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Open that gate: Go north

Editor’s note: This article is a part of a series of articles that appeared in the CRE Guide updating readers on four areas of greater Des Moines that are poised for development. Click here to …

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Past meets present

A mansion. An old hospital. An old car dealership.

These things might sound like great settings for a horror movie. In Des Moines, they are merely places to find office space.

“Some of the architectural …

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Architects wriggle out of the recession

Architects are among the first to see the construction industry go boom and bust.

The profession still is recovering from the Great Recession, which saw firms trim staff by nearly one-third across the nation. However, …

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Architects are on target with a new name

Go searching for architect Greg Wattier and eventually you land on a website that says: “It’s just bigger than me now.” End of website and hello Slingshot Architecture.

Nope, no broken windows here, and any bull’s-eye …

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One broker, one day, two awards

Oct. 2 was an award-winning day for Bill Wright, a broker and senior vice president with Terrus Real Estate Group LLC. The Iowa Commercial Real Estate Association named him its broker of the year during …

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Seedorf Masonry ranks second in national list of mason contractors

Engineering News-Record has ranked Seedorff Masonry Inc. as the nation’s second-largest mason contractor for 2011. Based in Strawberry Point with offices in Des Moines, the Quad Cities, Omaha and Lincoln, Neb., the company reported 2011 revenues …

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Wisconsin contractor announces project manager for its new Des Moines office

Matthew Schroeder has joined the Des Moines office of The Samuels Group Inc., a Wisconsin-based contractor that is establishing a local office. Schroeder will be responsible for the daily management of projects, including bid reviews, …

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Iowa farmland attracts international investor to annual land expo

International investor and hedge fund manager Jim Rogers will be the keynote speaker at Peoples Co.’s annual Land Investment Expo, scheduled for Jan. 18 in West Des Moines.

Rogers and George Soros managed to achieve …

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Architects recognized for local projects

Three Greater Des Moines achitecture firms received  “excellence in design” awards from the American Institute of Architects Central States Region:

INVISION Architecture Ltd. received the architecture honor award for the Northeast Iowa Community College Industrial…
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Making an impression

John Vratsinas is a man who makes an impression. Affable and active in community affairs – his civic involvement was noted when he made the Business Record’s Forty Under 40 class of 2004.

Acquaintances say …