A halt in home foreclosures at the largest U.S. mortgage firms may sideline buyers worried about legal issues, further depressing sales at a time when distressed properties account for almost a quarter of all transactions, …
If you’re a browser, you’re a tire kicker, unless you’re Greater Des Moines businessman Tim Formanek. He’s browsing for a condominium. Real estate agents would describe him as a mechanic.
Formanek has spent about four …
The city of Ankeny is considering a development agreement that would give a local company an incentive to stick around.
Quality Automation Graphics, which has outgrown its facility at 1605 N. Ankeny Blvd., plans to …
Downward pressure on office rents is easing, a sign that the U.S. commercial real estate market may be poised for recovery, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Effective rents on approximately 4 billion square feet of …
On Thursday, the Des Moines Plan and Zoning Commission will consider a rezoning request that would allow for the construction of two hotels in Gray’s Lake Office Park.
South Dakota-based Quest Development & Construction Inc. …
Area Development magazine named Des Moines one of the “Most Attractive Metros for Business” in its August/September issue. In a survey, industry consultants were asked to consider eight site-selection criteria, including business costs, fast-track permitting …
As the summer of 2010 wound down, the city of Des Moines submitted an application to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for a $1.75 million grant to be used toward updating its …
For the last 17 years, the West Des Moines comprehensive plan has been a document changing with the demands of development.
“We were moving along pretty well, and then a little project called Jordan Creek …
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s new corporate headquarters stretches across three blocks of downtown Des Moines, but the 603,000-square-foot complex is designed to leave a relatively small footprint on the environment.
Wellmark officials expect …
Consultant Peter Mosca brought a silver lining with him to West Des Moines. Speaking last week at the 14th annual Iowa Commercial Real Estate Expo, he suggested that, although the industry’s bad news is far …
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