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 ...

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 ...

The Iowa Business Council announced its 2026 public policy priorities at its final board meeting of 2025. The council’s 2026 public policy priorities include: “Our 2026 public policy priorities focus ...

A rendering of the Joyce E. Lillis School of Nursing that will replace a vacant 12,000 square-foot building on Mercy’s campus. Rendering courtesy Invision Architecture Mercy College of Health Sciences ...

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 ...

Bravo Greater Des Moines announced Monday its annual Bravo Awards Gala honorees. The two Bravo-funded organizations receiving the 2026 Spotlight Awards are Living History Farms and Mainframe Studios.

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