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Real Estate and Development

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Negotiations ongoing for purchase of former Sears building at Merle Hay Mall

Top: The former Sears store at Merle Hay Mall in Des Moines closed nearly a year ago. Windows are boarded up and brown paper covers the doors. Photo by Kathy A. Bolten
Bottom: The Sears store …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: The NFL team run by women

The Philadelphia Eagles’ front office is an outlier in athletics, which is largely dominated by men – four women are part of the senior leadership team. The team said it looked at candidates outside of …

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New coworking space opening in Des Moines area

Kirsten Anderson wanted a place to work that was conducive to planning workshops and completing requests for proposals but that also provided support and ideas to help her anti-harassment consulting business grow.

For the past …

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Notable transactions

The Cory Family Trust paid Kenyon Quarries LLC $1.2 million on Sept. 10 for 36.1 acres at 10006 N.E. 56th St., according to Polk County Recorder’s Office records. The ground is now farmland, valued at $46,100,…
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Architect group’s annual convention starts Thursday

The Iowa Chapter of the American Institute of Architects annual convention is Thursday and Friday at the Iowa Events Center, 833 Fifth Ave., Des Moines. The convention is from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. both …

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Open house planned for new Grimes apartment complex

An open house for a new Grimes apartment complex is planned for 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at Ascend at Heritage, 1704 N.E. Gateway Court., Grimes. The first phase of the complex, which includes 110 …

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Plans revealed for redevelopment of former AIB campus

The former AIB College of Business’ activities center has been sold to a group that will lease space to the Iowa Wolves minor league NBA team. Photo by Kathy A. Bolten

A partnership that includes the …

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Church preservation, 8-story residential building proposed on Grand Avenue

The Des Moines City Council will see a resolution on Monday outlining a developer’s proposed preservation of a vacant church property and construction of a new eight-story residential building on Grand Avenue. 

Developer Harry Bookey, operating as …

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County official: Public funding debate on soccer stadium in ‘absolute infancy’

A push is underway to attract a USL Championship men’s soccer team to Des Moines. Photo special to the Business Record

With the announcement that Des Moines could get a multiuse sports stadium for a United …

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Exclusive: The ‘unique’ moving, colorful art planned for new parking garage

Imagine circling through a multistory parking garage, becoming frazzled as you search for somewhere to park.

Now, imagine that experience driving through slowly rotating patchworks of colors, causing you to feel as if you’re floating …

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