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reporting on real estate and development @MKEBizJournal | Words in @Captimes @NYTimes @journalsentinel | I’m not on here much

 Milwaukee, WI
Joined January 2018
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For clarity, the roof is shot and each unit is about 400 square feet, according to the owner. While a parking lot sucks, some things just need to come down.
Des Moines Defender (@dsmdefender) profile pictureDes Moines Defender@dsmdefender25 Sep 2024
Des Moines landlord, who inherited millions in real estate from his family, set to demolish 13 unit apartment building to make way for a parking lot at his niche bicycle shop that caters to cyclists. archive.is/2024.09.25-123522…
Apartment building off Ingersoll to be leveled for bike shop parking

Apartment building off Ingersoll to be leveled for bike shop parking

archived 25 Sep 2024 12:35:22 UTC

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If chains with half empty lots could figure out how to share parking on Ingersoll (Taco John’s, Office Max) without, allegedly, towing everyone, we wouldn’t be in this mess!! desmoinesregister.com/story/…
Ingersoll Starbucks' parking plan brews clash between Des Moines zoning board, staff

Ingersoll Starbucks' parking plan brews clash between Des Moines zoning board, staff

One resident called the proposal a 'slap in the face' of those who've worked to pedestrianize the Ingersoll corridor. Who won?

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Alec Davis (@alec_dmi) profile pictureAlec Davis@alec_dmi13 May 2024
Great new neighbors we got here on Ingersoll
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It’s time to talk about Beloit
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An East Village apartment building told residents it's seeking to evict its bar tenant after a shooting hospitalized two Sunday. Pura Social Club owner says it didn’t happen on their watch. desmoinesregister.com/story/…
East Village apartment building tells residents it's seeking to evict bar after shootings

East Village apartment building tells residents it's seeking to evict bar after shootings

Pura Social Club owner Uriah Mixdorf says he wasn't aware of Lyon Apartments' memo to building's residents about plan to evict him after weekend shootings

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I hate to start Janesville discourse but isn’t this maybe a decade overdue
Neil W. Johnson (@JanesvilleNeil) profile pictureNeil W. Johnson@JanesvilleNeil12 Mar 2024
City of Janesville wants to encircle Uptown Janesville mall with TIF district. That would put the struggling mall in line for city development loans. This comes as the city breaks ground on the Woodman's Sports & Convention Center on the mall's west side. wclo.com/2024/03/11/city-wan…

City wants to wrap TIF district around Uptown Janesville to spur mall's revival

| By Neil Johnson, anchor/reporter, Big Radio | Things could really be looking up at the Uptown Janesville mall. Along with being home to the future Woodman’s Sports & Convention Center, Uptown...

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Just doin my job folks
RAYGUN (@RAYGUNshirts) profile pictureRAYGUN@RAYGUNshirts1 Mar 2024
This explains a lot. Thank you @AddisonLathers for your dedication to TRUTH. #raygun
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There’s an open house for this proposal tonight at Caribou Coffee on Ingersoll. 5:30 to 7
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Des Moines Register (@DMRegister) profile pictureDes Moines Register@DMRegister27 Feb 2024
Multi-family building, rowhomes could be coming to Ingersoll Avenue desmoinesregister.com/story/…
Multi-family building, rowhomes could be coming to long-vacant lot on Ingersoll Avenue

Multi-family building, rowhomes could be coming to long-vacant lot on Ingersoll Avenue

At long last, a nearly 3-acre development could be coming to 31st Street and Ingersoll Avenue, a vacant 'eyesore' for much of the past decade

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All the Menards in the Des Moines metro. I don’t know what I’ve discovered but I know it’s important
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The first 3D printed house in Iowa was just demolished in Muscatine. The materials used didn’t end up meeting the minimum 5000 PSI strength requirements .hackaday.com/2023/11/29/iowa…
Iowa Demolishes Its First 3D Printed House

Iowa Demolishes Its First 3D Printed House

It sounds like a headline from the future: the weekend before Thanksgiving, a bulldozer came for the first example of a printed home that was supposed to help the housing crisis in the city of Musc…

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The Polk County Board just moved to put a decision to borrow $350 million for the DSM airport expansion on the November ballot. If voters go for it, the loan could save the airport $70M in interest.
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Bank of America building is out, OpenLoop Tower is in desmoinesregister.com/story/…
Bank of America building in Des Moines renamed OpenLoop Tower after its largest tenant

Bank of America building in Des Moines renamed OpenLoop Tower after its largest tenant

Greater Des Moines Partnership CEO Tiffany Tauscheck announced the name change during a ribbon-cutting for the telehealth startup's office expansion.

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An agreement that would have given the North Des Moines Town Hall project a $300,000 forgivable loan was just pulled from the city council agenda. desmoinesregister.com/story/…
With funding nearly secured, developers plan to start North Des Moines City Hall renovation

With funding nearly secured, developers plan to start North Des Moines City Hall renovation

The goal of the $4 million transformation is to celebrate one of Des Moines' most diverse neighborhoods and be a catalyst for change along Sixth Avenue.

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Not sure why yet. The loan was made to help address a gap in funding after the Iowa Economic Development Authority rescinded a $200,000 tax credit early this year. The project had already gotten the greenlight from council once for the loan and approval from urban design.
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I ran into a gilder, Anne Domenech, while visiting the Capitol last week. The Parisian has no fear of heights, a client list of billionaires, and a commitment to conservation. Here’s her interview (conducted from the Capitol’s attic)! desmoinesregister.com/story/…
About every 30 years, the Iowa Capitol's golden domes are restored. Meet a woman who does it.

About every 30 years, the Iowa Capitol's golden domes are restored. Meet a woman who does it.

Anne Domenech has regilded the Empire State Building and the homes of billionaires. Now, she's sprucing up the domes of the Iowa Capitol.

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The owners of the Grand Avenue apartment building allege the prospective buyers strung them along for a year before backing out desmoinesregister.com/story/…
Des Moines high-rise owner sues would-be buyer after failure to close $21.9 million sale

Des Moines high-rise owner sues would-be buyer after failure to close $21.9 million sale

The owners of the Grand Avenue apartment building allege the prospective buyers strung them along for a year before backing out

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But no neighbors were willing to be quoted, apparently.
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Future Ellipsis Girls Home causing Beaverdale neighbors concern trib.al/Or5dBQK
Beaverdale makeover worries neighbors

Beaverdale makeover worries neighbors

DES MOINES, Iowa — Earlier this month the Des Moines Zoning Board of Adjustment voted to allow the family and child welfare non-profit Ellipsis to renovate an office building into a group hom…

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The downtown homeless shelter could be getting a neighbor — a high-end apartment building with a pool where DMARC’s headquarters used to be. desmoinesregister.com/story/…
Big apartment complex to anchor revamp of Mulberry Street in Des Moines' Western Gateway

Big apartment complex to anchor revamp of Mulberry Street in Des Moines' Western Gateway

The proposed development across from Central Iowa Shelter & Services fits with a plan to revamp the image of Mulberry Street

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The Hansens, owners of Manhattan Deli, are poised to lose access to their parking lot and side street parking as road work on Ingersoll continues. With sewer work already in front of their business, they say they’ve reached a “breaking point.” desmoinesregister.com/story/…
Ingersoll Avenue road work brings owners of popular Des Moines deli to their 'breaking point'

Ingersoll Avenue road work brings owners of popular Des Moines deli to their 'breaking point'

Carey and Corey Hansen say that since they took over the Manhattan Deli on Ingersoll Avenue three years ago, road work has been nearly nonstop.

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But can we take a moment to appreciate someone illegally parking in front of me, on the sidewalk, while a street space was wide open??
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GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said he wouldn't accept the VP position, stating that he didn't do well in a "number 2" post. Via me and ⁦@Philip_Joens⁩ desmoinesregister.com/story/…
Rising GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy preaches 'truth' campaign at Iowa State Fair

Rising GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy preaches 'truth' campaign at Iowa State Fair

GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said he wouldn't accept the VP position, stating that he didn't do well in a "number 2" post.

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These two guys (protesters?) are waiting for presidential candidate @marwilliamson at the state fair
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Had a bit of a bizarre moment with GOP presidential candidate Larry Elder at the state fair today.
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