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Des Moines City Council approves new zoning code

The Des Moines City Council on Wednesday passed the final reading of an ordinance establishing a new city zoning code but not before it was chastised by one of its members.

“We’ve worked on this …

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Architect explains struggles over designing 8-story condo on former church site

An architectural rendering by Hartman Trapp Architectural Studio in Des Moines shows how the church building’s tower would be replicated in the proposed eight-story condo building. Special to the Business Record

As architect Brad Hartman and …

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Scheels plans new warehouse in West Des Moines

Scheels plans to build a 30,000-square-foot warehouse at 175 S. Ninth St. in West Des Moines, city officials said recently. The sporting goods retailer, which has a store at Jordan Creek Town Center in West …

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Construction of new Johnston housing development underway

Construction has begun on 11 houses in Johnston’s Birchwood Crossing neighborhood, Hubbell Homes announced. The houses, with starting prices of about $245,000, will back up to a mature line of trees and are near Timber Ridge Elementary …

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Owner explains how new Waukee brewery got its name

When Zach Dobeck names a new beer he’s brewed, he likes to pay homage to someone who has had a positive impact on his life.
   

The Sheriff is named after his father, Tim Dobeck, a …

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Ambitious town center project planned for Johnston

A conceptual rendering of the proposed Johnston Town Center planned at Northwest 62nd Avenue and Merle Hay Road. Special to the Business Record.

About 20 years ago, investment by owners in properties located along Merle Hay…
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Changes made to proposed Market District housing project

 

Since 2015, several projects have been proposed on vacant city-owned land north of East Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway between Southeast Sixth and Southeast Seventh streets.

None has moved forward.

Now, developer Frank Levy…
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$30 million expansion of Des Moines’ Cownie Soccer Park proposed

A consultant is proposing that the city of Des Moines expand the James W. Cownie Soccer Park on 87 acres along Hartford Avenue, about a mile south of the current facility. The cost of the…
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Ames industrial site certified as “super park”

Ames’ planned Prairie View Industrial Center near the intersection of Interstate Highway 35 and U.S. Highway 30 has become the state’s latest certified “super park,” the Iowa Economic Development Authority announced.

The 730 acres will …

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Signs point to Amazon being mystery company behind $250M Bondurant development

Des Moines Register: Just like the arrow in its logo, all signs point to Amazon being the mystery company behind the massive warehouse and distribution center coming to the Des Moines metro area. State documents obtained …