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Real Estate and Development

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People spaces

Maybe you’ve heard about We. It’s a Boston-based company, formerly known as WeWork, that in the beginning offered what might best be described as fleeting office space. If you needed a place to plant a …

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Fed courthouse: ‘They came back and gave us a box’

All is not quiet on the federal courthouse front.

The Des Moines City Council voted Monday to send a letter to the chief of the General Services Administration objecting to what City Councilwoman Linda Westergaard …

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Family entertainment center at Merle Hay Mall among recent retail developments

The reconfiguring of Merle Hay Mall will include a 13,904-square-foot sports bar and family entertainment center called Gameday that is set to open later this year in a space currently occupied by Jay’s CD and Hobby, …

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Bruere receives national recognition for auction sales

Peoples Co. President Steve Bruere has been named an APEX 2018 National Broker of the Year by the Realtors Land Institute, a division of the National Association of Realtors. Bruere’s award was for auction land …

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Bankers Trust, Veridian are branching out

Bankers Trust Co. has opened a new 7,000-square-foot branch office at 1925 N. Ankeny Blvd., Ankeny. The new building has more than three times as much space as the bank’s former Ankeny location. In addition …

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Architects reported slower growth in billings in February

Architecture firm billings growth softened in February but remained positive, according to a report today from the American Institute of Architects. The index registered 50.3 last month, down from 55.3 in January. Any score above …

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Lossner named managing director, co-leader of JLL Des Moines

Justin Lossner has been named managing director of JLL Des Moines, joining Marcus Pitts as a managing director and co-leader of the office, which serves Iowa markets. “Marcus and Justin have been incredibly instrumental in …

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CoStar names Greater Des Moines ‘power brokers’

CBRE|Hubbell Commercial and JLL Des Moines were named both the top commercial real estate leasing and top sales firms by data and listings firm CoStar Realty Information Inc. Individual CoStar power brokers for 2018 are …

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Report: Housing takes up half of earnings for some households

Central Iowa has a housing gap that is eating up more than half the earnings of some families, according to a report from the Polk County Housing Trust Fund in partnership with the National Low-Income …

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Land specialists report 3% drop in Iowa farmland values

The average value of Iowa farmland has dropped 2.7 percent over the last year, according to a survey of specialists in farm and land sales, management, development and appraisal. Values varied by crop reporting district, with a …