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June 22: Commercial Real Estate Professionals Day at the I-Cubs

Host: IREM, CCIM and ICREA About: Anyone with an interest in commercial real estate can attend this networking opportunity and chance to see some great I-Cubs baseball. When: 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Principal Park Learn more…
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Realtors see some balance returning to house market

Greater Des Moines house sales increased in May while pending sales dropped, according to the Des Moines Area Association of Realtors. The Realtors group also said some segments of the market are nearing equilibrium, meaning…
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Weitz, Ryan, Dunn among nation’s top contractors

The Weitz Co. has risen in the ranks of the nation’s top 100 contractors, according to construction industry publication Engineering News-Record. The Des Moines-based firm ranks 65th for this year, up from 84th in 2015.…
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Market District beckons more urban pioneers

This pioneering must be pretty exciting stuff. If you doubt it, chat for a few minutes with Jim Kottmeyer, who, along with brother-in-law Adam Petersen, plans to break ground this summer on a three-story office…
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Office building planned for D.M. Market District

Two Des Moines businesses have teamed up to develop a three-story, $10.7 million office building in the Des Moines Market District. The project will result in the extension of a new storm sewer to the…
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Johnson County puts $200,000 toward Coralville arena complex

Iowa City Press-Citizen: Johnson County will provide up to $200,000 in funding toward a new development in Coralville’s Iowa River Landing district that includes a new arena, the board of supervisors agreed Thursday. The project would …

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Minneapolis developers eye property on Ingersoll Avenue

Another big development could be coming to Des Moines, reported KCCI. City planners and developers saw a lot of wasted space on Ingersoll Avenue. But it was just a matter of time before the property across from Noah’s …

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BNIM office honored for historic AEG headquarters

BNIM Architects’ Des Moines studio has received the Architectural Record Good Design is Good Business award for its work on the $35 million renovation of the American Enterprise Group headquarters at 601 Sixth Ave. in …

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NOTEBOOK: For Mandelbaums, a tower and a simple intersection

Justin Mandelbaum was back before the city of Des Moines Urban Design Review Board this week to provide an update on an $106 million, 32-story mixed-use tower called The Fifth that would be built where …

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NOTEBOOK: Bradley Burt generates smiles to spare in Waukee

Bradley Burt must be one happy guy. I don’t know him well, but the several times I’ve talked to him I put down the telephone with a smile on my face. He exudes good cheer. …