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Cold call results in award-winning deal

Commercial real estate specialists Linda Gibbs and Tim Sharpe have turned more than a few large deals on behalf of CBRE/Hubbell Commercial, but it was a cold call from a member of their team that …

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Opus Group is building in Omaha

The Opus Group, a Minnetonka, Minn.-based company with a strong presence in Greater Des Moines, recently broke ground on the 127,000-square-foot build-to-suit headquarters for The Gavilon Group in Omaha. The new office will feature a …

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Beal Derkenne focuses on student living in Arizona

Des Moines-based Beal Derkenne Construction LLC has signed an agreement to be the general contractor on a student housing project near the University of Arizona in Tucson. Campus Acquisitions of Chicago is the developer. Beal …

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Troubled business owner’s home for sale

The West Des Moines home of John Vratsinas is on the market for $1.3 million. The Internal Revenue Service has filed tax liens for $3.8 million that it says is due from Vratsinas and a …

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RDG receives design awards

RDG Planning & Design of Des Moines received two design awards at the fall conference of the Iowa chapter of the America Institute of Architects. Projects acknowledged for their excellence in design were the University …

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Month-to-month house sales dropped in September, year-to-date sales rose

The number of house sales and pending sales dropped in September from August in Greater Des Moines, but year-to-date numbers show that closed deals have increased, outpacing 2011 numbers by 1,055, the Des Moines Area …

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All that’s paved turns to development in West Des Moines

A gravel road that has drawn a lot of attention from banks, developers and West Des Moines city officials has been paved, just as a Minnesota investment company said it would. Eighty-Eighth Street borders the …

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Masonry Institute says INVISION is grand

INVISION Architecture Ltd., a planning, architecture and interiors firm with locations in Des Moines and Waterloo, received the grand award in the 2012 Architectural Design Awards Competition by the Masonry Institute of Iowa. INVISION received …

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Political uncertainties put damper on retailers’ holiday plans

Political uncertainties and fears over the “fiscal cliff,” a combination of spending cuts and tax increases, could drag down holiday spending, according to the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) annual holiday forecast. 

Holiday sales are expected …

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Greater Des Moines home prices rose in August

Greater Des Moines home prices, including distressed sales, increased 1.2 percent in August compared with August 2011, real estate analytics firm CoreLogic Inc. said today. On a month-to-month bases, prices rose 0.8 percent in August. …