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NOTEBOOK: CREW panel: ‘It’s OK to not be OK’

If there’s one thing that was made very clear at the Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Iowa annual panel event Sept. 14, it was that attending to your own mental health and well-being is more …

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Boyd Jones expands into Iowa

Boyd Jones, a construction services firm headquartered in Omaha, has expanded into Iowa. The company, founded in 1924,  has opened an office at 1631 S.W. Main St. in Ankeny. “We’re excited about the expansion,” Jon …

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Rory Wiebel joins Knutson Construction

Rory Wiebel has joined Knutson Construction as senior project manager for Iowa. Wiebel, an Iowa State University graduate, has more than 20 years of experience in the construction industry. Wiebel comes from Iowa-based Russell construction where he …

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Auto dealership proposed in Altoona’s Prairie Crossing

A large Midwest automotive group is eyeing opening a dealership in an Altoona development that includes an outlet shopping center, restaurants and hotels.

Officials with Gurley Leep Automotive Family, headquartered in Indiana, are seeking an …

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Des Moines unveils ideas for South of Gray’s Lake, a potential development hot spot

Des Moines Register: Redevelopment is afoot in an industrial area south of Gray’s Lake, and city leaders want to be prepared for what they think could become a prime area for new housing as well as …

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$10 million multiuse project planned north of downtown Des Moines

A mixed-use commercial project is being proposed at 1714 Sixth Ave. in Des Moines. Marquas Ashworth’s project would include 12,000 square feet of street-level commercial space and 32 apartments, 51% of which would be leased …

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More details released on sale of former Social Club facility

An out-of-town developer will pay $3.1 million for the former Des Moines Social Club building at Ninth and Mulberry streets, information provided to the Des Moines City Council shows.

The pending sale of the former …

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Costco site plan approved by Ankeny commission

The site plan for Costco, a members-only big box retail store proposed on nearly 21 acres north of Northeast 36th Street and east of Interstate Highway 35 in Ankeny, was approved Wednesday by Ankeny’s Plan and Zoning …

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Offer accepted for purchase of Historic Firehouse No. 1, sale contingent on City Council approval

A buyer has been found for the historic Firehouse No. 1 campus at Ninth and Mulberry streets with an offer being accepted from Matt Abbott, owner of Abbott Properties, Abbott Events and Abbott Hospitality Group.…

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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS: Des Moines apartment complex sold to North Dakota group

A real estate investment trust based in Fargo, N.D. has purchased a Des Moines apartment complex for $36 million, Polk County real estate records show. 

Jackson Crossing, a 244-unit complex at 100 Jackson Ave., (pictured) was purchased by …