I spent most of my day Sunday touring open houses downtown.  Here’s a quick rundown of the action.

Here I am at 111 City Lofts.  It seems to be that when you attend open houses you are given lots of papers!  This is the kitchen in the model unit.
Two quick notes:
Pro: The coolest enclosed decks I [...]

What an amazing night last night.  The weather was perfect, and it gave me a great chance to get out and take in a little of Downtown flavor at night.

I must give some congratulations, I feel very safe walking the streets of downtown at night.  The Des Moines Police, and anyone else that they work [...]

I’ve never been one for winter. I would much prefer 365 days of heat and humidity over having winter. Spring and fall are okay, but winter is so bad it ruins fall, and makes spring seem too far away.
With this cold weather, and the snow that came with it I haven’t been [...]

 
I had the opportunity to tour the model unit of the great project The Brownstones on Grand.  What a cool development!

The Brownstones are very unique in that they are designed like the Brownstones out east, much more like a row home or a townhouse than a condo.  This is a very unique project, in that [...]

I have had many people ask me where you can live downtown.  A few of the higher profile projects, like the Equitable building conversion are well known, but what are the other projects?  What is it like to live downtown, and what kind of home would I have?
If that’s you, then you have come to [...]

I got to spend a few hours outside on Friday, yes I said outside. I spent some time in the sky-walks too, but there were sightings of me walking through the streets of Des Moines.
I finally was freed up long enough to get out and meet a few people on Friday afternoon. So [...]

There are a few reasons that I was very excited about moving downtown.
 

Urban living
Walking distance to everything
The Views
My grandma lives downtown

My grandmother moved downtown about a year ago I think. She has a great little condo that overlooks the East Village, the Capital, the new ice skating rink, the Brownstones on Grand and best [...]

I caught Keith Murphy on the news tonight talking about a potential deal that would bring a NBA Development League team to Des Moines.
If you don’t know the D-League is just like the minor leagues for baseball. This team would be to an NBA team what the I-Cubs are to the Chicago Cubs, and [...]

 
I want to let everyone know of two websites that I have read to keep me up to date with the construction going on around downtown.
AbsoluteDSM and KnowDowntown.
By spending a few minutes you can see what’s going on and what that new building being constructed is.
My favorite feature is the housing presentation powerpoint on absolutedsm.  [...]