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Des Moines YMCA affordable housing deal falls through

A Chicago-based developer’s agreement to purchase the YMCA property in downtown Des Moines has been terminated, Axios reported. Celadon Partners had been in talks with the YMCA to purchase the building at 501 Grand Ave., with plans …

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2021 Leaders’ Survey responses on affordable housing


The Business Record began releasing results from the 2021 Leaders’ Survey in its Nov. 26 print edition. The annual survey asks business leaders to share what they feel are some of the top issues affecting businesses in …

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Hubbell sells Bridge District apartment buildings for $51.8 million

Verve, left, a 128-unit apartment high rise at 225 E. Center St. in Des Moines, and Velocity, a 115-unit apartment building at 200 Des Moines St., have been sold to out-of-state investors. Photos courtesy Polk County …

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Median sale price of D.M.-area home up 17.2% from year ago

The median sale price of a home in the Des Moines area in November was $252,000, 17.2% higher than in November 2020, data from the Des Moines Area Association of Realtors shows.

In November 2020, …

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ISU researchers to use 3D technology to design affordable, sustainable homes

Faculty members at Iowa State University are hoping to find solutions for affordable housing in rural areas of the state with 3D technology.

The ISU College of Design’s 3D Affordable Innovative Technologies Housing Project has …

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Work finally underway on Hubbell’s Des Moines apartment project

Construction is underway on Level, a 114-unit apartment building in Hubbell Realty Co.’s Bridge District, located south of Interstate Highway 235 and east of the Des Moines River. Photo courtesy of Hubbell Realty Co.

Hubbell Realty …

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Experts talk about importance of affordable housing in metro area

In October 2019, 1,227 residences priced at $199,999 or lower were listed for sale in the Des Moines area.

Two years later, the availability of moderately priced homes for sale had shrunk dramatically. Just 508 …

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Grand opening celebration planned for Lillis Lofts in Urbandale

A grand opening celebration is planned at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Lillis Lofts, a new $10 million affordable multifamily housing complex located at 6313 Douglas Ave. in Urbandale. Construction of the three-story building began in fall …

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Des Moines’ tiny home village project back on the table

Axios Des Moines: Plans to build a tiny home village in Des Moines are still in the works despite this week’s delay before the City Council, the nonprofit behind the project says. Joppa, a nonprofit that’s …

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Growing economy, affordably priced housing linked, say Project515 panelists

  Jorge “Junior” Ibarra, CEO of West Des Moines-based Ibarra Realty Group, was one of six panelists in a recent Business Record Project515 virtual event on affordable housing. Next year, the prices of houses for…