Des Moines
Fastest Labs Accelerates Development Efforts
With a heightened demand for services, Fastest Labs has accelerated development efforts with the goal of reaching 100 signed agreements… Read more
J&M Plastics Files Proposed Class Action Suit for Electricity Charges
A North Texas plastics company has filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Des Moines-based MidAmerican Energy Services, alleging the… Read more
Midsize Cities May Lead the Charge in the Recovery
While the pandemic-fueled flow of jobs and residents out of New York, San Francisco and other large coastal cities will… Read more
COTE Top 10 Awards Recognize Designs That Advance Climate Action
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) is awarding 10 design projects with its highest honor,… Read more
Brady Station Locks in $18.5M in HUD Financing
HUD financing of $18.56 million was recently secured for Brady Station Apartments, a 262-unit market-rate apartment complex located in Odessa.… Read more
Hanley Makes Retail Pad Sale in Bourbonnais
Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors completed the sale of a new-construction, 9,723-square-foot retail property at Bradley Commons, a Walmart Supercenter-anchored… Read more
JLL Finalizes Sale of Des Moines-Area Apartments
JLL Capital Markets closed the sale of Signature Place, a 261-home, garden-style apartment community in West Des Moines, IA. Terms weren’t disclosed.… Read more
JLL Closes Sale of Des Moines-Area Apartments
JLL Capital Markets closed the $56.75-million sale and arranged $45.4 million in acquisition financing for a multifamily portfolio consisting of… Read more
Principal Real Estate Adds John Kropke to Relaunch REOC Business
Principal Real Estate Investors hired John Kropke as managing director of its U.S. and Europe real estate operating company (REOC) line… Read more
Scottsdale’s Wells Fargo Gainey Center Claimed by NY Investor
AREA Exchange Asset III, LLC, an affiliate of New York City-based Ascent Real Estate Advisors, acquired Wells Fargo Gainey Center,… Read more
Investor Interest Turns the Midwest into a Multifamily Hot Spot
By Paul Bubny Few regions of the U.S. have seen quite the uptick of investor interest that the Midwest has… Read more
NHI in $133M JV with LCS to Buy Senior Housing Property in Issaquah
Murfreesboro, TN-based National Health Investors, Inc. (NHI) and an affiliate of Des Moines, IA-based Life Care Services (LCS), formed a… Read more
LCS Takes Full Ownership of Gold Coast Seniors High-Rise
Fundamental Advisors LP sold The Clare at Rush and Pearson, a high-rise senior housing community in downtown’s Gold Coast neighborhood,… Read more
Transwestern Enters Des Moines with Portfolio Assignment
Transwestern Commercial Services has been tapped for its first engagement in Des Moines, IA, where it will manage the Ruan… Read more
NKF Brokers $73M Sale of Birmingham Multifamily Portfolio
NKF arranged the $73-million sale of The Falls and Woods of Hoover, a two-property, 696-unit multifamily portfolio in metro Birmingham.… Read more
Opus Leases Up Phase 2 of Des Moines Industrial Park
The Opus Group has completed leasing up Corporate Woods II, a 200,000-square-foot, speculative bulk industrial development in the Des Moines… Read more
Where are Best Places to Get a Summer Job?
This summer’s job market is likely going to be challenged by the tight U.S. labor market. The national unemployment rate… Read more
NYC Family Offices Buy in Fast-Growing Des Moines Suburb
Besyata Investment Group and the Scharf Group, both New York City-based family offices, have completed the Phase II acquisition of… Read more
Tom Becker Steps into New Role at Opus
The Opus Group promoted Tom Becker to regional vice president of construction and project management. He will manage the Minneapolis… Read more