Real Estate

A building at 200 ACT Drive in Iowa City is undergoing renovations for senior housing. The renovations are part of a broader redevelopment effort for the former ACT campus.

Redevelopment of former ACT campus underway

An extensive redevelopment project at the former ACT campus in Iowa City has been launched. Work is underway on the nearly 400-acre property – bordered by Scott Boulevard, Dodge Street and Interstate 80 – to create a walkable community of…

Washington receives $100,000 grant to rehabilitate fire-damaged historic downtown building

Ten Iowa communities will receive Main Street Iowa Challenge Grants totaling $950,000 to rehabilitate underutilized…

(From left) Carol Lilly, state coordinator with Main Street Iowa; Main Street Washington committee member Sally Hart; building owner of 115-117 N Iowa Ave. Luke Leyden; Samantha Meyer, Main Street Washington's executive director; and Debi Durham, director of IEDA and the Iowa Finance Authority.

ESCO Electric sets groundbreaking for new Marion facility

ESCO Electric Company will hold a groundbreaking ceremony Nov. 12 for a new facility along…

ESCO Group

AbbeHealth Mental Health Services opens expanded facility in downtown Cedar Rapids

UnityPoint Health – AbbeHealth Services – Abbe Center for Community Mental Health will hold a…

AbbeHealth Mental Health Services' new facility at 615 Fifth Street SE in downtown Cedar Rapids.

Off-price retailer Sierra to open new location in Coralville

Sierra, a multichannel off-price retailer, will open its fifth Iowa location at Coral North Shopping…

An exterior view of a Sierra storefront

Coralville hotel to celebrate debut with grand opening Nov. 6

A dual-brand hotel combining Avid Hotels and Candlewood Suites in Coralville is making its debut…

The Avid Hotel | Candlewood Suites Coralville – Iowa City

BHFO, Cedar Rapids-based online fashion retailer, closing

BHFO, the discount fashion retailer headquartered in Cedar Rapids that helped revolutionize online apparel sales,…

BHFO headquarters at 4520 20th Ave SW Cedar Rapids.

Paramount Theatre receives emergency structural repairs after issues detected in post-flood addition

Documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request provide insight into structural issues…

The sidewalk to the Paramount's 3rd Avenue entrance is currently closed, as repairs are planned for the building. CREDIT CINDY HADISH

Hotel planned for Tiffin

A new hotel is coming to Tiffin next year. Site work has begun on an…

A rendering of Atwell Suites by IHG Property. The hotel will be constructed in Tiffin's park Place.

Vantage Architects announces move to downtown Cedar Rapids

Vantage Architects relocated its office from Bowling Street to Alliant Tower in downtown Cedar Rapids…

Alliant Energy tower

Johnson County to present final non-metro housing study recommendations Nov. 12

Johnson County officials will present final recommendations from a non-metro housing study during a public…

johnson county logo

QTS marks topping out of first three buildings at Cedar Rapids data center campus

QTS and construction partners Layton Construction and The Weitz Company marked the topping out of…

QTS topping out 1

Cedar Rapids council advances rezoning to convert former Garfield school to apartments

The Cedar Rapids City Council voted Tuesday, Oct. 21 to advance a rezoning proposal that…

Garfield Elementary Cedar Rapids

North Liberty’s Hy-Vee Center and Amphitheater opens doors

Following more than a decade of planning, the $10 million, 13,000-square-foot Hy-Vee Center and Amphitheater…

Crosspark Road Hy-Vee District Store Director Elise Scheil and North Liberty Mayor Chris Hoffman, center, prepare to cut the ribbon to the new Hy-Vee Center and Amphitheater Oct. 21.

Martin Equipment opens new Cedar Rapids facility

Martin Equipment has opened a new 21,500-square-foot facility at 820 Thompson Way SW in Cedar…

Martin Equipment new facility Cedar Rapids

Backpocket Brewing to close Coralville taproom, move production to Waterloo

Coralville brewery Backpocket Brewing is moving productions to Waterloo and closing its taproom at the…

Backpocket Brewing's location at the Iowa River Landing, 903 Quarry Road in Coralville.