Developer wants to build 29-story high-rise in Des Moines

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A development group wants to build a 29-story high-rise in downtown Des Moines.

The Des Moines Register (https://dmreg.co/1qHP7Ec ) reports Blackbird Investments, a Des Moines-based developer, wants to build the proposed $60 million tower on an empty lot where half of the former Younkers department store was destroyed in a 2014 fire.

Blackbird Investments bought the property after the fire and is renovating the surviving half of the building into 60 apartments.

The high-rise plan calls for 220 condos or apartments, roughly 150 hotel rooms and ground-level storefronts. If the tower was built, it would be one of the tallest structures in downtown Des Moines.

Assistant City Manager Matt Anderson says the group has not yet presented its plans to the City Council.

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Information from: The Des Moines Register, https://www.desmoinesregister.com