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Dave & Buster’s plans stand-alone store in West Des Moines

A Dave & Buster’s arcade and sports bar is proposed for West Des Moines south of Jordan Creek Town Center. 

Dave & Buster’s, a popular Texas-based arcade and sports bar chain, plans to build an …

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LenderClose begins facilitating remote online notarization for mortgage closings

The Des Moines fintech company LenderClose announced Thursday it has made what it believes is the first-ever remote online notarization used to close a mortgage loan in Iowa. 

Remote online notarization transactions were authorized last week as …

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TRANSACTIONS: Hubbell Realty sells Copper Creek Golf Course

Copper Creek Golf Course, located in Pleasant Hill, has been sold to an investment group led by attorney Kenneth Hodges, Polk County real estate records show.


The course, developed in the mid-1990s in tandem with Hubbell Realty…
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Smokey Row planned in Waukee

The Waukee Planning and Zoning Commission on March 24 approved a site plan for a Hy-Vee Fast & Fresh and Smokey Row coffee shop with drive-thru. The project, located at 2855 Grand Prairie Parkway, would …

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Design of $55 million public works facility gains preliminary approval from Des Moines board

The public entry into the city of Des Moines’ planned Municipal Services Center II includes the use of at least four materials: glass, accent panels, precast concrete and metal, both painted and perforated. Renderings by OPN Architects…

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NOTEBOOK: City of Des Moines variance sets precedent for universal restrooms

National building code requires designers to calculate the occupancy level of a building and then have the required number of restrooms with the assumption that half those occupants are men and half are women. Many …

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Large warehouse, distribution center proposed in north D.M.

A large distribution center and warehouse project is proposed in north Des Moines on a site once eyed for a regional shopping center. 

This week the Des Moines City Council changed the land designation and …

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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS: Investment group buys Ankeny property from Catholic organizations

TJL Investments LLC and other investors paid Mercy Foundation of Des Moines and the Iowa Catholic Foundation of Southwest Iowa $3.4 million on Feb. 7 for 118 acres of farm ground in northwest Ankeny, Polk County …

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Two Hubbell commercial brokers honored

Two CBRE|Hubbell Commercial brokers have been named Broker of the Year by CBRE, the company announced. Tyler Dingel, senior vice president, and Riley Hogan, first vice president, were named CBRE|Hubbell Commercial Brokers of the Year…
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Berg, veteran commerical real estate broker, dies

Jan Berg (pictured), who helped pave the way in the local commercial real estate business for women, died March 17 after a brief illness. 

She was 64.

“She was really generous with her time with…