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Our History

Over the decades we’ve learned that markets can quickly destabilize. So we were more prepared than most for the turbulence of 2008 and the current economic uncertainty. We have survived all the highs and lows of the economy and continued to be a catalyst for growth in Des Moines.



Hubbell Realty Company Timeline

1855
F.M. Hubbell arrives in Fort Des Moines, Iowa
1856
F.M. Hubbell records his first real estate transaction - a 640-acre purchase in Woodbury County, IA
1866
Hubbell partners in establishing Des Moines’ first streetcar company
1867
Equitable Life Insurance Company, Iowa's first, established by Hubbell
1871
Hubbell organizes Des Moines Water Company
1881
Hubbell is one of the original incorporators of the Des Moines Union Railway Company
1900
Opening of Hubbell Avenue through Northeast Des Moines costs Hubbell $95,000
1913
Hubbell Building erected
1919
Des Moines buys Hubbell Waterworks for $3,450,000
1924
Equitable Building erected
1930
F.M. Hubbell passes away at the age of 91, leaving a legacy of real estate and business growth
1972
First new building in RiverPoint erected at 401 SW 8th Street
1983
Jim Hubbell III takes the reigns as President of Hubbell Realty Company
1985
Kaleidoscope at the Hub opens
1986
Hub Tower opens
1993
Hubbell Realty begins first residential land development project, Village Park in Ankeny
1996
Hubbell Realty and CB Richard Ellis form partnership and create CB Richard Ellis/Hubbell Commercial
1998
Hubbell Homes established
2002
Hubbell Realty Company opens new headquarters at 6900 Westown Parkway in West Des Moines
2004
Jim Hubbell III named Chairman of the Board of Directors and Rick Tollakson named President and CEO of Hubbell Realty Company
2005
Hubbell establishes first Conservation Community in central Iowa
2006
Hubbell begins its first downtown Des Moines housing development with the conversion of the Hubbell Building into 72 residential apartments
2006
Hubbell Realty Company purchases Copper Creek Golf Course
2006
Hubbell Homes completes Extreme Makeover: Home Edition on ABC for an Iowa family in Tama County, Iowa in just 93 hours.
2007
Hubbell acquires residential developments and 1800 apartments in Des Moines and Sioux Falls, South Dakota from Clarke Company, Limited
2008
Hubbell Construction Services was established
2008
Hubbell Realty Company was awarded the 2008 Outstanding Corporate Foundation Philanthropy Award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals - Central Iowa Chapter
2009
9 Homes in 9 Days - Hubbell Homes constructed a nine-plex housing structure located at the corner of 21st and Forest Avenue in Des Moines, Iowa for Anawin Housing.