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PurFoods plans $5 million expansion to its headquarters in Ankeny

PurFoods LLC., which does business as Mom’s Meals, is planning a 20,500-square-foot expansion to its Ankeny headquarters. Photo courtesy of Polk County assessor

 

 

An Ankeny-based business that delivers meals nationwide to senior citizens is …

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New exterior design for Hy-Vee grocery stores revealed

A Hy-Vee grocery store planned for Grimes will include a new exterior design with brick, precast concrete panels and metal flashings in gray shades that range from light to charcoal.

The store will also include …

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Report: Public art, other amenities would attract more visitors to Ankeny

Among the public art features proposed for a portion of the High Trestle Trail that goes through Ankeny is a trestle-like structure by Adam Frelin. The structure would be about 15 feet tall and made …

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Site plan approved for Paws & Pints

The Des Moines Plan and Zoning Commission on Thursday approved the site plan for Paws & Pints, a business that will serve beverages and food and provide animal services including an indoor and outdoor dog park and …

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Des Moines attorney: CDC’s proposed order won’t halt all evictions

A proposed order issued this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that would temporarily prohibit landlords from evicting tenants unable to pay rent likely won’t halt all evictions, nor will it immediately …

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Market District Update: Map

 

In 1999, the 325 properties located in the 260-acre Market District area had an assessed valuation of $66.7 million, adjusted for inflation, according to Polk County assessor records. In 2019, the value had grown …

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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 …