Downtown/Central Projects Page

All proposed, under-construction, and recently completed projects in the Downtown/Central Area are listed below under their corresponding sections.  Click on the title of the project to learn more about the individual project.

Recent Updates:

• Mercy Hospital Emergency Room Addition--5/8/08
• Asian Botanical Gardens--4/23/08
• Midtown Heights Townhome Project --4/23/08
• Village Place/Oxford Court--4/23/08
• Allied/Nationwide Insurance Expansion-Phase III--4/23/08
• Principal Riverwalk--4/23/08
• Marketplace Lofts/4th St Condos--4/23/08
• Davis Brown Tower--4/23/08
• Stockbridge Apartments--4/23/08
• e300 Mixed Use Development--4/23/08
• Westgate Condomimium Tower/Chamberlain Building Renovation --4/23/08
• Hammer Pharmacy Building Renovation--4/1/08
• 6th and College Commercial District--4/1/08
• 756 9th Street (Qwest Annex) Office and Retail Renovation--3/30/08
• Hotel Randolph Renovation/Conversion--3/30/08
• Harrington Apartments Renovation--3/30/08
• Dahl's Foods on Ingersoll--3/30/08
• Principal Financial Group Child Care Facility--3/28/08

Proposed Projects

• Art House Lofts Renovation
• Asian Cultural Center of America
• Bank of America Retail Conversion
• Botanical Center Renovation
• Capitol Complex Visitor's Center
• Crane Building Renovation
• Gateway Lofts Retail Building
• Hy-Vee Hall Expansion
• Iowa Association of Community Colleges Association HQ
• Iowa Events Center Convention Hotel
• Lovejoy Building Renovation
• Metro Lofts
• Opus_01 Mixed Use Project
• Polk County Courthouse Annex
• Hotel RandolphRenovation/Conversion
• Renaissance Savery Hotel Expansion
• Riverfront YMCA Renovation
• Riverpoint West Redevelopment
• Rocket Transfer Condos & Sealy Building Apartments Renovation
• Rumely Building Renovation
• Two Rivers Urban Village Development
• The Paseo Mixed Use Development
• Walnut Street School Elevated Playground Structure
• Wellmark BCBS Headquarters
• West End Lofts (Mitchell Transmission Building)

• World Food Prize Headquarters

• Younkers Residential Conversion

• 16th and Locust Street Tower (Ostrem Imports Site)
• 1717 Ingersoll Avenue Renovation (Stivers Ford Showroom)

• 1912 Grand Avenue DMPS Central Campus Renovation

• 756 9th Street (Qwest Annex) Office and Retail Renovation

Ingersoll-Grand Ave Corridor

• Adio Lofts Development

Transportation and Infrastructure

• Downtown Shuttle Service
• MLK East-West Extension (East of the Des Moines River)
  

• Allied/Nationwide Insurance Expansion-Phase III
• Asian Botanical Gardens
• Brownstones on Grand
• Davis Brown Tower
• e300 Mixed Use Development
• E5W Condominiums
• East Grand Avenue Hispanic Business District Redevelopment
• Hammer Pharmacy Building Renovation
• Hawthorn Hill Renovation
• Ingersoll Square Commercial & Residential Development
• Marketplace Lofts/4th St Condos
• Mercy Hospital Emergency Room Addition
• Principal Financial Group Child Care Facility
• Principal Financial Group Parking Garage
• Principal Riverwalk
• Village Place/Oxford Court
• Western Gateway Park/Pappajohn Sculpture Garden
• Westgate Condomimium Tower/Chamberlain Building Renovation

Drake Neighborhood

• Drake Student Housing Mixed-Use Project

Ingersoll-Grand Ave Corridor

• Dahl's Foods on Ingersoll
• Ingersoll Streetscape Project
• Midtown Heights Townhome Project

Riverbend Neighborhood

• 6th and College Commercial District

Sherman Hill Neighborhood

• Harrington Apartments Renovation
• Murillo Building Move/Renovation
• Olive Street Condos
• Sherman Hill Condominiums Project
• Stockbridge Apartments

Transportation and Infrastructure

• I-235 Reconstruction

• Allied Insurance Headquarters
• Allied/Nationwide Insurance Expansion-Phase II
• Arlington-Hallet Apartment Renovation
• Capital Village Lofts-McCoy Building Renovation
• Court Avenue Village
• Court Center Project
• Des Moines Central Library
• Des Moines Police Credit Union
• East Village Square Apartments
• EMC Insurance/City of Des Moines Parking Ramp
• Equitable Building Renovation
• Federal Building Renovation
• Full Court Press Grocery Store
• Gateway Lofts Residential Development
• Gray's Lake Park Improvements
• Hohberger Building Renovation
• Hubbell Building Residential Conversion
• Iowa Events Center (including Wells Fargo Arena & Hy-Vee Hall)
• Iowa State Bank Office Building
• Iowa Workforce Development Center
• inPlay Des Moines
• Kenyon Building Renovation
• Kirkwood Hotel Condo Conversion
• Liberty Building Renovation/Nelson Development Parking Garage
• Masonic Temple Renovation
• Mercy College Expansion
• Mercy Medical Center Expansion
• Mulberry Lofts
• Nelson Office Building Rehabilitation
• Pappajohn Higher Education Center
• Principal Park Baseball Stadium Improvements
• RDG Architecture Firm Expansion
• Records and Property Building Office Conversion
• Scandia Building Renovation
• Science Center of Iowa
• Soho Lofts
• Spaghetti Works Building Renovation
• State of Iowa Bar Association Office Building Renovation
• State of Iowa Judicial Building
• State of Iowa Parking Garage
• Suites of 800 Locust
• Teachout Building Renovation
• Two Rivers Marketing Headquarters
• Water Street Brownstones/Vine Street Lofts
• Wells Fargo Expansion I
• Wells Fargo Financial Expansion II
• West Capitol Terrace Project
• White Line Lofts
• 10th Street Lofts
• 111 City Lofts Condo Conversion
• 300 East Locust Building
• 506 E. Grand Avenue Building Renovation

Drake Neighborhood

• Drake Stadium Renovation
• University Place Development

Sherman Hill Neighborhood

• Alchemilla Townhomes
• Gateway Market
• Hillside Apartment Renovation
• Hoyt-Sherman Theater Renovation
• Woodland Avenue Brickstones

Ingersoll-Grand Ave Corridor

• Des Moines University Student Education Center
• 3031 Grand Avenue Condominiums

Transportation and Infrastructure

• Downtown Signage & Wayfinding Project
• East Locust Streetscape Project
• MLK Extension (West of the Des Moines River)