When Jim Lewis was preparing to interview for the job of executive director of the Vaughan Institute of Risk Management and Insurance at the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business, he did what ...

Just over 3,100 building permits for single-family houses and townhome units are expected to be issued in the Greater Des Moines area in 2025, the fewest since 2021, data from the Home Builders ...

Robinson Inc., a metal fabricator based in De Pere, Wis., is planning to expand to Altoona. Construction is expected to begin on the Altoona site in spring 2026 with the plant becoming operational in ...

The Business Record recently assembled a group of experts to talk about the Des Moines area housing sector and its outlook for 2026. Panelists who took part in the Business Record’s Project515 on ...

A rendering provided by WB Realty Co. LLC, shows a 76,800-square-foot warehouse the company is developing in West Des Moines. The West Des Moines City Council on Monday approved a site plan for the ...

Temple Real Estate has entered into a development agreement with the city of Urbandale to build a 9,886-square-foot mixed-use building on Plum Drive. The Urbandale City Council approved the ...

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Clive announced it has marked off several project milestones with the construction of new and updated features at Greenbelt Landing this fall. The 14.89-acre project, located on the east side of NW ...

A recent review of Business Record archives found at least 552 executive leadership changes have happened in the Des Moines area since 2020. One-third of those changes, 211, occurred between 2024 and ...

A law goes into effect July 1 that allows owners of single-family lots in Iowa to add an accessory dwelling unit to their property. The graphic above shows different ways the secondary housing units ...

The Iowa Bankers Association has elected the officers and directors who will serve on the association’s 2025-26 board of directors. Abram Tubbs of Ohnward Bancshares in Maquoketa, will serve as chair ...

In the 2013 Book of Lists, we began a new tradition. While the book has traditionally focused on businesses, we wanted to add some new lists that highlighted the vast array of business people in our ...