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Financial services company will move to new West Des Moines office building

Financial services firm Intl FCStone Inc. will lease a third of the space at a new three-story, 75,000-square-foot office building that R&R Realty is building at 1075 Jordan Creek Parkway in its Country Club Office…
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Event March 1: Iowa CREW will host discussion on the paths taken by women in public service

The Iowa chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women is sponsoring a panel discussion titled “Women in Public Service” from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 1 at Des Moines Golf and Country Club in West …

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Building inspectors honored

Two Greater Des Moines building inspectors with a combined 67 years on the job have received lifetime achievement awards from the Iowa Association of Building Officials. Maurice Dudney, who retired last month after 38 years …

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Altoona official will talk about real estate developments in the city

Altoona City Administrator Jeff Mark will talk about current construction projects, future development plans and other commercial real estate developments in the city when the Iowa Commercial Real Estate Association meets at 7:15 a.m. March …

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SCENES FROM: The Partnership Building

Several elements popped out during a tour of the reconstructed headquarters of the Greater Des Moines Partnership. The design by Slingshot Architecture used accents of Iowa hickory wood, the red that permeates the Partnership’s new…
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Drake to break ground on $15 million facility

Drake University will hold a private groundbreaking ceremony Saturday for the $15 million facility that will house the School of Education, the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, and the Robert D. and Billie Ray …

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Council approves $10 million guarantee for convention center hotel

The Des Moines City Council approved a $10 million guarantee on Monday to help build a convention hotel connected to the Iowa Events Center downtown,the Des Moines Register reported. Construction should begin next month on the …

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Des Moines expected to increase financial commitment to convention center hotel

The Des Moines City Council will be asked today to approve an increase in the city’s financial commitment to a long-sought convention center hotel that will be built in the shadows of the Iowa Events…
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Homes sales report is a list of positives for 2015

The median price for houses sold last year in Iowa was 7.7 percent higher than in 2014, the Iowa Association of Realtors said. House sales also increased, to 44,621 at a median price of $140,000 …

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End of an era

Iowa Realty Co. Inc. has always been a Knapp thing.

Founded in 1952 by Bill Knapp, headed by his brother, Paul, for two decades, and for another 23 years by Paul’s son Mike, the family …