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Construction complete of Sammons' new headquarters What: Construction of new West Des Moines office building for Sammons Financial Group Where: 8300 Mills Civic Parkway, West Des Moines Project value: $65 million General contractor: Weitz Co. Background and update: Construction is complete of a six-story, 217,000-square-foot headquarters for Sammons Financial Group, the company announced this week. The new headquarters has "contemporary space and amenities" to attract and retain workers, the company said in a news release. Construction began in June 2019. While construction of the building is complete and the initial move-in will take place through the end of the year, the majority of Sammons’ Central Iowa workers will continue to work remotely because of the pandemic, officials said in a news release. Workers will return to the office only when safe to do, officials said. The new headquarters is on 30 acres that include about a half-mile of walking trails, an acre of wetlands and about 300 trees, according to a fact sheet on the project. In addition, according to the fact sheet, the building contains: 150 tons of reinforced steel. 14,000 cubic yards of concrete, which could fill four Olympic-sized pools. 1,500 tons of structural steel framing. One acre of glass.