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Hiawatha HUB development project canceled

Development of the HUB, a project that originally promised to bring dozens of new housing units to the former site of a mobile home park near the heart of Hiawatha, has been canceled by mutual agreement between the developer and…

Wolf Carbon files petition for carbon dioxide pipeline

Wolf Carbon Solutions has filed its petition for a carbon dioxide pipeline with the Iowa…

Wolf Carbon carbon dioxide hazardous material pipeline

CBJ Health Care Summit panelists address health care costs, competition

A group of local health care panelists fielded a series of questions from Corridor Business…

CBJ Health Care Summit panelists

UPDATED: Transamerica laying off another 42 Cedar Rapids employees

Transamerica is laying off another 42 employees from its Cedar Rapids operations, according to a…

Transamerica

Health Care Summit speaker: Parallel integration can address crisis

Tim Sagers gets straight to the point: We’re spending more in the U.S. on health…

Tim Sagers Captive Health

Affordable housing projects set for southwest Cedar Rapids

Two neighboring city-owned properties in southwest Cedar Rapids are set to be redeveloped for affordable…

Homes for Iowa affordable housing

Plans for age-restricted, gated development in Cedar Rapids advance

An age-restricted, gated housing development in northeast Cedar Rapids is moving forward in Cedar Rapids…

Pella gated community

Is 3D printing the future of home construction?

3D printing, considered cutting-edge technology a decade ago, is moving well beyond desktop units printing…

Alquist 3D home printing 1

GoDaddy laying off 8% of global workforce

GoDaddy is laying off 8% of its global workforce as the domain registrar and hosting…

GoDaddy Hiawatha

Bed Bath & Beyond closing stores in Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Sioux City

Bed Bath & Beyond has announced plans to close its stores in Cedar Rapids, Davenport…

Bed Bath & Beyond Cedar Rapids

Public hearing set for MidAmerican’s Wind PRIME project

A public hearing has been set for later this month to review MidAmerican Energy’s proposed…

Wind turbines

Bohannon moving to new role as market president at First Interstate Bank

Zach Bohannon is returning to a field he knows well – banking. The Marion native…

Zach Bohannon First Interstate Bank

Economic Forecast Luncheon panelists address industry trends, innovation, market forces

A group of panelists provided insights on various topics during the Corridor Business Journal’s Economic…

CBJ Economic Forecast Luncheon panelists

Lawsuit against Linn County in Coggon Solar project dismissed

A lawsuit brought by a group of Linn County landowners regarding the Board of Supervisors’…

Linn supervisors Coggon Solar

Sunline move to Hawkeye Downs, Lil’ Drug Store expansion advancing

Plans for relocating Sunline’s auto salvage operations to Hawkeye Downs and expanding Lil’ Drug Store’s…

Hawkeye Downs Speedway and Expo Center

Westdale’s rebirth nearly complete

Ahead of schedule, and defying the expectations of numerous skeptics, the full redevelopment vision transforming…

Westdale Town Center