A few new projects:
Preliminary renderings of the 12-story "Miesblock" (formerly 7th and Grand development) project were released today. This is a 12 story mixed use building that is made to architecturally compliment the little black Mies Van Der Rohe-designed building that is in the foreground of the first rendering. Mies' grandson and prominent Chicago architect Dirk Lohan is helping out with architectural consulting on this one too.
This project is called the Velocity Apartments in a new downtown neighborhood called The Bridge District.
Development Concept
And this will accompany these projects already underway in the district.
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And in West Des Moines, the big news this week was the city landing another Microsoft Data Center, which is the company's 3rd facility in this city. Microsoft joins Facebook and Google, who also have significant data center operations in Iowa. At final build out, this facility is projected to be one of the largest such facilities in the country, and could cost over $2 billion to construct.
Even more important is that the additional property tax revenue generated from the facility will allow the city to open up 5,000 acres for new development by installing utilities, a major new parkway and bridge over the Raccoon River.
