Des Moines Social Club to sell Firehouse No. 1
BY MICHAEL CRUMB, Senior Staff Writer Friday, April 23, 2021 2:42 PM
The Des Moines Social Club announced today it will sell the historic Firehouse No. 1 property at Ninth and Mulberry streets in downtown Des Moines. Business Record file photo
The historic Firehouse No. 1 campus will be sold, with proceeds being used to create an endowment at the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines to support arts and culture, the Des Moines Social Club Transition Board of Directors announced today.
The board was formed in 2019 with a mission to reimagine the campus and the business model of the Des Moines Social Club, which transformed the historic building at Ninth and Mulberry streets into an arts and cultural center after the city turned it over to the club in 2012.
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A group of Des Moines business and civic leaders who were working to transform the Des Moines Social Club into a year-round indoor market has decided to sell the landmark building.
The building, at 900 Mulberry St. in downtown Des Moines, will be put up for sale on Monday. Its future is uncertain, after years of financial turmoil at the Des Moines Social Club, and, recently a failed $7 million plan to reinvent its use. While the campus will be sold, we are grateful to be able to honor the spirit and intent to serve the arts, culture and the community by donating proceeds from the sale to establish the endowment,” said chair Rob Feeney, who is also president and chief operating officer of Atlantic Bottling Company.
A group of Des Moines business and civic leaders who were working to transform the Des Moines Social Club into a year-round indoor market has decided to sell the landmark building.
The building, at 900 Mulberry St. in downtown Des Moines, will be put up for sale on Monday. Its future is uncertain, after years of financial turmoil at the Des Moines Social Club, and, recently a failed $7 million plan to reinvent its use. While the campus will be sold, we are grateful to be able to honor the spirit and intent to serve the arts, culture and the community by donating proceeds from the sale to establish the endowment,” said chair Rob Feeney, who is also president and chief operating officer of Atlantic Bottling Company.