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Von Maur exploring leasing former Younkers space at Jordan Creek instead of building new store

Von Maur, the Davenport-based department store chain known for its live piano music, is exploring whether to lease existing unoccupied space at Jordan Creek Town Center rather than build a new facility, the West Des …

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Proposed Waukee entertainment district development inches forward

Developer Daniel Pettit is moving forward with plans to develop an entertainment district on the northwest corner of Ashworth Road and Grand Prairie Parkway (inset photo) in Waukee. The bigger photo was taken looking south …

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Developer, city officials negotiating changes to agreement for downtown project

Developer Justin Mandelbaum and Des Moines city officials are negotiating an amendment to a development agreement for his $200 million downtown project that would extend to 2020 the beginning of construction on a tower and …

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Iowa State’s design programs ranked among the nation’s best

Iowa State University’s landscape architecture, interior design and architecture programs are ranked among the top 25 in the United States, according to the latest survey of practitioners by DesignIntelligence. The survey ranked Iowa State’s undergraduate …

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Coldwell Banker adds commercial division

Coldwell Banker Mid-America Group, Realtors has expanded into the commercial real estate arena, joining the Coldwell Banker Commercial network as Coldwell Banker Commercial Mid-America, the company announced this week. In addition, Brad Long, a longtime Des Moines-area …

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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 …