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GRINNELL, IOWA — Hubbell Realty Co.’s rehabilitation of two Spaulding Center buildings in suburban Des Moines was selected to receive an affordable housing tax credit award of $604,500 from the Iowa Finance Authority (IFA). Hubbell had been pursuing the funding sources to bring Spaulding Lofts, a 77-unit apartment community in Grinnell, to fruition. With the funding in place, construction on the development is slated to begin in the fall. The Spaulding Center was originally built in the 1870s and is the former home of Spaulding Manufacturing Co., an automobile manufacturer. The $12.5 million conversion of these facilities into Spaulding Lofts will result in the creation of 41 one-bedroom and 36 two-bedroom lofts.