Is Downtown Des Moines Expensive?

One thing that is quite common in response to moving downtown–”it’s expensive.”  Well, is that response accurate?  Let’s take a little closer look.
If you remember from part one of this series, moving downtown is all about the lifestyle.  Choosing to leave the burbs for the city is all about the lifestyle [...]

Featuring, and Written By Kim Miller

I grew up in Des Moines, but had not been back for many years.  I kept hearing about how cosmopolitan downtown had become, but didn’t really believe it until I came for a visit last summer.  Boy, has the city grown.  I was really impressed by the new Science Center, Wells Fargo [...]

I spent Sunday afternoon viewing several properties for sale downtown.  I got a chance to see:
Ingersoll Square (yep, it’s open although not yet done–maybe 2-4 weeks out)
Equitable ($900,000+ unit!)
SOHO
Mulberry Lofts
Brown Camp AND Tone Lofts (Tone Lofts are amazing!)
Park Place
I’d seen many of these buildings before, but it’s great to go back through and find out [...]

 
I’ve had several people ask me about a few projects that they haven’t seen featured here yet.  In case you missed it, I reviewed a few properties here.

Friday I will have write-ups for you on Park Place, 111 City Lofts, Olive Street Condos, Gateway Lofts, perhaps even Brown Camp Lofts and 10th Street Lofts.

There are [...]

 
The old Harger and Blish (from 1887) Building has recently undergone a conversion to lofts, and is now known as Mulberry Lofts.  I had the great opportunity to view these lofts last week with BJ Knapp and found them to be very well done.

The overall feel of the building was left in tact.  The developers [...]