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Downtown Marriott sold to Chicago company

The Des Moines Marriott Downtown Hotel, informally known as the “Ruan hotel” leading up to its completion in 1981, will be sold to Chicago-based Singerman Real Estate LLC.


The board of directors of City Center…
By KENT DARR | Dec 15, 2016
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Airport’s local-focused new gift shops, restaurants to sell craft beer, Raygun, Prada

Des Moines International Airport’s restaurants, bars and gift shops will get a massive overhaul between now and November 2017 to set up new operations that will combine plenty of local flavor with some cosmopolitan touches.…
By PERRY BEEMAN | Dec 13, 2016
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Reports: Branstad accepts China ambassadorship

  Multiple news agencies, citing unnamed sources, have reported that longtime Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has accepted a post as U.S. ambassador to China.

Former Des Moines Register political reporter Jennifer Jacobs, now with Bloomberg, broke…
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Dec 7, 2016
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Surveys point to higher holiday weekend spending

Consumers are feeling somewhat more upbeat about current economic conditions, according to a holiday sales forecast by Wells Fargo & Co. And several surveys conducted over the weekend indicate that Americans spent more than last…
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Nov 28, 2016
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Airport update: Doggy bathroom project nixed; TSA uses Twitter to keep knives off planes

Des Moines International Airport will save about $96,000 after a local woman gave officials a way out of a $100,000 requirement to build a doggy bathroom inside the terminal.   Airport Executive Director and General…
By PERRY BEEMAN | Nov 22, 2016
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Grinnell Regional Medical Center plans partnership with UnityPoint Health, UI Health Care

Grinnell Regional Medical Center officials announced this morning they will sign a letter of intent with UnityPoint Health-Des Moines and University of Iowa Health Care that would allow those health systems to provide services to…
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Nov 14, 2016
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Airport looks to raise parking rates, build hangars and runway

The cost of building new airplane hangars and replacing part of a main runway figures into a proposed Des Moines International Airport budget that calls for a 15.5 percent increase in expenditures next year.


The…
By PERRY BEEMAN | Nov 9, 2016
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Owner of former Maytag HQ donates $8 million Newton complex to DMACC

Des Moines Area Community College today accepted an $8 million gift — the 472,000-square-foot former Maytag Co. headquarters complex in Newton, which will become part of the DMACC Newton Campus.


The president and founder of…
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Oct 31, 2016
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Hansens developing metro’s 2nd gated community

  For the last three years, Craig Hansen has worked on a project that brings out the artistic side of the builder in him.


Hansen is the founder and CEO of Hansen Co. Inc., the…
By KENT DARR | Oct 17, 2016
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Savery Hotel owners buy Liberty Building

Schulte Hospitality Group Inc. of Louisville, Ky., has paid $11.5 million for the historic Liberty Building at 418 Sixth Ave. in Des Moines and a parking garage that was built as part of the renovation…
By BPC Staff | Oct 13, 2016
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