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Des Moines homes sales up 17 percent in May

As the summer home-buying season gears up, Des Moines home buyers remain very active. In May, 731 contracts were closed, up 17 percent from April, according to statistics released today by the Des Moines Area …

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A Closer Look: Ben Hildebrandt


What does it mean to be the chief advocate for the AIA?

A huge part of my job is to communicate the value of design professionals to policy-makers and to the public. Iowa’s architects play …

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Greater Des Moines foreclosures up through March

Foreclosure rates in Greater Des Moines increased in March from the same month last year, but have steadily declined since the first of the year, according to real estate research firm CoreLogic Inc.

The rate …

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Full Court Press founders consider real estate alternatives downtown


• Semi-developed spaces are most attractive to the ambitious Massoth brothers

Full Court Press Inc. and its affiliated companies have no desire to start from scratch when leasing and improving real estate in which to …

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Delinquent property taxes up

The amount of delinquent property taxes in Polk County has increased by 8 percent compared with last year, Polk County Treasurer Mary Maloney announced Wednesday. The number of parcels that are delinquent has decreased by …

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ABC economist unsatisfied with construction growth

The U.S. construction industry added 2,000 jobs in May from the prior month, and the sector’s non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 16.3 percent, compared with 17.8 percent in April, according to an analysis of …

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West Glen property turned over to investment partners

Robert Pulver and Robert Horner, two of five partners in the investment group that owns West Glen Town Center, have acquired a portion of the development after loaning the ownership group up to $3.6 million …

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General Growth to acquire Neiman Marcus store in Macerich deal

General Growth Properties Inc. (GGP) will sell one-third stakes in two Phoenix-area shopping centers to California-based Macerich Co. as part of its deal to acquire a Chicago-area Neiman Marcus store, Crain’s Chicago Business reported.

Chicago-based …

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AIB breaks ground on expansion project

AIB College of Business yesterday hosted a ground-breaking ceremony on a $1.5 million expansion project at 2280 Bell Ave. in Des Moines. Mayor Frank Cownie, AIB President Nancy Williams, and Martha Willits, president and CEO …

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DCA names Brokers of the Year

Five commercial real estate professionals were recognized for their brokerage work in the city’s core. The Downtown Community Alliance announced that Jason Lozano and Kevin Crowley, both of Iowa Realty Commercial, were selected as the …

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