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Construction input prices increased 0.2% in August compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data released today. Nonresidential construction input prices also increased 0.2% for the month. Overall construction input prices are 2.3% higher than a year ago, while nonresidential construction input…

Property that includes the Evelyn K. Davis Center for Working Families would be sold to St. Vincent de Paul Des Moines under a proposal being considered by Des Moines Area Community College’s board of directors, according to a news release from DMACC. Under the proposed agreement, St. Vincent de Paul Des Moines would purchase the 1-acre parcel…

The site of the tired looking, nearly vacant Crossroads Mall in Waterloo will be redeveloped into a mixed-use district that features residential, retail, restaurants and other amenities, the developer behind the project said. The 800,000 square-foot mall now sits vacant, with the exception of Geno’s Pizza, after anchor stores began pulling out several years before…

The civil engineering firm Foth is settling into its new space in the recently restored Carpenter Building at 106 S.W. Seventh St. They are one of six tenants who call the former paper company building home. The building, constructed in 1918, was bought by Clocktower Wolf LLC in April 2022 for $3.25 million from EMC…