Location: Hubbell Park, near SE 40th Street
Status: Phases I & II Completed, Additional Phases Proposed
Developer: Great Ape Trust of Iowa
Cost: $10 million
Category: Research and Education
Etc:
- Construction of a research facility that will hold several types of primates and be the world's foremost research center for primate studies
- Future phases will include more habitable space for bonobos, gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangatangs to locate to, will include tours by the general public
- The world's leading primate researches will relocate their research facilities to Des Moines
- Located in park space in the Des Moines River Valley
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