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Designer of public spaces to speak at ISU

Chris Guillard, a San Francisco-based designer of public spaces, will present the 2012 P.H Elwood Lecture in Landscape Architecture at 5:30 p.m. Friday at Iowa State University’s Kocimski Auditorium. His presentation will be followed by …

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BNIM recognized for Des Moines building

Kansas City, Mo.-based BNIM, which has an office in Des Moines, announced yesterday that its Iowa Utilities Board/Office of Consumer Advocate office building has been selected as a top 10 example of sustainable architecture.

The …

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State working to expand Shovel Ready program

About five years ago, some members of the Iowa City Area Development (ICAD) Group’s board asked the organization’s staff to list the top four issues affecting the Iowa City area.

Land use was one of …

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Shovel-ready in Iowa

An Ankeny business park development plan that’s been in the works for the past seven years will begin to take shape this year in the southeastern corner of the city.

The project, known as Crosswinds …

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Feeding the entrepreneurial fire at Terrus

Terrus Real Estate Group LLC plans a full-scale push into the real estate brokerage market, with changes that give a new title to a trusted hand and provide the company’s original broker more freedom to …

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Bipartisan agreement near on commercial property taxes

Jeff Boeyink, chief of staff to Gov. Terry Branstad, arrived at a commercial real estate forum today without notes. He didn’t need them. “I dream commercial property taxes,” he said.

That dream, reducing property taxes …

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Short sales surpassed foreclosure deals in January

The number of U.S. home short sales surpassed foreclosure deals for the first time as banks became more agreeable to selling houses for less than the amount owed on their mortgages, according to Lender Processing …

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Principal Real Estate Investors a partner in Houston project

Principal Real Estate Investors has partnered with Trammell Crow Co. for a 19-acre office development in Houston’s Energy Corridor, FuelFix.com reported. A $150 million, 20-story tower and nine-level parking garage are expected to break ground …

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Commercial Property Tax Reform: Where is it at?

Commercial Property Tax Reform: Where is it at? What does it mean?

• April 18, 2012

No matter how it plays out in the legislature, one thing is for sure; with an issue as complex …

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Pieces are falling in place in Ankeny’s Prairie Trail

Prairie Trail in Ankeny was launched as a land of possibilities, and it still is.

The Great Recession might have slowed the pace of development at the nearly 1,100-acre site planned as a community within …