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Convention center hotel plans come into focus

Plans for a $100 million convention center hotel were unveiled this morning to the Des Moines City Council, which will be asked to approve the preliminary terms of an economic development package for the project.…

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Public interest design forum to be held at ISU

The emerging field of public interest design will be featured during an event March 6-7 at Iowa State University. The Public Interest Design Institute, hosted by the ISU Community Design Lab and College of Design, …

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Forecast: 2015 Commercial Real Estate

Greater Des Moines commercial real estate professionals boldly stood before their peers Jan. 27 at Wakonda Club and made their predictions for 2015.

“Our expectation is that a lot of people in this room will …

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The tracks of a city

When boring through centuries of debris in downtown Des Moines, it helps to hold your breath and have a strong stomach.

Who knows what those 6-foot auger bits will unearth as they plummet through the …

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Average home sale price up, volume down in January

The Iowa Association of Realtors reported that January home prices are up, homes are selling faster and number of sales dipped slightly when compared to January of last year. According to the association’s Housing Trends …

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Midwest weather a drag on house building in January

Nationwide housing starts fell 2 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.065 million units in January, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. The drop was mainly due to a 22.2 percent decrease in …

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Developer could put its Signature on vacated Urbandale hotel property

A respected Greater Des Moines real estate developer could change the face of a shuttered Urbandale hotel.

 

Signature Real Estate Services has a contract to buy the Villa Lodge at 11000 Douglas Ave., which …

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Construction of new EMC building is underway

EMC Insurance Cos. is holding to a tried-and-true design for its new office building at 219 Eighth St. in downtown Des Moines. The $23 million structure will fit right in with EMC’s campus in the …

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Construction of new EMC building is underway

EMC Insurance Cos. is holding to a tried-and-true design for its new office building at 219 Eighth St. in downtown Des Moines. The $23 million structure will fit right in with EMC’s campus in the …

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Greater Des Moines real estate attorney convicted of bank fraud

Attorney Jason Springer was convicted of seven counts of bank fraud and real estate agent Rick Makohoniuk was convicted of one count of bank fraud after an eight-day trial in U.S. District Court in Des …