Commuters may have driven by a new $13 million town house project that will transform the Keosauqua Way entrance into downtown Des Moines.Cityview 34 is a 49-unit complex breaking ground this week just south of Interstate 235. It’s a 2 1/2-acre site left empty since the redesign of Interstate 235 more than 10 years ago. But that's about to change. Once crews finishing moving dirt, construction will begin.“There’s a lot of apartments downtown, so we want to provide a town home product that gives people what they want,” said Tyler Petersen, with Caliber Iowa. “(There’s a) two car-attached garage, and we're excited for it.” Caliber Iowa is building 49, three-story brick town houses between Keosauqua Way and 12th Street. Each has two bedrooms and two bathrooms along with a third-floor terrace. There was a plan years ago to build a homeless shelter at the location, but that fell through. Now that Keosauqua Way has begun a rebuilding phase, there is renewed interest in the northern front door to downtown Des Moines.“Part of why that site might not have been developed in the past is the unknown,” Petersen said. “But you've seen people take financial steps in making it a good area, so it makes us feel comfortable that people look at this area as a good spot.” Cityview 34 should be completed by summer 2019.

Commuters may have driven by a new $13 million town house project that will transform the Keosauqua Way entrance into downtown Des Moines.

Cityview 34 is a 49-unit complex breaking ground this week just south of Interstate 235. It’s a 2 1/2-acre site left empty since the redesign of Interstate 235 more than 10 years ago. But that's about to change.


Once crews finishing moving dirt, construction will begin.

“There’s a lot of apartments downtown, so we want to provide a town home product that gives people what they want,” said Tyler Petersen, with Caliber Iowa. “(There’s a) two car-attached garage, and we're excited for it.”

Caliber Iowa is building 49, three-story brick town houses between Keosauqua Way and 12th Street. Each has two bedrooms and two bathrooms along with a third-floor terrace.

There was a plan years ago to build a homeless shelter at the location, but that fell through. Now that Keosauqua Way has begun a rebuilding phase, there is renewed interest in the northern front door to downtown Des Moines.

“Part of why that site might not have been developed in the past is the unknown,” Petersen said. “But you've seen people take financial steps in making it a good area, so it makes us feel comfortable that people look at this area as a good spot.”

Cityview 34 should be completed by summer 2019.