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Survey: Downtown D.M. is Iowa’s most expensive place to rent an apartment

The most expensive place to rent an apartment in Iowa is in downtown Des Moines, according to a newly released survey by RentCafe.com.

The annual survey of most expensive ZIP codes for renters showed that in the …

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New Waukee brewery scheduled to open in summer 2020

An architect’s rendering of the entry to Kinship Brewing Co., planned to open in Waukee in the summer of 2020. Rendering by Invision.

Not long after Zach and Ann Dobeck got married, Zach revealed he …

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Details released for proposed Grand Avenue condo project

When Harry Bookey and Pamela Bass-Bookey walk through their neighborhood on Des Moines’ west side, they often pass a historic stone church at 3750 Grand Ave. that had been home of First Church of Christ, …

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Short-term rental owners weigh in on proposed regulations

Elma Sinanovich has been leasing three small condo units at the Kirkwood Hotel in downtown Des Moines as short-term rentals for about two years. 

She’s done so illegally.

Des Moines currently doesn’t allow short-term rentals …

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Public hearing scheduled today in Des Moines for short-term rentals

A public hearing on changes proposed to Des Moines’ zoning regulations for short-term rentals will be held at 5:30 p.m. today in the boardroom of the Richard A. Clark Municipal Service Center, 1551 E. Martin …

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Mad Meatball reopening in new apartment project

Mad Meatball, a popular pizzeria formerly located at Southeast Fifth Street and East Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, has a new home.

The restaurant will reopen in spring 2020 in ground-floor space at Linc at …

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Mysterious distribution center, code-named ‘Project Bluejay,’ could bring thousands of jobs to Des Moines metro

Des Moines Register: A massive five-story warehouse and distribution center could bring thousands of jobs to the Des Moines metro. Going by the code name, “Project Bluejay,” the 780,000-square-foot structure would be built on more …

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NOTEBOOK: The story behind how Sears came to be a tenant in Merle Hay Mall

Elizabeth Holland, chairman and general counsel of the Chicago-based Abbell Associates, was a keynote speaker at last week’s annual Iowa Commercial Real Estate Association Expo.

Holland’s grandfather, Joseph Abbell with others, developed Merle Hay Mall. …

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Plans for downtown Des Moines parking garage artwork revised

A plan to install slow-moving windmills on the side of a parking garage under construction in downtown Des Moines has been modified to ensure the artwork is safe, durable and easily maintained, Urban Review Design …

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Des Moines staff raise concerns about artwork proposed for parking garage

An architect’s rendering shows how tinted, translucent blades would be attached to the west facade of the parking garage under construction at Fifth Avenue and Walnut Street in downtown Des Moines. City staff have raised …