Drake University’s Zimpleman College of Business has announced four recipients of its 2026 Social Impact Awards for Research and Outreach, recognizing faculty whose work advances the college’s mission ...

Urbandale’s plan to redevelop its downtown district — that area between Merle Hay Road to 75th Street along Douglas Avenue — is moving forward with the next steps focused on branding and zoning to ...

The developer behind the Ignit Johnston LLC youth sports and recreation facility is being accused of breach of contract in a lawsuit filed by the city of Johnston. Business Record file photo The city ...

Southridge Mall, an aged retail center on Des Moines’ south side, continues to be revitalized, this time with the addition of a multifamily project and expansion of an auction company in space once ...

New renderings of the Ignit Sports and Fitness complex in Johnston were recently released by Emergent Architecture, the project’s architect. Construction of the $55 million project is underway on ...

Emily Wood is special projects editor at Business Record. She covers nonprofits and philanthropy, HR and leadership, and diversity, equity and inclusion.

A recent review of Business Record archives found at least 552 executive leadership changes have happened in the Des Moines area since 2020. One-third of those changes, 211, occurred between 2024 and ...

The Technology Association of Iowa recently hosted the Iowa Data Center Summit, which was meant in part to ask how Iowa can balance demand for data centers and environmental responsibility. While ...

After becoming one of the early adopters of a farming practice that would forever change animal agriculture, the Faaborg family in Radcliffe is swapping its concentrated animal feeding operation for ...

As Dan Houston advanced through the leadership ranks at Principal Financial Group, his involvement in civic and social initiatives across Greater Des Moines expanded. And while the 64-year-old Houston ...

A local radiologist plans to develop a regional medical campus in Urbandale that provides preventive and diagnostic services as well as treatment, the Business Record has learned. The campus, which ...