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Market District Update: In 20 years, valuation of Market District land has grown 55%

In 2006, at the foot of the Iowa state Capitol, an adult bookstore operated at 200 S.E. Sixth St.

The 2,400-square-foot, one-story brick building with a stencil of a phoenix in its front window was …

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Market District Update: Copying a Denver success story

JSC Properties, as it develops the Market District, likely will request that the city of Des Moines vacate a portion of Third Street to create a private pedestrian alley, similar to what has been created …

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Market District Update: What’s the future of Market District’s single-family housing?

In the past two decades, 28% of the single-family houses that had been in a 260-acre area known as the Market District have disappeared, a review of Polk County assessor records shows.

Some of the …

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Market District Update: MidAmerican Energy officials mum about redevelopment of 11-acre tract

Several times during an August public meeting about the proposed redevelopment of a portion of the Market District, presenters mentioned Two Rivers Park.

“We think that the pedestrian life and the vibrancy that retail can …

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Market District Update: Developers eye features that will surprise visitors

In 10 years, when visitors stroll through a redeveloped area east of the Des Moines River, Paul Hayes wants them to be surprised.

“Think about the cities you like to visit,” the president of JSC …

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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS: Waukee storage facility sold

The following real estate transactions were recorded in Polk and Dallas counties between Aug. 21-28.
LDR Iowa IV LLC paid Des Moines Storage LC $1.65 million for property at 790 Frontier Road in Waukee, Dallas County…
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PROJECT UPDATE: PAWS & PINTS

Paws & Pints, an indoor and outdoor dog park and bar, is proposed to be located in a two-story, 29,800-square-foot facility on 31 acres at 6128 Willowmere Drive in Des Moines. Architectural rendering by Slingshot Architecture…

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Hayes: Former scrap processing site will be used as parking area for construction workers in Market District

Click on the photo above to hear Paul Hayes, president of JSC Properties, talk about plans for a nearly 2-acre tract at 306 S.E. Fifth St.

The nearly 2-acre site owned by a former scrap …

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New exterior design for Hy-Vee grocery stores revealed; new Grimes store will include nail salon

A proposed Hy-Vee grocery store in Grimes will include a new exterior design and new features inside including a nail salon. The rendering above shows a portion of the proposed 92,989-square-foot building. Rendering included in Grimes …

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Knoup recognized by National Association of Home Builders

Dan Knoup, executive director of the Home Builders Association of Greater Des Moines, has received the Gary Komarow Executive Officer of the Year Award from the Executive Officers Council of the National Association of Home …