Sammons Financial Group Inc. announced it donated nearly $4.6 million to charitable organizations across its corporate locations in 2025, with employees contributing more than 11,000 volunteer hours.

No new office construction was brought to market in the first quarter of 2025, with vacancy rates remaining high in the central business district as tenants either consolidated locations or moved but ...

Sock manufacturer Fox River had private-label contracts with many nationally recognized companies, such as Carhartt, to produce socks, hats and other items. Now it’s closing its factory in Osage, 30 ...

Valley West Mall, pictured above, is facing redevelopment. The West Des Moines Planning and Zoning Commission this week voted to designate an Urban Renewal Area around Valley West Mall in what the ...

Iowa banks reported a 4.7% increase in loan growth up from $87.8 billion in 2025 to $92 billion in 2025, new data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. shows. “Banks use deposits to make loans in ...

The city of Des Moines will begin negotiations to purchase three contiguous buildings on Euclid Avenue, which are adjacent to the former IOOF Hall/Drug Store at 200 Euclid Ave. Image provided by Des ...

In the 2013 Book of Lists, we began a new tradition. While the book has traditionally focused on businesses, we wanted to add some new lists that highlighted the vast array of business people in our ...

Leaders in the commercial real estate sector believe 2026 will be a year of growth, with robust industrial activity as well as increased new construction and the continuing trend of large tenants ...

Family-owned and Minnesota-based Mills Fleet Farm has agreed to sell to New York-based KKR, one of the country’s largest investment concerns that has holdings in various industries totaling about $100 ...

The first mixed-use office building in the Middlebrook community in Cumming was recently completed with its anchor being the new headquarters for Peoples Co. Peoples and its 75 team members who work ...

Vermeer Corp. plans to build a 300,000-square-foot production facility in Bondurant and create 182 jobs, significantly increasing the Pella-based company’s footprint in Iowa and allowing for future ...

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act data reported that Network Imaging Solutions of North Liberty and Superior Tube Products of Davenport are closing. NIS, a supply-chain company is ...