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The art of collaboration

Six Greater Des Moines nonprofits will reach an expanded audience next weekend through a new collaboration with the Des Moines Arts Festival.

This year marks the debut of Arts DSM, a new destination located within …

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Settling into the lap of luxury

We’re going to start off with a dichotomy of styles and convergence of dreams.

On June 4, real estate developer Rich Eychaner bought 195,000 square feet of largely vacant office space. He was roundly praised …

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Business Record 6-19-15

Settling into the lap of luxury
Developers are ready to test whether downtown Des Moines is ready for expensive rents

Focus: Real Estate & Development

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Bridges and parking garages generate a TIF for Des Moines

Des Moines City Manager Scott Sanders would be plenty pleased if a civic-minded soul, preferably one with deep pockets, walked into his office and offered to buy a city-owned parking ramp or two.

 

“I …

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The Elbert Files: Iowa’s worst train wrecks

The eight people killed in last month’s Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia is a grim reminder of how deadly rail travel once was and still can be on rare occasions. 

Iowa has recorded only two passenger …

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Gitomer: More sales masters

Wanna be a sales master? Read about more sales masters! 

The book, titled “America’s Twelve Master Salesmen,” was written and published by B.C. Forbes & Sons in 1953. Yes, there were women in the book, …

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McLellan: Do you recycle?

I admit it – I hate re-inventing the wheel.  There’s nothing more debilitating to a to-do list than the belief that everything you do needs to be custom created. In this era of content creation, …

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A Closer Look: Siobhan Spain

In the tapestry of Siobhan Spain’s career, there is one common thread holding it all together: art.

Spain, director of DesMoinesArts Inc., the nonprofit organization behind the new arts incubator to go in at 900 …

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Stormwater management: a cause for ‘celebration’

A Des Moines apartment development is being used as a demonstration project for an effort by the city and the state of Iowa to promote green infrastructure.

Sherman Associates Inc. could hold a clinic on …

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DesMoinesArts: A labor of love

Justin Mandelbaum was here before.

Standing in the sprawling, empty space on the second floor of a 164,000-square-foot monolith at 900 Keosauqua Way, Mandelbaum outlines his idea to turn the building into a collaborative culture …