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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Urban Institute attempts to solve puzzle of low homeownership among millennials

The Urban Institute has gone to the trouble of quantifying the reasons the homeownership rate among millennials trails previous generations, and it has done us the favor of recommending some policy changes that might put…
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Mercy Behavioral Health Hospital gets green light to build in Clive

Rendering by Johnson Johnson Crabtree Architects, Nashville

Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines will be adding 100 mental health beds in Iowa. 

The Iowa Health Facilities Council today unanimously approved Mercy’s request to construct a 100-bed inpatient …

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Demolition begins on Waterloo dog track

Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: Demolition contractors on Wednesday began tearing down the dilapidated Waterloo Greyhound Park dog track, which had turned into a community eyesore as its future languished in the courts. Deer Creek Development, which purchased …

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Stahl Construction begins work on new Ankeny library

Minneapolis-based Stahl Construction, which has an Urbandale office, recently began work on the two-story, 55,000-square-foot Kirkendall Public Library in Ankeny. The new library will be located at 1250 S.W. District Drive in the Prairie Trail …

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Beal Derkenne completes Iowa City project

Rise at Riverfront Crossings has been completed ahead of schedule and turned over to the project owner CA Ventures, Beal Derkenne co-owner Andy Beal said in an email. The 573,000-square-foot project included a number of …

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Barrent Group acquired by American Mortgage Consultants

The Barrent Group, formed in 2008 by Richard Barrent and the late Richard Levitt to break down the mystery behind complicated mortgages, their investors and applicants, has been acquired by American Mortgage Consultants Inc., according …

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A web platform for the for-sale-by-owner set

Chad Torstenson’s education and training are in the medical profession, but a real estate deal three years ago turned his attention to home sales. 

Torstenson, an emergency room doctor who also carries a master’s in …

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Steak N Shake browsing the Greater Des Moines market

KW Commercial broker Jared Husmann is helping a Steak N Shake franchise operator find land for the dine-in or drive-and-dine restaurant in Greater Des Moines. The popular restaurant currently operates in Coralville and Davenport, but …

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Real estate ‘for sale’ sign is getting a digital makeover

Fast Company: The real estate unicorn Compass, worth $2.2 billion, wants to connect front-lawn signage to the digital world. The final prototype, in the shape of a magnifying glass, stands tall in a company conference …

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Veridian starts work on Waukee branch

Veridian Credit Union has started construction of a new branch that is scheduled to open in spring 2019 at 655 E. Hickman Road. The new branch will employ nine people in nearly 4,000 square feet …