University Daily Kansan, May 1, 1985
CAMPUS AND AREA
Page 8-B
K.C. firm to build in Iowa
By United Press International
DES MOINES, Iowa — Citing the Des Moines area as a prime growing market during the next 10 years, a Kansas City developer recently announced plans to build two multi-million dollar construction projects in central Iowa.
The J.C. Nichols Co. unveiled plans for a residential housing complex in Johnston and an office complex in West Des Moines, both of which could bring hundreds of construction jobs to the area.
"We need you, we're aggressive in West Des Moines and our merchants welcome you with open arms." West Des Moines Mayor George McIlwens told J.C. Nichols officials at a news conference.
Mills estimated initial commitment of $5 million by the developer would generate about $30 million for his community.
Plans call for a 165-unit apartment complex to be built in Johnston and the first building of a nine-building complex to be built in West Des Moines, said Lynn McCarthy, company president.
McCarthy, acknowledging that the Capital Square plaza in Des Moines has failed to fill all of its available office space, said Nichols Co. was confident it could force the business market out into the suburban area.
The Johnston project, tentatively set at about $8 million, will be built as a joint venture by Nichols and Green Meadow Ltd.
Nichols Co. recently bought a 62-acre office park development site
in West Des Moines for the proposed office complex.
The company has filed building specifications for the first office structure, a 66,000-square-foot building to be built on the north side of Westown Parkway in West Des Moines.
The company also has filed preliminary site plans with West Des Moines city officials for a nine-building complex to be built on a site encompassing more than 500,000 square feet of space.
Nichols Co. has been a prominent Kansas City developer for nearly 85 years, counting among its accomplishments the Country Club Plaza Shopping Center, the Alameda Plaza Hotel and the Mission Hills development.
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DURING THE FOUR years the Burkheads lived in Ellsworth, Jeff realized that he was interested in journalism as a career.
"It was hard to come back to school, though," he says. "The transition was especially hard since we're not typical college students."
The percentage of non-
ntraditional students at KU has
risen from 23 in 619 to a peak of
31.7 in 1982. Nontraditional enrollment has stayed around 30 percent since 1979.
Some non-traditional students, such as Beth Vaillancourt, Lawrence senior, have attended school and worked since graduating from high school. Vaillancourt transferred to KU in 1981 after two years at Washburn University in Topeka, but didn't settle on a business major until the following year.
Like most other students, she says financing her education is the main obstacle in going to school.
There was an understanding that I made with myself that I would work my way through
school instead of taking loans. I'd rather earn the money now and pay for it than have those bills to pay later," she says.
Vaillancourt has averaged 30 hours of work a week while taking between eight and 15 hours each semester.
"It has taken a long time to finish school this way. But now I know what to study, I know what to expect, and I can save time. School doesn't seem so scary now, and I don't feel out of place as when I first transferred here," she says.
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