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Opus launches industrial warehouse projects

The Opus Group is set to expand the industrial office and warehouse footprint in Greater Des Moines by several hundred thousand square feet.

It is ready to start construction on a 208,252-square-foot speculative industrial office …

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Effort seeks regional common building, fire codes

Johnston City Administrator Jim Sanders is leading an effort to review building and fire codes in Greater Des Moines and determine whether there is way to make them more consistent.

The effort is one of …

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DMACC Foundation extends entrepreneurship contest deadline

The Des Moines Area Community College Foundation has extended the deadline for the first round of the DMACC Foundation Entrepreneurship Competition to May 29. The competition is open to DMACC students and alumni who live in Iowa …

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Dissension evident despite decision to pursue bus rapid transit grant

It turns out not all Greater Des Moines leaders are convinced that the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) should pursue bus rapid transit, widely seen as the next big thing in Greater Des …

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Potential new development partnership could complete Younkers rehab

Blackbird Investments, a development team that has completed the renovation of a historic warehouse in downtown Des Moines and is planning a residential build out at Historic Fort Des Moines, is considering a partnership with …

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Katz: D.M., other cities must fend for themselves

Bruce Katz, vice president and director of the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program, will make his first trip to Des Moines on Tuesday. He’ll spend about 24 hours touring the city, meeting with leaders, speaking …

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The Elbert Files: Wasting gas tax & other failures

You were right,” said my friend K.C. when I ran into him on a warm spring day at the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park.

“I am?” I said, somewhat stunned. K.C. rarely gives me …

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Gitomer: Is it a lead or a referral?

Having attended several networking events lately, I have heard the terms “lead” and “referral” bantered around.

Which would you rather have? Referrals, of course. It’s the personal power of a sales lead. A recommendation, not …

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McLellan: Are you a commodity?

One of the first questions we ask a new client is “how are you different?”  We usually hear things like:

1. Our people are better

2. Our products/services are better

But rarely do we hear …

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A year for the books

For a guy who says he had no real purpose in life after graduating from Marquette University, Gerry Neugent has done all right for himself, and for Knapp Properties, where he was named president and …