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Airport Projects

Airport Commerce Park South (View Map)

Project: Accent Tag & Label
Location: 2201 Rittenhouse Street
Building Size: 28,000 sq. ft.
Project Cost: $1.4 million
Completion: October 1997

Project: Federal Reserve Building
Location: 2200 Rittenhouse Street
Building Size: 60,000 sq. ft.; Federal Reserve has 26,000 sq. ft.; 11,000 sq. ft. for lease
Project Cost: $2.8 million
Completion: 1997

Airport Business Park (View Map)

Project: EDS
Location: Army Post Road, east of Hwy 28
Building Size: 405,000 sq. ft. on 28 acres
Project Cost: $15.7 million
Completion: Summer 2002

Project: Des Moines Register Production Facility
Location: 4001 Gannett Ave. (Iowa Highway 28 and Relocated Army Post Road)
Building Size: 120,000 sq. ft. on 16 acres
Project Cost: $51 million
Completion: Spring 2000


Airport Commerce Park West (View Map)

Project: Sticks
Location: 3631 SW 61st Street
Building Size: 27,500 sq. ft. on 4.2 acres
Project Cost: $2.5 million
# Employees: 40 existing and 30 new
Completion: Fall 1999

Project: Mc Leod, Inc.
Location: 61st and Park Avenue
Building Size: 82,500 sq. ft. on 15 acres
Project Cost: $10 million
Completion: Summer 2000

Project: Weitz Company
Location: 5901 Thornton Avenue
Building Size: 20,000 sq. ft.
Project Cost: $2.4 million
Completion: December 1999

Project: Carpenter Uniform
Location: 5801 Thornton Avenue
Building Size: 27,000 sq. ft.
Project Cost: $1.6 Million
Completion: Spring 2001

Project: Color Converting Industries
Location: 3535 SW 56th Street
Building Size: 80,000 sq. ft. on 10 acres
Project Cost: $17 million
Completion: Fall 1999

Other

Project: United Parcel Service (UPS)
Location: Des Moines International Airport
Building Size: 250,000 sq. ft.
Project Cost: $43 million
Completion: November 2002

 
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