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Albaugh family donates $500,000 to new Ankeny community center

A new senior community center under construction at 250 N.W. Ash Drive in Ankeny will be called Albaugh Family Senior Community Center. Dennis and Susan Albaugh are providing a $500,000 donation to the center. Architectural rendering …

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Nearly $1.1 million invested in Des Moines neighborhoods through new program

Before (left) and after photos of a house in the Drake neighborhood that was painted as part of a grant program with Invest DSM. Photos special to the Business Record

A block challenge grant program spearheaded …

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$12 million warehouse proposed in Ankeny

Echo Group Inc., which provides sales and support for wholesale electric supply markets, is proposing to construct a $12 million warehouse and distribution center at Southeast Delaware Avenue and Southeast Corporate Woods Drive, according to …

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At 11 a.m. on 11/11, Des Moines’ newest hotel opened for business

Mulberry Street Tavern, with its heavy wood accents, occupies the southeast corner of the building and can be seen from both Mulberry Street and Sixth Avenue. Photo by Joe Crimmings

Walk past the lobby of Des …

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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS: Building that once housed biscuit factory sold for $2.6 million

This historic downtown Des Moines building that once housed a factory was sold for $2.65 million. Photo courtesy of the Polk County assessor

A former downtown Des Moines factory building that was once home to a …

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Dubuque-based credit union eyeing second metro-area site

Dubuque-based Dupaco Credit Union is considering opening a branch in Waukee. Architectural rendering by FEH Design

The Waukee Plan and Zoning Commission Tuesday approved a site plan for Dupaco, a Dubuque-based credit union. If the proposed…
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Commercial building permits valued at $279.4 million issued in Des Moines area in October

A $12.5 million building permit has been issued for a senior housing project at 5555 Pioneer Parkway in Johnston. Architectural rendering by Trossen Wright Plutowski Architects PA

     

Work has begun on a …

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Construction begins on Zora, new bar-restaurant slated to open next spring on Ingersoll Avenue

 

Click on the screen image to see what Zora, a new bar-restaurant under construction at 2120 Ingersoll Ave., will look like in the evening. Below is a rendering of the two-story structure. Watch videoArchitectural rendering …

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Reminders of Highland Park hardware store found in new coffee shop

Reminders of the former occupant of the building at 3613 Sixth Ave. — Highland Park Hardware — can be seen throughout the refurbished space now occupied by Slow Down Coffee Co. Photo by Joe Crimmings

For …

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Millions of visitors expected at new complex

Planning for a new $250 million development in Grimes was accelerating last spring when the pandemic shut down the nation – and Iowa.

For several weeks, discussions about the 200-acre-plus Hope District paused while people …