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Ulta Beauty store interior

Ulta Beauty to open new location at Westdale Town Center

Beauty retailer Ulta Beauty will open a new location at Westdale Town Center in the first quarter of 2026, the shopping center’s developer announced. Frew Development Group, which owns and operates the center, said it turned over the retail space…

New Chick-fil-A proposed along Blairs Ferry Road in Cedar Rapids

A new Chick-fil-A restaurant may be on its way to a busy portion of Blairs…

Chick-fil-A Lindale Cedar Rapids

Independence Premium Foods acquires former pet food production facility

Independence Premium Foods has acquired a former pet food production facility, stating that its mission…

Exterior of Independence Premium Foods in Independence.

Iowa City pilot program to award housing grants for energy-efficient homes

The Climate Action and Outreach department of the city of Iowa City, in collaboration with…

Iowa City logo

Coralville proposes amendments to West Land Use area master plan

Coralville’s city council passed a first consideration to amend the Coralville West Land Use area…

2015 draft proposed land use plan.

Cedar Rapids officials seeking final input for Westside Library Park plan

The City of Cedar Rapids is seeking final input on the draft plan for the…

Westside Library Park map

Cedar Rapids vintage clothing store finds a market in Iowa City

A popular Cedar Rapids vintage store has joined forces with Heim, a downtown Iowa City…

Heim, located at 112 E. Washington St. in Iowa City.

Cedar Rapids council picks HACAP to own, operate The Heights

The Hawkeye Area Community Action Program (HACAP) will own and operate The Heights affordable housing…

Colonial building The Heights affordable housing

VIDEO: See what’s in store at Big Grove’s Cedar Rapids location

The Big Grove Brewery and Taproom in Cedar Rapids’ Kingston Yard development will be the…

A view of the front entrance of the Big Grove Brewery’s Cedar Rapids taphouse at a recent sunset. CREDIT BIG GROVE

Square foot prices more than double inflation in 2022

Median square foot prices for new for-sale single-family detached (SFD) homes started in 2022 increased…

Linn County looking to sell Fillmore Center

Linn County officials are pursuing the sale of the county-owned Fillmore Center in northwest Cedar…

Linn County Fillmore Center

Foodliner celebrates grand opening of Cedar Rapids terminal

Foodliner officials gathered Thursday, Nov. 16 to celebrate the grand opening of the company’s new…

Foodliner grand opening ribbon cutting

CR Brickstone grand opening celebrates city’s latest affordable housing option

Debi Durham took the opportunity to reference Greek mythology Thursday, Nov. 16 as developers gathered…

Dale Todd CR Brickstone grand opening

New Starbucks to replace former Cedar Rapids Hardees

A new Starbucks location is set to replace the former Hardees restaurant at the corner…

Starbucks at former Hardees

VIDEO: Ginsberg Jewelers closing after 93 years, four generations of family ownership

Ginsberg Jewelers in Cedar Rapids, one of Iowa’s oldest family-owned jewelers, is closing after 93…

Ginsberg Jewelers

Oral-B enters contract to purchase Kirkwood’s Iowa City campus

After 273 days on the market, Kirkwood Community College has announced a buyer for its…

Kirkwood's Iowa City campus, located at 1828 Lower Muscatine Road.