Downtown residential project unveiled
Knapp Properties recently unveiled plans for a downtown residential project located at 420 Court Ave. The 81 new units will be above the Hy-Vee grocery store that’s currently under [...]
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Posted May 18, 2016in On the Move
Posted May 11, 2016in On the Move
Brand new ReStore
Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity has opened a new resale shop, ReStore, with its second metro area store at 4033 N.W. Urbandale Drive in Urbandale. The 25,000-square-foot building provides [...]
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Posted May 04, 2016in On the Move
Pleading The Fifth
A proposed downtown 32-story skyscraper, set for Fifth and Court avenues, has cleared its biggest hurdle by gaining recent approval by the Des Moines City Council. The planned tower [...]
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Posted April 20, 2016in On the Move
Changes coming to Jordan Creek Town Center
Jordan Creek is getting more comfortable this fall. Soft Surroundings — a women’s clothing, accessories and beauty store, which also sells goods for around the home — is slated [...]
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Posted April 13, 2016in On the Move
New men’s salon will serve alcohol
A new West Des Moines barbershop called “Scissors and Scotch” is set to give haircuts, facial hair trims and men’s grooming procedures — while serving Scotch. The new shop [...]
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Posted April 06, 2016in Featured Story, On the Move
Hy-Vee buys the former K’s Merchandise
Hy-Vee has bought the vacant 81,936 square-foot building in Urbandale that used to be K’s Merchandise. The grocery store chain bought the building at 3303 86th St. earlier this [...]
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Posted April 01, 2016in On the Move
Science Center sold to Walmart
The Science Center of Central Iowa announced the sale of its downtown location at 401 West Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway to Walmart Corporation. Walmart’s corporate leaders expect to have [...]
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Posted March 23, 2016in On the Move
Jethroni Pepperoni opens for business
Jethroni Pepperoni has arrived in Altoona. The menu includes pasta entrees, pizza, sandwiches and salads. The menu also includes specialties like chicken Marsala, steak de burgo, shrimp scampi and much [...]
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Posted March 16, 2016in On the Move
Buffets close suddenly
Two popular buffet restaurants recently closed abruptly without giving notice to their workers or customers. Ryan’s Buffet, an all you can eat restaurant in Clive, is closed, and so is [...]
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Posted March 09, 2016in On the Move
Moving on up
Rents for one-bedroom apartments increased 7.7 percent in Des Moines proper in 2015. Efficiencies and studios went up even faster at a clip of 10.3 percent. Larger units saw a more [...]
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