As part of its 60th anniversary celebration, Blank Park Zoo is launching Roar & Explore, a statewide public art initiative. The zoo is seeking 20 Iowa artists to paint their designs on large-scale ...

The rendering shows a six-story mixed-use building that Indianapolis, Ind.-based the Annex Group has proposed for the Polk County-owned parking lot at Fifth and Cherry streets in downtown Des Moines.

Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Group, an Algona-based provider of commercial property and casualty insurance for pharmacies and specialty health care service providers, has announced a new ...

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 ...

The city of Grimes will build a new public administration building that will combine staff who work at the current city hall and the Grimes Community Complex. The city council approved plans for the ...

The city of Ankeny has appointed Mike Schrock as city manager effective immediately, following a nationwide search. Schrock has served as interim city manager since January when David Jones left to ...

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 ...

Minnesota-based business technology provider Marco Technologies has announced the opening of a new 100,000-square-foot logistics center in Bondurant as part of its strategy to expand national ...

Emily Wood is special projects editor at Business Record. She covers nonprofits and philanthropy, HR and leadership, and diversity, equity and inclusion.

According to the Alliance for Lifetime Income, more than 4.1 million Americans will hit the retirement age of 65 through the year 2027. That’s over 11,200 people every day. The trend is more ...

Building permits for 76 new commercial and multifamily projects have been issued in the first six months of 2025 in the Greater Des Moines area, a Business Record review shows. The value of the ...