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Catching up on the Riverfront Y property

Here’s an interesting thought to consider while the city of Des Moines and Hubbell Realty Co. hash out the details of what might rise from the rubble of the old Riverfront YMCA.


Those discussions could…
By KENT DARR | Jun 23, 2016
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Knapp Properties has plan for neighborhood commercial center that is long in the tooth

Here’s something that doesn’t happen very often in Greater Des Moines. Knapp Properties Inc. is about to demolish a two-story retail and office center on the east side of Des Moines to make way for…
By KENT DARR | Jun 22, 2016
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NOTEBOOK:In Des Moines, developers should take heed of the pedestrian experience

A colleague from my days at The Columbus Dispatch was in town last week to attend the annual conference of the Alliance of Area Business Publishers. These days, Mary Yost is editor of Columbus CEO…
By KENT DARR | Jun 22, 2016
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Inclusionary housing ordinance clears first vote

Iowa City Press-Citizen: Iowa City on Tuesday took its first major step toward enacting the state’s first inclusionary housing ordinance aimed at increasing the affordable housing stock in the Riverfront Crossings District.  …
By BPC Staff | Jun 22, 2016
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Inclusionary housing ordinance clears first vote

Iowa City Press-Citizen: Iowa City on Tuesday took its first major step toward enacting the state’s first inclusionary housing ordinance aimed at increasing the affordable housing stock in the Riverfront Crossings District.  …
By BPC Staff | Jun 22, 2016
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Waukee council votes to play fair

Waukee city officials have asked to appear June 27 before the West Des Moines City Council to seek support for plans by Holmes Murphy & Associates to leave West Des Moines and build a corporate…
By KENT DARR | Jun 22, 2016
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Waukee council votes to play fair

Waukee city officials have asked to appear June 27 before the West Des Moines City Council to seek support for plans by Holmes Murphy & Associates to leave West Des Moines and build a corporate…
By KENT DARR | Jun 22, 2016
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Brown named president of DCI Group partner Formation Group

DCI Group Inc., a 6-year-old company that provides construction management services, has formed a second company, Formation Group, that will provide additional consulting services on new projects and redevelopment projects. Matt Brown, who has been…
By BPC Staff | Jun 20, 2016
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Net farm income plummeted last year in many Midwest states

Iowa Public Iowa: Midwest farmers may be facing some of the toughest financial times they have experienced in three decades, largely thanks to low prices for some of the region’s biggest crops. In Iowa, the average …
By BPC Staff | Jun 20, 2016
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W.D.M. officials say Holmes Murphy is headed to Waukee, where new incentives being considered

Holmes Murphy & Associates has decided to move its operations to Waukee, according to city officials in West Des Moines, where the company currently is headquartered.


Though the Waukee City Council has two votes on…
By KENT DARR | Jun 20, 2016