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A Closer Look: Matt Felling

Chances are you have met the Fellings, late of Cedar Rapids, now living near Wakonda Golf and Country Club. Matt and Mary Felling arrived in the metro in April, when Matt was named general manager …

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Pleasant Hill council to vote on development loan for former water park site

The Pleasant Hill City Council will have a public hearing when it meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday on an agreement for the commercial and residential redevelopment of White Water University. Christensen Development plans to buy …

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Waukee has opening on planning and zoning commission

Waukee residents interested in serving on the city’s planning and zoning commission have until Feb. 16 to apply for an open seat. Members of the commission are appointed by the City Council. The seven-member board …

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R&R names top performers for 2017

R&R Real Estate Advisors has named Michael Malone, Adam Kaduce and Tom Gayman as the company’s top producing individual brokers of 2017. Senior Vice President Gayman was a top producer for industrial properties, with leases …

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Lossner a hall of famer

Justin Lossner, executive vice president for JLL’s Iowa office, has been named to the Midwest Real Estate News Hall of Fame. Lossner outlined the personality traits needed to be a successful commercial broker, including “being …

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Bricker-Price open houses set for this weekend

With the $2.1 million restoration of the Bricker-Price Block completed in Earlham, open houses are set for Feb. 10 and 11. Gov. Kim Reynolds will attend an event that begins at 3 p.m. Feb. 10 …

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Pillars sketches out a development plan

The Des Moines City Council has approved a letter of intent to sign a 99-year lease at $1 a year on roughly 7 acres of city-owned land for a redevelopment project sponsored by the nonprofit …

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A quiet conversion

A three-story warehouse is being renovated with little fanfare and no tax incentives along Southwest Fifth Street in Des Moines and, at least for now, that’s just the way owner and rehabber Craig Fritzjunker likes …

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Nonprofit would pay a buck a year for 99 years to redevelop Grubb Y land

A nonprofit group that has operated behind the scenes for more than a year as it pieces together a redevelopment plan for 7 acres of city-owned land near the Grubb YMCA will discuss elements of …

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A new name and location for historic Des Moines architectural and engineering firm

Brooks Borg Skiles Architecture Engineering LLP has changed its name to BBS Architects | Engineers and moved to a building the firm designed for EMC Insurance Cos. at 219 Eighth St. BBS is in Suite …