April 2017 – Cedar Rapids Economic Dev

Lil’ Drug Store proposes new corporate headquarters and distribution center

April 24, 2017

CEDAR RAPIDS — Lil’ Drug Store Products has proposed an expansion that would have the company build a new headquarters and distribution center just east of Interstate 380 in southwest Cedar Rapids. The Cedar Rapids-based company plans to construct about 100,000-square-feet of office and distribution space...

United Fire Group’s downtown expansion taking shape

April 24, 2017

CEDAR RAPIDS — Cedar Rapids’s original skyscraper is taking shape as new space for homegrown insurance company United Fire Group. Contractors have gutted the inside of the American Building downtown as they prepare for its new look, part of a multimillion-dollar expansion project that also will...