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NOTEBOOK: Mural planned for proposed downtown Des Moines building

The view from Court Avenue looking northwest at the proposed five-story commercial building, part of Justin Mandelbaum’s the Fifth development, with the mural on the east facade. Architect rendering by Solomon Cordwell Buenz

Much of what …

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Texas Roadhouse planned for West Des Moines

Architectural rendering submitted to the city of West Des Moines for a planned Texas Roadhouse at 6378 Mills Civic Parkway.

Texas Roadhouse, a popular steakhouse chain based in Kentucky, plans to build a 7,100-square-foot restaurant at …

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Des Moines University paid $8.5 million for site for new campus

Des Moines University President Angela Walker Franklin, in June, announced the university’s plans to build a new campus in West Des Moines. Business Record file photo

Des Moines University paid W&G McKinney Farms LLC nearly $8.5 …

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$6.7 million price tag for Project Bluejay land, records show

Ryan Companies US Inc. bought 169 acres in Bondurant recently. The site is where a 780,000-square-foot warehouse/distribution/fulfillment center is planned. Google map.

Ryan Companies US Inc. paid 14 Bondurant landowners more than $6.7 million for 169 …

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Austin-based dine-in movie chain will likely anchor Court Avenue commercial development

A rendering by architects Solomon Cordwell Buenz shows the five-story commercial building planned at Fifth and Court avenues. Developer Justin Mandelbaum is in negotiations with an Austin, Texas, movie chain to anchor the project. Rendering special …

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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 …