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The catalyst of 80/35

Advocates share bright spots, challenges in local music scene after DMMC dissolution

UnityPoint Health opens new mental health clinic

Dupaco Foundation accepting applications for nonprofit grant program

Brian Dieter announces retirement after 17 years as Mary Greeley president and CEO

Q1 industrial reports raise concerns about tariffs as speculative development comes to a halt

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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS: Polo Club Apartments in West Des Moines sold

Polo Club Apartments in West Des Moines were recently sold for $38 million, records show.According to a news release, commercial real estate investment and sales firm Greysteel represented the seller, Polo Club LLC, in the transaction. Property records show the buyer was Polo Club Owner LLC. The sale was recorded on March 24 in Dallas…

By Kathy A. Bolten | Apr 23, 2025

UnityPoint Health opens new mental health clinic

UnityPoint Health Des Moines has opened its new Eyerly Ball building, a certified community behavioral health clinic. The $10.4 million project was funded through support from the Polk County Board of Supervisors, state of Iowa, Prairie Meadows and private donors. The clinic is directly across from Iowa Lutheran Hospital, bringing a full continuum of mental…

By Business Record Staff | Apr 23, 2025

Dupaco Foundation accepting applications for nonprofit grant program

The Dupaco Foundation has announced applications are now open for its Nonprofit Grant Program. This annual grant program provides financial support to nonprofit organizations whose mission or programs align with one of the foundation’s three focus areas of affordable housing and homeownership, upskilling and reskilling and small business development. The foundation will award $250,000 in…

By Business Record Staff | Apr 23, 2025

Brian Dieter announces retirement after 17 years as Mary Greeley president and CEO

Brian Dieter, president and CEO of Mary Greeley Medical Center, has announced his retirement from the leadership position he’s held since July 2008. Before becoming president and CEO, Dieter was the medical center’s chief financial officer for nine years. Dieter plans to retire in early August. “A true leader leaves an organization in better shape…

By Business Record Staff | Apr 23, 2025

Q1 industrial reports raise concerns about tariffs as speculative development comes to a halt

Industrial vacancy rates dipped in the first quarter of 2025, and while demand for industrial space remains high, the market will have to navigate some challenges with the ongoing threat of tariffs, brokerage firms said in their first-quarter reports. CBRE and JLL recently released their industrial market reports for the first quarter of 2025, analyzing…

By Michael Crumb | Apr 23, 2025

Going Vertical

A 250-foot freestanding crane was recently brought to the 515 Walnut Tower construction site in preparation for the project to begin vertical construction in the coming weeks. The crane will gradually be jumped two additional times over the next year to its final height of about 415 feet. Related articles: Work underway on 515 Walnut TowerMeet…

By Business Record Staff | Apr 23, 2025

NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS: Polo Club Apartments in West Des Moines sold

By Kathy A. Bolten | Apr 23, 2025

UnityPoint Health opens new mental health clinic

By Business Record Staff | Apr 23, 2025

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The catalyst of 80/35

When Tobi Parks was researching whether to relocate from New York City to Des Moines, she looked into the arts and culture scene here. She discovered the Des Moines Music Coalition (DMMC) and after meeting with some of the people involved, the nonprofit brought Parks in to speak at an event. “It really was a…

By Lisa Rossi | Apr 18, 2025

Remembering the one and only Jay Byers

One of a kind. The best of the very best. Transformational leader. In reading so many tributes over the last several days, I, and so many others, have read these phrases and many more to try to capture Jay’s spirit. One thing that sticks out is that everyone who interacted with Jay felt a strong…

By Tiffany Tauscheck | Apr 23, 2025

Jay Byers remembered for his kindness, passion for Simpson, Greater Des Moines

Jay Byers is being remembered as a man who helped shape Des Moines’ future through his innovation and who was the special ingredient in the “secret sauce,” that he often said made the Des Moines metro successful. Byers, the president of Simpson College and past president and CEO of the Greater Des Moines Partnership, died…

By Sarah Diehn | Apr 18, 2025

City ‘tees up’ 300-acre shovel-ready industrial site for development

A new, nearly 300-acre industrial site on the southeast side of Des Moines is ready for development, city officials said Thursday at a news conference announcing that the site has been designated as shovel ready through the Iowa Economic Development Authority’s Certified Sites program. While no specific user for the site was identified, a site…

By Michael Crumb | Apr 18, 2025

Guest column: Make a difference for our future workforce

I’ll never forget the feeling. As a student at Drake University studying journalism and mass communication, I was finally in the field as an intern for KCCI, working with one of the news outlets I watched since childhood, working alongside journalists who told stories of Iowans every day, as a way to inform and inspire….

By Tiffany Tauscheck | Apr 18, 2025

What they’re checking out: Week of April 18

As an ongoing feature, staff members at the Des Moines Public Library will recommend a business-related book to add to your reading list. Find this and more books like it at any of the Des Moines Public Library’s six locations and online at dmpl.org. And find information on how to get a FREE library card…

By Business Record Staff | Apr 18, 2025