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Moline momentum: Old building being turned into new apartments

Moline Dispatch Apartments expected to be done by end of 2026
By: Dave Thompson|April 21, 2026
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    • Cindy Mire, the project manager and a representative of the building owner and developer, LA Nights LLC, stands in front of the former Moline Dispatch newspaper building during a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday, April 20. The former newspaper building is being turned into the Moline Dispatch Apartments. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

    A former newspaper office building will soon help spur economic momentum in downtown Moline by becoming the newest apartment complex in the Quad Cities.

    That building at 1720 Fifth Ave. – the former longtime home of the Moline Dispatch newspaper – is now being transformed into the Moline Dispatch…

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