Real Estate and Development

Construction employment in July climbed to the highest level since February 2009, while the number of unemployed workers with construction experience shrank to a 14-year low, according to an analysis of employment data by the …

The Midland Building at 206 Sixth Ave. in downtown Des Moines sold July 28 for $2.1 million. The deed was recorded today. According to Polk County land records, Jeff and Kim Young’s We Can Build …

Greater Des Moines home prices increased 3.9 percent over the year ending in June, real estate analytics firm CoreLogic Inc. said. Prices increased slightly less than 1 percent from May to June of this year. …

AIB College of Business plans to sell nearly 4 acres of land and three apartment buildings on the southwest corner of its Des Moines campus. The school is asking $3 million.

University of Iowa …

Polk City voters will decide Tuesday whether the city will borrow $8.6 million to construct an aquatic center, 13 soccer fields and six ball diamonds. The bond referendum requires 60 percent approval to pass.

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An investment group led by California attorney Kaar Field has purchased Jake Christensen’s recently completed office building at 505 E. Grand Ave. in Des Moines’ East Village. MDM Equity-2012 LLC paid nearly $5.2 million on …

Hubbell Realty Co. will take an out-of-commission Iowa county bridge and repurpose it as public art as part of a 16-acre urban neighborhood that will bring 500 housing units to an area of Des …

Demolition crews are beginning to tear out the interior of the shuttered Riverfront YMCA and are scheduled to begin demolishing the shorter parts of the building in the next two weeks, reports DesMoinesRegister.com. The eight-story residential tower …