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Site plan for Waveland Trolley Loop gains support from boards

      Two Des Moines boards today recommended approval of a site plan for the proposed Waveland Trolley Loop park and interactive streetcar sculpture. The park would be located in the 4900 block of…
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Oct 19, 2021
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BREAKING: Massive warehouse planned in Woodward: Is it Amazon?

A massive warehouse and distribution facility is planned on 120 acres south of Iowa Highway 141 in the Woodward Eco-Business Park in Woodward.

The Woodward City Council this week approved the site plan for a …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Oct 14, 2021
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$24M expansion planned at Valley Southwoods ninth grade school

A 29,000-square-foot addition is planned at West Des Moines’ Valley Southwoods School. The addition will house career and technical education programming, including culinary arts. The $24 million project is expected to be completed by August …
By BPC Staff | Oct 13, 2021
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Landmark restaurant to reopen soon in renovated building

Chuck’s Restaurant, at 3610 Sixth Ave. in Des Moines, is expected to reopen later this month after the building in which its located underwent a $1.4 million renovation. “The business owners in [Highland Park] knew…
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Oct 13, 2021
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Renovation of Oak Park/Highland Park building underway

Renovation is underway on a single-story building at 3523 Sixth Ave. in Des Moines, and the structure’s owner expects the work to be completed by mid-2022.

Developer Joe Cordaro, principal of West Des Moines-based Benchmark …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Oct 13, 2021
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Brewery, restaurant planned in renovated Highland Park building

The building at 413 Euclid Ave. in Des Moines housed the French Way Cleaners & Dyers beginning in the mid-1920s. An expansion was added in the 1930s to the west of the two-story brick building.…
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Oct 13, 2021
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Apartments, commercial planned near new Des Moines University campus

Changes to the zoning and land uses of 64.2 acres north of the new Des Moines University campus were approved this week by West Des Moines’ Plan and Zoning Commission.

The changes will allow development …
By BPC Staff | Oct 13, 2021
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JLL report: Des Moines-area office vacancy rate at 15.8%

Just 117,500 square feet of office space is under construction in the Des Moines area, the lowest amount since 2013, according to a third-quarter office market report issued by JLL Inc., a global commercial real…
By BPC Staff | Oct 13, 2021
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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS: Downtown Des Moines apartment building sold for $40.7 million

An Indianapolis-based real estate development company has sold a downtown Des Moines apartment building for $40.75 million, Polk County real estate records show.

District at 6th LLC, developed by TWG Development LLC, sold the 213-unit …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Oct 13, 2021
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Des Moines housing project receives $8.9 million federal grant

A 100-unit proposed apartment project on Des Moines’ south side has been awarded an $8.9 million grant from U.S. Housing and Urban Development Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly program. AHEPA Affordable Housing Management …
By BPC Staff | Oct 11, 2021