Articles Tagged: Economic development

Also, the state records a record number of new business registrations in the recent state budget year

The IEDA board gave final approval to awarding Cedar Rapids $9 million to boost development in Cedar Rapids’ urban core, funding new recreational amenities and infrastructure that will support the area’s growth.

The city of Cedar Rapids and the Iowa Economic Development Authority will hold an informational session Friday for housing developers to discuss

The Monument Hills project would consist of 64 single-family homes, along with a senior living community on the east side of the development. The proposed development is near Harvest Preserve and Calder Park in northeast Iowa City.

Things are good for business in Iowa, Iowa Business Council Executive Director Joe Murphy said. But we better be prepared for some potential hurdles on the horizon.

After a legal dispute between the land owners and the initially proposed developer, a local developer is looking to transform the long-vacant Loftus Lumber site into a mixed-use facility featuring market-rate rental units and retail space.

With COVID-19 shaking up the businesses that make up Cedar Rapids’ urban core, city leaders contemplate what factors create a vibrant downtown. “This is an opportunity for us to re-imagine what we want our downtown to look like,” Mayor O’Donnell said

Cedar Rapids City Council approved the developer’s request for the tax abatement on Tuesday.

High-end appliance company Sub-Zero this week was awarded millions in city and state incentives to build a $140.6 million facility in Cedar Rapids that would add nearly 200 full-time jobs and bring a new company to Iowa

Iowa DOT has accelerated plans to reconfigure the I-380/Wright Brothers Boulevard interchange, giving a major boost to a fast-growing part of Cedar Rapids that has become host to massive industrial developments and attracted over $1 billion in new investment in recent years

Transamerica’s Cedar Rapids campus at Edgewood Road and 42nd Street NE will be auctioned off starting June 20 after previous attempts to sell the site failed.

Wisconsin-based kitchen appliance company Sub-Zero is seeking city and state incentives to build a $140.6 million light manufacturing facility in Cedar Rapids that would add nearly 200 full-time jobs, most considered to be at the high-quality wage rate.

The Cedar Rapids City Council this week approved tax incentives for two new warehouses in the southwest quadrant for Hy-Vee and Worley Warehousing.

If awarded $27 million by the state, Cedar Rapids envisions a project that will enhance the greenway around the Cedar River in Czech Village and NewBo as a recreational hub and tourist attraction with flood control, housing and other amenities.

The owners of a downtown Independence hardware store received a $600,000 Downtown Housing Grant to help develop 10 apartments on its second floor.