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Hubbell Realty wins HousingIowa award

The Iowa Finance Authority has announced the winners of its HousingIowa Awards.

Award winners are Hubbell Realty Co., multifamily housing development; Sioux Center Land Development, single-family housing development; state Sen. Matt McCoy, legislative friend of …

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Tour of Remodeled Homes set for Sept. 22 and 23.

The Remodelers Council of the Home Builders Association of Greater Des Moines will host the 12th Annual Tour of Remodeled Homes on Sept. 22 and 23.

Tours will take place in Des Moines, West Des …

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Weitz Co. set to be acquired by Egyptian company

The state’s largest construction company, Weitz Co., is set to be acquired by Egypt’s largest publicly traded company, Orascom Construction Industries (OCI), which also announced plans Wednesday to build a $1.4 billion fertilizer plant in …

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Master plan for Heritage Park approved

The Urbandale Planning & Zoning Commission on Aug. 27 approved a master plan for the Heritage Park commercial development north of Hickman Road just west of Interstate 35/80. The plat for the property, approved earlier …

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Art Cox to speak at ICREA meeting

Art Cox, the director of the Center for Real Estate Education at the University of Northern Iowa, will speak about the opportunities and challenges for the real estate program at UNI at Thursday’s Iowa Commercial Real …

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Two projects under consideration for Ingersoll Ave. corridor

Two new development projects are being considered for the block bounded by Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway and 19th Street, and Ingersoll Avenue and High Street.

Veridian Credit Union has proposed building a branch bank with …

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New Iowa program to add housing for disabled

Two Iowa state agencies have announced a low-interest loan fund to accelerate construction or renovation of housing for disabled Iowans.
Gov. Terry Branstad announced the The Community-Based Revolving Loan Fund program Wednesday afternoon. The program will …

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Hatch breaks ground on rent-to-own housing project

Hatch Development Group broke ground Friday on Greystone Homes, a project consisting of 26 single-family “rent-to-own” homes east of Drake University. Tenants will be able to purchase the houses following a 20-year compliance period. “It’s …

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A Closer Look: Tom DeWaay

Tom DeWaay has joined NAI Ruhl & Ruhl Commercial Co. as a vice president. After spending nearly nine years at CBRE/Hubbell Commercial, he was coaxed out of that company in 2008 to help open a …

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Construction employment up 3 percent in Iowa

Iowa was one of a minority of states that saw more construction jobs in the past year. Construction employment declined in 165 out of 337 metropolitan areas between July 2011 and July 2012, according to …