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Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Tom Treharne, the city’s community development director, talks about new apartments, affordable housing
The large building at 640 Marion Blvd. will be developed on the former Hames Homes site at the western gateway of Marion.
With lots of extras, peace and quiet, the manufactured housing lifestyle is preferred by many.
Each of the three projects — 21 S. Linn St., 315 E. Prentiss, 12 E. Court St. — have a “fairly long history with the city,” City Manager Geoff Fruin said. Two of the projects appear to be moving forward, with another planning when it would be best to proceed.
The state of things for the Cedar Rapids’ metro area’s commercial real estate for 2022 likely will look a lot as they did in 2021, according to a new report from GLD Commercial.
“Quiet title” laws across the Midwest can disproportionately affect homeowners who don’t speak English.
Havenpark Communities, which owns several mobile home parks in Iowa, purchased two parks in Iowa City last month for a combined $33.5 million. Havenpark attracted attention in 2019 for hiking tenants’ rent anywhere from 24 percent to 69 percent.
The longtime Iowa City bar and performance venue was torn down Thursday after closing in 2020.
Demolition work started Thursday morning on The Mill. The demolition is another step in the new plans for a multipurpose development at the 120 E. Burlington St. location.
The North Liberty City Council at its Tuesday evening meeting unanimously approved a site plan for Field Day Brewing Company, another endeavor for restaurant owner Brian Flynn.
Today, historically redlined neighborhoods are connected to a variety of poor health conditions, lower life expectancy, police brutality, less access to healthy food, retail depression and gentrification. About 30 percent of Black people in Iowa own their homes compared to 75 percent of white people.
A new performance venue part of a “multipurpose development” anticipated on Burlington Street in Iowa City is in the early design stages. Developer Marc Moen has been in discussion with local arts, entertainment and design people to help shape the direction of the new cultural venue.
Though Hunter Companies was under contract to purchase the former Transamerica site, the local developer is not moving forward with purchasing the property.
