Addison Lathers

1 week ago | desmoinesregister.com | Addison Lathers

The Refill Market, a new grocery store focused on sustainability and dry ingredients, is set to open on Ingersoll Avenue. Owner Amanda Seals aims to reduce plastic waste letting buyers fill up jars. The store will be located in the Star Lofts, Iowa's first zero-carbon certified building. Seals' original plan to open in Highland Park fell through, but she is now ready to launch her business in the new location. A new take on grocery shopping is coming to Ingersoll Avenue.

2 weeks ago | desmoinesregister.com | Addison Lathers

Des Moines nonprofit Urban Dreams plans to build six affordable rowhomes on a parking lot. The homes will be available to families earning 50% or less of the area median income. Urban Dreams is seeking $1 million in ERA2 funding from Polk County for the project. The project has received rezoning approval and awaits final details before groundbreaking. A longstanding local nonprofit is preparing to take on its first housing development.

2 weeks ago | desmoinesregister.com | Addison Lathers

Merle Hay Mall's planned $30 million arena will be home to Drake University's hockey team, the Iowa Demon Hawks soccer team and the Des Moines Figure Skating Club. The arena will seat 3,500 people and also will be able to host medium-sized music and performance acts. In addition, the project will include housing developments, a hotel, and unspecified improvements to the mall and infrastructure.

3 weeks ago | desmoinesregister.com | Addison Lathers

The New Life Center, a Drake neighborhood church, proudly claimed to have driven out neighbors who dealt drugs and held loud parties. It eventually acquired most of the homes around it, in addition to the historic Ulysses S. Grant School, where it built its sanctuary. But over the years, it allowed the properties to deteriorate to slum conditions. A preservation nonprofit has managed to acquire some of them and is making improvements. But the church has held onto others, including the school.

3 weeks ago | desmoinesregister.com | Addison Lathers

Work on the long-grounded Bombers Golf and Hotel project on Merle Hay Road in Johnston may finally take flight, President Donald Trump willing. Allen Stoye, principal of Johnston Golf Development, said the project was nearly ready to proceed in December. Then came Trump's tariffs, posing new challenges. "Not get political at all, but the day after the election, the stock market started going crazy," Stoye said.