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Kruger named CFO for Kinzler Construction Services

  Breanne Kruger, pictured, has been appointed chief financial officer of Ankeny-based Kinzler Construction Services, a family and employee-owned construction subcontractor that installs and distributes building materials in Iowa, Minnesota, Colorado and Texas. Kruger, an…
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W.D.M. cemetery will no longer be island in the middle of a road

The city of West Des Moines has been taking aerial photos of construction work showing the widening of Mills Civic Parkway. This image shows the route of the road around Huston Cemetery, located in the…
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Hubbell steps down as Hubbell Realty’s chairman; Ingham named new chairman

                              Jim Hubbell III, on the left, has stepped down as Hubbell Realty Co.’s board of directors chairman. Fred Ingham, right,…
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114-unit apartment building planned for Bridge District downtown

The Banks Townhomes, a part of Hubbell Realty Co.’s Bridge District development just east of the Des Moines River. Photo provided by Hubbell Realty Co.

Construction is expected to begin in 2020 on a 114-unit, five-story …

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NOTEBOOK: How other states, cities are addressing affordable housing issue

Earlier this month, Des Moines’ Plan and Zoning Commission declined to back the city staff’s recommendation to establish minimum size requirements for newly constructed houses in the city.

Said Commissioner Rocky Sposato during the meeting …

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63 acres in northeast D.M. rezoned for residential construction

Workers last week moved dirt on 63 acres in the 3301 block of East 56th Street in northeast Des Moines. The land was rezoned this week to allow construction of single- and multifamily residences. Photo by …

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Cat cafe proposed for Valley Junction redevelopment project

Scott Cutler of Cutler Development bought the building at 312 Fifth St. in West Des Moines and plans to renovate it to include five apartments and first-floor retail space that likely will be a cat cafe. Photo…
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D.M. zoning commission refuses to endorse minimum sizes for new houses

The Des Moines Plan and Zoning Commission Thursday sent a new citywide zoning code to the City Council without recommending minimum sizes for newly built houses.

The minimum house size requirements sparked an outcry among …

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D.M. city staff to propose reductions in house size requirements

Des Moines city staffers today will recommend to the Plan and Zoning Commission revisions to a new zoning ordinance that include removal of a requirement for basements in newly built houses and across-the-board reductions in minimum square …

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Exclusive: D.M. council members propose code changes to appease affordable housing advocates; P&Z meets tonight

Three Des Moines City Council members, in an effort to find middle ground in a controversy over proposed minimum sizes for new houses, have developed guidelines they hope will quell homebuilders’ and others’ concerns that …