DES MOINES, Iowa – Des Moines celebrated back to back banner years for building and the new year is starting out just as solid. Development topped $782-million in building permits last year and beat the previous record by more than $100 million.
“I don’t know if we’ll hit 700 again, but just knowing what’s in that pipeline, I think we have a really good chance of coming close and there’s gonna be projects that get announced and break ground in 2017 that I don’t even know about right now,” said Des Moines Assistant City Manager Matt Anderson.
