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3 entities submit proposals for public uses for historic federal courthouse

Three nonprofit or public entities have submitted proposals for public uses for the federal courthouse located at 123 E. Walnut St. in Des Moines, according to a spokesperson for the U.S. General Services Administration.

The …

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University of Iowa hospital eyeing $95M ‘vertical expansion of inpatient tower’

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Well before University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics erects a new tower for patients — a long-term project officials revealed earlier this year — it is looking to spend $95 million adding two …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: U.S. housing affordability worst since 1989

Last week, the National Association of Realtors reported that its housing affordability index fell to 98.5 in June, the lowest level since June 1989, writes Nicole Friedman for the Wall Street Journal. The index factors in …

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A Closer Look: Matt Daniels

During college, Matt Daniels learned the ins and outs of home construction while working during the summers for a homebuilder.

“That’s where I got excited about the business,” said Daniels, who in March became director …

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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS: Adel group buys apartments buildings in Des Moines

A group based in Adel has purchased three apartment buildings located in the Waveland Park neighborhood in Des Moines, Polk County real estate records show. Latus Capital LLC, located in Adel, paid 4314 University LLC $935,000 for…
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WHAT’S BEING BUILT?: 900-plus multifamily units under construction in Des Moines area

Meadowview of Clive, a 106-unit senior living facility, is among the 12 multifamily projects underway in the Des Moines area. Architectural rendering by TWP Architects

 

In the first six months of 2022, commercial building permits …

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‘COVID could have swallowed us.’ It didn’t.

Kyle and Megan Casey with their dogs, Murphy, Cora and Myers, outside Paws & Pints, which opens on Thursday. PHOTO BELOW: More than 20,000 square feet of synthetic grass was used throughout Paws & Pints, including in…
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Judge rules names of landowners in path of pipeline should be made public

Des Moines Register: The developer of a proposed $4.5 billion carbon capture pipeline in Iowa must release the names of landowners who could be impacted along its roughly 680-mile route, a district judge ruled. Summit Carbon …

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Wells Fargo plans major retreat from mortgage business

Wells Fargo & Co. plans to shrink its vast mortgage empire, which once churned out one of every three home loans in the U.S. and for a time made the bank the most valuable in …

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Iowa could forfeit million of dollars in federal rent assistance

Axios Des Moines: Iowa has yet to spend nearly $80 million of federal emergency rent assistance it received in late 2020, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition. Millions of dollars could be forfeited if …