

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Going mobile

In the next few years, you might be saying goodbye to that file cabinet of insurance policies.

In April’s final presentations at the Global Insurance Symposium, each pitch rejected the most common accusation leveled at …

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Creating a neighborhood

Just a couple of blocks from Newton’s historic downtown stands a neighborhood in waiting in the form of the former Maytag corporate campus.

Maytag has been out of the picture in Newton for a little …

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A conversation with BlackRock’s head of the Americas

Although Greater Des Moines boasts a number of world-class financial services companies, it’s a particular honor when a top executive from an industry-leading company from outside of Iowa reaches out to our publication. That was …

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NOTEBOOK: Music to Mandelbaum’s ears

Des Moines City Councilman Josh Mandelbaum, who is in his first term, is trying to tackle the full range of city issues, according to his newsletter: adding sidewalks along to-be-renovated Fleur Drive, what to do …

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NOTEBOOK: Partnership trip speaker: Are local governments underusing big data?

The 180 or so participants in the annual Greater Des Moines Partnership lobbying trip to Washington, D.C., returned on May 11. We’ll have more on the trip later, but we wonder how many of the …

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