In case you missed it, and I will say that with how many people forwarded this story to me not many of you did, there was a fantastic piece about downtown Des Moines in the New York Times over the weekend.  The writer did an excellent job of portraying what many of us have been [...]

Downtown Des Moines’ newest rental property will soon be opening up units!  Marketplace Lofts on Court Avenue will be opening up the units in January, which means that this property is finally nearing completion.
Hubbell is advertising these units with a “farmers market” feel to them.  I think it’s a good idea seeing as how popular [...]

Downtown Des Moines has a very diverse crowd. There are young folks, old folks, rich and poor folks–each will obviously have their own taste.
We will soon have an upcoming poll to decide what truly is the best–so here’s the question for you. What is your favorite nightspot and why? Is it inPlay, [...]

This site was started on February 14, 2007 and has provided exactly what it was designed for. When my own personal search for downtown housing began I could find absolutely nothing about downtown online. That doesn’t mean it wasn’t there, it just means that I was unable to find it. And if [...]

Are you one of the thousands of people looking for something to do this December? As if shopping (I thought Santa took care of that?), parties, dinners, decorating and everything else we load our calendars with isn’t enough. For those of you looking for more here’s a taste of what downtown has to [...]

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The Iowa Energy had their home opener last night over at Wells Fargo Arena. If you’re keeping track, that now gives downtown Des Moines residents pro baseball (I-Cubs), pro basketball (Energy), pro hockey (Stars) and coming soon, Arena Football. All in all it’s quite exciting for downtown Des Moines.
Here’s what the Register had [...]

Since Feb. 14–the date that this site was officially started, we’ve got some great pictures of downtown Des Moines. Here are some of our favorites, a tour of downtown made just for you.

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In the introduction to our finance expert, Benjamin Morrow, I realized that we never covered any lending basics. Many people that are buying downtown are young, first-time home buyers, and might not know some of the ‘basics’ when it comes to financing your home.
Here’s a few questions that I asked Ben to help anyone [...]