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Hawkeye Hotels plans to build a Hampton Inn in Cedar Falls

Hawkeye Hotels has filed plans in Cedar Falls for a six-story Hampton Inn at a prominent downtown location, the Corridor Business Journal reported. The Coralville firm is seeking to build the 120- to 130-room facility …

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Miller and other AGs reach settlement with mortgage company

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller and attorneys general from 48 other states plus the District of Columbia, and more than 40 state mortgage regulators, have reached a $45 million settlement with New Jersey-based mortgage lender …

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Grossman joins KW Commercial

Mick Grossman has joined KW Commercial Realty Des Moines as a director. Grossman has 15 years’ experience as a commercial real estate agent, with a total of 10 years at Iowa Realty Commercial. He also …

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Django needs a home

Django restaurant is looking for a new home in downtown Des Moines after operating for 10 years at the Hotel Fort Des Moines. With a complete renovation of the historic hotel expected to start this …

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Johnston reports a year of ‘solid growth’

The city of Johnston is marking 2017 as a year of “solid growth,” with $99.1 million in new taxable valuation that includes the addition of 68 single-family homes and $27.8 million in commercial projects, according …

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Costa named president and COO of Knapp Properties

Knapp Properties Inc. entered the new year with changes to its leadership structure.

Chris Costa, who has been with the prominent real estate and development firm for more than 20 years, is the new president …

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Lessons from the past year

As 2017 nears its close, the Business Record asked you, our readers, to tell share what lessons you learned in the last 12 months that others in the business community could benefit from hearing. 

And …

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Earlham’s Bricker-Price project has an executive director

Ken Sidey has been named  executive director of the Bricker-Price Block, a $2.1 million project to restore the historic block in Earlham aimed at expanding educational, cultural and recreational opportunities. Sidey led a similar effort …

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Fridley will break ground on Waukee Imax complex on Jan. 3

Fridley Theatres will kick off the new year by breaking ground on a Waukee movie theater complex that will feature what is purported to be the largest Imax Laser GT screen in the state. A …

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NOTEBOOK:Without warning, CRE provider shutters operations

When the lights went out last week at Kansas City, Mo.-based commercial real estate listing and research company Xceligent Inc., the darkness spread to Greater Des Moines, where the company was the first to provide …