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A Des Moines shopping plaza once considered for a Trader Joe's will become a UnityPoint senior day care facility.

The $5.5 million project will renovate the center at 2700 Ingersoll Ave. to house the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE).

The new facility will occupy about two-thirds of the plaza, which is located on a prime commercial corridor.

A prominent shopping plaza on Ingersoll Avenue where the owner once said he was in talks for a Trader Joe's location is instead slated to become a UnityPoint senior day care facility, according to city records.

Des Moines permits detail the proposed $5.5 million project to renovate the shopping center at 2700 Ingersoll Ave., which contains a Dollar General store and a now-closed OfficeMax location. Both sto

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