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House sales and pending sales rose; prices dropped last month in Greater Des Moines

Greater Des Moines house sales increased 9 percent in October, though the median sales price dropped 5.5 percent to $191,200 from $202,500 in September and 4.4 percent from $200,000 in October 2017, the Des Moines …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: How to live in 200 square feet


From Fast Company, learn about Ori, a company formed by MIT graduates trying to come up with a way to save space for the inhabitants of the globe, 66 percent of whom are expected to live in…
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Welcome to the neighborhood

In case you have missed it, a glass cube has emerged from a bare patch of ground in the Western Gateway. It glows in the dark and it offers see-through views of a company at…
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Efforts continue on bringing housing to Merle Hay Mall

The city of Urbandale will press ahead with efforts to place a mixed-rate apartment building at Merle Hay Mall as part of a plan that could provide housing for mall shoppers and workers and help …

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Rejiggering development deals in Des Moines

The Des Moines City Council has agreed to the preliminary terms of a deal to push back the payoff of a 2007 federal loan used to trigger the development of Gray’s Landing to 2040. 

The …

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Hubbell starts construction of final warehouse at Grimes Distribution Center

Hubbell Realty Co. has started construction on the fifth and final warehouse at its Grimes Distribution Center. The $8 million building sits on over 8 acres and will have frontage along Iowa Highway 141, which …

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Class A office building planned for Urbandale’s Plum Drive

A Clive developer is planning a 13,000-square-foot Class A office building along Urbandale’s Plum Drive. The City Council approved a development agreement for the project Tuesday that includes a five-year, declining-scale property tax rebate, with …

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More than cosmetics

If you’re one of the 300 or so employees of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, bring a sense of wanderlust to the office.

A stroll through the specialized lender’s new offices can …

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Apartment building could be part of Merle Hay Mall redevelopment

The owners of Merle Hay Mall, Anawim Housing and the city of Urbandale are weighing a plan to place apartments on the west side of the shopping center, where large anchors Younkers and Sears were…
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ABC of Iowa opens enlarged apprenticeship center

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Iowa has opened its expanded apprenticeship training center in Grimes, according to a release. The Grimes facility was first built in 2013 and was 8,000 square feet. After six …

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