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Stormwater management: a cause for ‘celebration’

A Des Moines apartment development is being used as a demonstration project for an effort by the city and the state of Iowa to promote green infrastructure.

Sherman Associates Inc. could hold a clinic on …

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Hubbell plans for-sale Bridge District townhomes

Hubbell Realty Co.’s success selling townhomes in its Artisan Row project in downtown’s Western Gateway is leading the company to develop similar residences in its Bridge District development near the East Village.

 

The company …

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Neighborhood Finance Corp. honors 2 leaders

  Kathy Kahoun

Neighborhood Finance Corp., the nonprofit mortgage lender that works to improve housing stock in Polk County, has named Kathy Kahoun and Quentin Boyken for its Neighborhood Revitalization award.

 

Kahoun is a …

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One more meeting, no more state dollars for Wellmark YMCA pool

Vernon Delpesce attended another meeting of the Vision Iowa board today, and once again “I did not walk out with a $1 million check,” he said.

 

Delpesce, president and CEO of the YMCA of …

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Blackbird Investments hopes to move soon on downtown projects

Blackbird Investments will decide by the end of the month whether to proceed with plans to enter a partnership with Alexander Cos. in the redevelopment of the former Younkers downtown, go it alone or walk …

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Signed Lease Transactions: Week of June 8

Week of June 8

The Olive Tap has leased space at 909 S.E. Oralabor Road, Ankeny. Teri Maki of Denny Elwell Co. represented the tenant and the landlord, Woodside Business Park LLC.

 

American Heritage Homes …

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Notable Transactions: Week of June 10

 

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Sundance Inc. paid $665,000 on May 11 to D&P Holdings I LLC for 1915 N.E. 78th Ave., Ankeny. The buyer was represented by Bill Gardner of Denny Elwell Co. The seller was …

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Eychaner adds office park to MLK projects

A well-known office park has a new name, and new owner Rich Eychaner said the five-building property provides the city of Des Moines more opportunities to lure companies and office workers to the downtown area.…

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Greater Des Moines house sales post big gain in May

House sales spiked 26 percent in May from a year ago, according to a report today from the Des Moines Area Association of Realtors. The 1,347 houses that were sold last month were on the …

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Harbach Lofts approved for tax abatement, recommended for tax credits

The Des Moines City Council will stand behind an application for $1 million in state workforce housing tax credits as part of the financing for an $11 million residential renovation of a former furniture factory …