Archive for August, 2007

More $1 million homes pop up in Des Moines area

The Des Moines area’s luxury housing market has blossomed in the past year, as downtown condos rise, suburban estates expand and south-of-Grand mansions get makeovers.

State bucks trend in home sales

Sales of existing homes in Iowa were up 4.1 percent during the April-June quarter, the second-fastest growth rate in the country, a real estate trade group reported Wednesday.

Developer of Year award goes to Ryan

Minneapolis-based Ryan Cos. US Inc., with offices in Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Davenport, won the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties’ Developer of the Year award.

Principal real estate unit buys Colorado offices

Principal Real Estate Investors has acquired three office buildings within the Denver Tech Center, a premier suburban office park in Colorado.
The three buildings, One DTC, Crescent V and Crescent VI, are off Belleview Avenue with access to nearby highways.