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Real Estate and Development

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Architects were busy last month after an August slump

After a drop in billing activity in August, architects were busy at the boards in September, with a monthly index of billings for work that should be launched in the next nine months to a …

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Event Oct. 27: Downtown DIG discusses Water Works Park plan

The downtown Development Insights Group (DIG) plans a discussion of the Water Works Park master plan at 7:30 a.m. Oct. 27 at RDG Planning & Design, 301 Grand Ave. The event, sponsored by Whitfield & …

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It’s all about confidence, and home builders had plenty in October

A measure of home builder confidence in October rose to the highest level since the end of the housing boom, MarketWatch reported. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo housing market index rose 3 points to 64, …

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Two Iowa architects honored by professional group

  Tom Leslie Jessica Terrill

Tom Leslie, an Iowa State University architecture professor and Jessica Terrill of Substance Architecture in Des Moines were honored at the Oct. 15 Design Awards celebration of the American Institute …

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Planners and their plans recognized

Communications Initiative

Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization

The Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization is elevating the community conversation around planning with a strategic communications strategy for its long–range transportation plan, Mobilizing Tomorrow. Mobilizing …

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Suburbs moving to limit Airbnb-like operations

West Des Moines in July approved new restrictions for homeowners who rent their properties to visitors through programs like Airbnb and Home Away. Waukee is looking into similar restrictions, reports DesMoinesRegister.com.The online rental services – which …

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A Closer Look: Jessica Reinert

Jessica Reinert’s 12 years with the Iowa chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Iowa) has been a path of upward progression. She joined the trade group in 2003 as communications director, and a …

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Working Well

It’s a bit amazing  that famed architect Gordon Bunshaft, who more than 50 years ago designed the office building at 601 Sixth Ave., had a clue about creating what today would be called a WELL …

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Iowa Realtors hire new chief executive

Gavin Blair has been hired as the CEO of the Iowa Association of Realtors. Most recently, he was CEO of the Dayton Area Board of Realtors in Dayton, Ohio. He is a graduate of Ohio …

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Details of Des Moines tax abatement program are falling into place

A sprawling blob of Des Moines that for years guaranteed a 100 percent, 10-year abatement of property taxes could morph into a spiderlike shape, with the body in the downtown core and its legs following…