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Hubbell taps into Omaha homebuilding market

Hubbell Realty Co. acquired a multi-tiered Omaha homebuilder and development company in a deal that closed Dec. 31 and gives the firm a foothold in a growing market that is similar to Greater Des Moines.…

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Land Investment Expo features hemp, Ernst, Martha Stewart

A little more than three weeks to go before the 12th edition of Peoples Co.’s Land Investment Expo, and the agenda is growing. With hemp resurrected as a legal crop, thanks to the farm bill …

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Indoor adventure park planned for former Springwood theater in Ankeny

An abandoned Ankeny movie theater, all 27,774 square feet of it, will see new life as an indoor adventure park, complete with wall-to-wall trampolines, dodgeball courts, obstacle courses and tube playgrounds with multi-level climbing ropes …

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R&R Realty Group at home in firm’s new W.D.M. office complex

Commercial real estate developer and brokerage R&R Realty Group is the first tenant of the company’s 180,000-square-foot Westfield office campus on Jordan Creek Parkway in West Des Moines. Westfield is two 80,000-square-foot office buildings joined …

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West Des Moines council approves later completion dates for Microsoft data farm

The West Des Moines City Council approved a series of delays Wednesday in the completion dates for Microsoft Corp.’s data farm that will be located west of Interstate 35 in portions of Warren and Madison …

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Microsoft seeks delays in finishing third West Des Moines data center

The West Des Moines City Council will vote today on a series of delays in the completion dates for Microsoft Corp.’s data farm that will be located west of Interstate 35 in portions of Warren …

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The spirits still move Scott Bush

Scott Bush sold a major stake in Templeton Rye two years ago, but as proof that the spirits never really left him, he has returned as the proprietor of Foundry Distilling Co. in West Des …

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Sammons asks state board to hold off on development incentives; Ankeny projects with potential for 500 jobs get IEDA approval

The Iowa Economic Development Authority board granted tax incentives to two Ankeny projects that could generate 500 jobs, but deferred action on plans by Sammons Financial Group to expand in West Des Moines after the …

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All part of a plan, RDG makes changes at the top

Justin Platts is the new president of RDG Planning & Design, while Jack Patton has been named chief operating officer of the firm, which has offices in Des Moines, Omaha, St. Louis, Iowa City and …

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FHLB Des Moines provides $52M for affordable housing

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines has provided more than $51.6 million in affordable housing grants in its district, made up of 13 states, including Iowa, and three U.S. Pacific territories, according to …