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ICREA meeting will feature information about master’s degree at ISU

Information about Iowa State University’s new master’s degree in real estate development will be presented during the Iowa Commercial Real Estate Association’s monthly meeting at 7:15 a.m. June 6, at the Des Moines Golf & …

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Urbandale hires assistant economic development director

Iowa native Aaron DeJong, director of economic development for Louisville, Colo., will become Urbandale’s assistant director of economic development in July.

DeJong, whose annual salary will be $99,382, received a bachelor’s degree in community and economic …

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CMBA Architects has new staff person

Cathy Koch has joined CMBA Architects as a registered interior designer. Koch received her Bachelor of Arts degree in interior design from the University of Northern Iowa. She previously worked for UNI Facilities Planning, SVPA …

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Regents to vote on sale of former AIB campus

The Iowa Board of Regents will vote next week on the proposed sale of the former AIB College of Business Campus at 2500 Fleur Drive.

Officials at the University of Iowa, which acquired the property in …

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$8 million restoration planned for Argonne building on western edge of downtown Des Moines

The Argonne Apartment Building at 1723 Grand Ave. will undergo a nearly $8 million restoration beginning this fall. Photo by Kathy A. Bolten

The most frequently asked question about plans for the Argonne Apartment Building …

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Hawkeye Hotels begins another historic rehab project

Corridor Business Journal: Hawkeye Hotels, while restoring the Hotel Fort Des Moines, has just begun another major historic renovation project in Minneapolis with a local partner that will create a dual-branded hotel. Lodging magazine reports Coralville-based …

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City of Waterloo is sued over failed convention center deal

Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: A developer is suing the city of Waterloo and Ramada Hotel over his failed attempt to buy and renovate the Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center. LK Waterloo filed a lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. …

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KENT DARR: It’s been a joy

I’ve set a few goals for my last week at the Business Record. Walk out the door without eating the last strawberry Pop Tart in the vending machine, make a clean sweep of the clutter …

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Sale of D.M. parking garage receives final approval

The Des Moines City Council this week gave its final approval this week to sell the city’s 843-space parking garage at 750 Mulberry St. to EMC Insurance Cos. for $14.9 million. All of the paperwork associated with …

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Iowa’s average cash farmland rent declines to 2017 levels

Corridor Business Journal: Cash rental rates for Iowa farmland declined 1.4% to a statewide average of $219 per acre, according to the new ISU Extension and Outreach Cash Rental Rates for Iowa 2019 survey. The …