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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 …

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Growing the local foods revolution

Penny Brown Huber loves seeing people’s reactions when they first sample the Iowa sweet corn that her company, Iowa Choice Harvest, produces and packages. 

“We do a lot of sampling at grocery stores, and it’s …