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Real Estate and Development

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Townsend to auction his Urbandale estate

 

Ted Townsend listened to the the experts and decided to part with a piece of Greater Des Moines real estate lore for a minimum $1 million, after listing his home for nearly $5 million …

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Greater Des Moines foreclosures, mortgage delinquencies down in March

The rate of foreclosures among all outstanding mortgages in Greater Des Moines dropped to 0.97 percent in March from 1.38 percent in March 2014, real estate analytics firm CoreLogic Inc. said today. The state foreclosure …

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Tight home market drives up prices

U.S. home prices rose at a steady pace in March, pushed higher by a limited supply of houses for sale, the New York Times reported.

 

The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 5 …

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How and when the convention hotel will pick a brand and operator

 

Management companies and hotels that want a piece of the Iowa Events Center Hotel have a June 12 deadline to submit preliminary proposals.

 

The winner of that selection process will be announced by …

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Commercial property tax reform

Editor’s note: West Des Moines will not hire new employees in the coming year and Des Moines is on a search for new revenues. Why? It’s all in reaction to property tax legislation that was …

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ISU campus gaining more apartments and retail space this fall

Two construction projects are bringing about 615 beds and 13,000 square feet of retail space to the Iowa State University campus area. The Opus Group of Minneapolis expects to open the Foundry retail and luxury …

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The Photo Issue: Seeking nominations

 

Do you know a business leader who has an interesting talent, hobby or skill?

 

We’re searching for the business leaders to feature photographically in the 2015 Photo Issue edition of the Business Record, …

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Architects slow in April, but future is promising

An index that points to future construction activity dropped in April for the second time this year after recording gains in 13 of the last 15 months, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) said today. …

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Pleasant Hill land dispute might not be over after appeals court ruling

A three-judge panel of the Iowa Court of Appeals said in a ruling released today that the city of Pleasant Hill did not violate state law when it extended for 20 years an urban renewal …

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Hubbell completes purchase for historic rehab of Lovejoy Building

A downtown building that you could drive a Mack truck through has been sold to Hubbell Realty Co., which plans a $7.3 million historic renovation that includes 30 apartment units.

 

The two-story Lovejoy Building …