Location: East Des Moines, East of E.30th Street, North of Vandalia Road
Status: Site Preparation Underway
Developer: City of Des Moines
Cost: $37 million
Category: Business/High-Tech Industrial Park
Etc:
- An 1,100 acre conversion and cleanup of current brownfields land to a industrial technology park
- The City of Des Moines will spend $37 million for cleanup, and installation of roads and infrastructure
- Project has received funding from the EPA for cleanup, and has been labeled a "brownfields showcase community"
- Is intended to land life sciences and biotechnology companies
- Intended to spur $420 million worth of new investment in the park, including up to 6,500 jobs at full buildout