Real Estate and Development

The city of Des Moines’ engineering department has issued a request for proposals seeking a consultant to analyze the energy usage of five downtown office buildings. The buildings are the Hub Tower, 699 Walnut St.; …

Ken Clark has been named the Des Moines Area Association of Realtors Realtor of the Year for 2010.

Clark has been in real estate more than 39 years and has been both a sales associate …

Existing home sales increased to the highest level in eight months in January, Bloomberg reported.

Purchases increased by 2.7 percent to a 5.36 million annual rate, according to figures from the National Association of Realtors …

U.S. office rents fell in 2010 to $25.62 a square foot from $26.84 the prior year, but will increase this year, Bloomberg reported.

The growth, which will be “modest and limited to key markets” …

Some long-stalled commercial real estate projects are springing back to life as large banks start to lend again.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the amount of construction lending financed by J.P. Morgan Chase …

U.S. commercial real estate prices fell 0.9 percent in December from the prior month, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing Moody’s Investors Service and Real Estate Analytics LLC. It was the first decline in three …

The General Services Administration (GSA) is seeking an approximately 24,367-square-foot space to lease in Greater Des Moines. The agency, which on Feb. 16 posted a notice on www.fbo.gov, indicated that is was interested in leasing …

On March 3, the Iowa Commercial Real Estate Association will hold its monthly breakfast meeting at the Sonoma Building, 1089 Jordan Creek Parkway in West Des Moines. Brad Miller, general manager of the Des Moines …

Crown Family Dental has leased 4,150 square feet of office space at 3708 Merle Hay Road in Des Moines. The tenant represented itself. Rich Eychaner and Andy Burton, both of Eychaner Properties Inc., represented the …

The Home Builders Association of Greater Des Moines has selected Ironwood Plat 5 in Altoona as the site for its annual HomeShowExpo, to be held July 22-31. It’s the first time in the event’s 36-year …