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CRE Update: Urbandale’s rebranding effort starting to take hold

Changing people’s well-established habits is challenging, Urbandale city officials have learned during their campaign to rebrand an area around the 90-degree bend in the stretch of interstate highway that bisects the city.

Commonly called Rider …

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July 9: How to Improve Your Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace

Host: CREW Iowa
About: Please join us as we welcome Sharon Krohn, a certified leadership and career coach and executive search consultant from Chicago. Krohn will explain what emotional intelligence is and how you can …

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Report: Affordable housing out of reach for low-income Iowans

A full-time worker in Iowa needs to earn at least $15.44 per hour to be able to afford renting a modest two-bedroom apartment. That pay level — Iowa’s 2019 Housing Wage — was revealed in …

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Newton prison inmates building homes, learning a trade

KGLO Radio: A new program in a Central Iowa prison aims to help fill the state’s skilled labor shortage and bring quality, affordable homes to rural areas, while also helping keep offenders from returning to prison. …

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‘Rising Toward Community’ event to celebrate overcoming homelessness

Anawim Housing, in partnership with the Polk County Continuum of Care, will host an inaugural “Rising Toward Community” event on the summer solstice on June 21 – the first day of summer and the longest …

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CRE Update: Homebuilders voice concerns with latest zoning code draft

Homebuilder Ted Grob had a vision for a 4-acre tract along East 46th Street south of Hubbell Avenue in Des Moines: Develop the agricultural land into lots for single-family houses that would sell for under …

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Local investment firm buys Normandy Plaza

The real estate management arm of Bernau Capital, a West Des Moines investment firm, has bought the Normandy Plaza strip shopping center at 1960 Grand Ave. in West Des Moines for $5.6 million, documents filed …

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Iowa State launches real estate development master’s program


Iowa State University in August is launching a new Master of Real Estate Development degree program aimed at people currently working in the profession.

The 21-month, 33-credit-hour program is mostly online. However, three courses are …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: A growing national trend: Pocket neighborhoods

The availability of affordable housing for a range of age groups is a concern that has sparked discussion in many communities across the country, including the Greater Des Moines area. In the state of Washington, …

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Iowa City’s council gives final OK on zoning change for $200 million project

Construction at a 73-acre site in Iowa City is expected to begin in early 2020 after the City Council this week approved the final reading of an ordinance to change the zoning. The Iowa City …