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Grand Prairie Parkway and unique interchange to open Dec. 1

After 15 years of planning and a year of construction, the first diverging diamond interchange in Iowa is scheduled to open at noon Dec. 1 where Grand Prairie Parkway meets Interstate 80 in Waukee and …

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Architects reported continued growth in billings in October

The American Institute of Architects reported that the October Architecture Billings Index was 53.1, down slightly from a reading of 53.7 the previous month. The index, which reflects the approximate nine- to 12-month lead time …

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Looking for a garden in unlikely places

Courtney Long doesn’t hesitate to list things she can’t do in promoting public food markets and urban farming. That’s OK, because her enthusiasm for those topics can cover the landscape like a runaway squash vine.…
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Grand Prairie Parkway and fancy interstate interchange to open Dec. 1

After 15 years of planning and a year of construction, the first diverging diamond interchange in Iowa is scheduled to open at noon Dec. 1 where Grand Prairie Parkway meets Interstate 80 in Waukee and…
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Iowa housing permits well below pre-recession levels

Permits to build single-family and multifamily housing in Iowa remain well below their pre-recession highs, according to data compiled by the Iowa Legislative Services Agency. Single-family permits peaked at 12,962 in January 2006 and fell …

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Home builder confidence slips a bit over ‘lots and labor’

Builder confidence in the market for newly constructed single-family homes slipped three points to 62 in November from an upwardly revised October reading on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. “Even …

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Lincoln Savings buys land for new Adel branch

Lincoln Savings Bank plans to build a new branch office in Adel at the northeast corner of the intersection of U.S. Highways 6 and 169. For the past 37 years, the site has been the…
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Historic Warren Hotel undergoing major rehab

After standing empty for the past 13 years, a historic structure a few buildings east of the downtown square in Indianola is undergoing a renovation that will provide commercial spaces and apartments.


Business partners Greg…
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KIrkwood Hotel purchase for condo conversion ‘near the finish line’

Timothy Schutte hopes to close Friday on the purchase of the KIrkwood Hotel at 400 Walnut St., a deal that will result in the downtown landmark’s conversion to condominiums. “We’re near the finish line,” Schutte …

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Baker chooses Army Post Road for manufacturing facility

The city of Des Moines and Britt Baker’s Electrical Power Products Inc. (EP2) have dodged a massive earthmoving operation, one that would have raised the elevation of 40 acres of land by six feet in…
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