Real Estate and Development

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SportsPlex Norwalk to open in January

Indoor sporting facility SportsPlex Norwalk will open in January 2025, the facility and city of Norwalk announced. The training facility is part of the larger 35,000-square-foot SportsPlex building located in the Norwalk Central development. The …

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Telling the story

The rehabilitation of the former Carpenter Paper Co. building on Southwest Seventh Street is nearing completion with its owner saying its spaces are already leased with full occupancy anticipated by late spring 2025.

The building …

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A hub of innovation

The Iowa State University Research Park, founded in 1987 as a startup hub to commercialize university-developed intellectual property, has grown to 145 companies and around 2,500 employees.

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And that growth is only expected to …

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Peoples Co. holding national land values webinar Friday

Peoples Co., a land management, brokerage, appraisal and energy management services company, will hold a webinar analyzing national land values and release its fifth annual land values report on Friday at 10 a.m. “Peoples Company’s …

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Panelists share thoughts on outlook for 2025 housing market

For the past couple of years, the housing market has been challenging for homebuyers, sellers and many businesses associated with the sector.

Interest rates on home mortgages are twice what they were two years ago. …

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Offers sought to buy former Zora building

The credit union that owns the former Zora Bar & Rooftop building at 2120 Ingersoll Ave. is seeking offers to purchase the building with public tours scheduled for next month.

Community 1st Credit Union of Ottumwa, which …

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Valley Junction commercial building to undergo renovation

Abby and Cory Sharp of Sharp Assets LLC are planning to redevelop a building at 721 Railroad Ave. in Valley Junction. They purchased the 15,500-square-foot building in 2022. Other businesses they own, including Heart of…
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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS: Des Moines apartment complex sold for $12.1 million

A Des Moines apartment complex has been sold for just over $12 million, Polk County real estate records show.

Legacy Coves LLC, located in Des Moines, paid Clear Sky Capital Woodland Park LLC $12.1 million …

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Amazon opens same-day facility in Ankeny

Amazon Inc. has opened a same-day delivery facility at 6910 S.E. Four Mile Drive in Ankeny. The photo above shows the exterior of the Ankeny facility. Below: The interior of an Amazon same-day facility. Photos…
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Hubbell opens Edencrest senior living facility in Pleasant Hill

Hubbell Realty Co. has completed Edencrest at Pleasant Hill, its ninth senior living community in the Des Moines area.

The $17 million development has 70 studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartment homes, 44 of which are …