NOTE: THIS RFI IS NOT FOR PRODUCTS OR SERVICES RELATED TO CYTOWN BUT ONLY FOR BUSINESSES AND ENTITIES THAT HAVE AN INTEREST IN LOCATING IN THE CYTOWN DEVELOPMENT .

Y ou must register in this ISUBid system to download all related requirements and documents and to answer the questions in the attribute section. If you are interested in responding, please go to the registration link in ISU Bid and register to complete the RFI. You may view the summary of the RFI here and see the PDF version of the RFI document here but must register and respond online to be considered.

Iowa State University (ISU) is providing an opportunity for businesses that have an interest in potentially locating in the new CYTown development on the ISU campus. CYTown is designed to be a unique, year-round mixed-use destination to be built in the heart of the Iowa State Center - between Jack Trice Stadium and Hilton Coliseum - that will enrich Ames and Central Iowa for future generations

The CYTown project will include a medical facility, mix of retail, restaurant, office space and luxury suites. The area will also include a plaza and amphitheater. Companies and businesses that have interest in locating in this newly envisioned destination complex can respond to this Request for Interest to have their names added to a list for ISU to contact about potential locations in the complex.

CYTown will be a unique mix of retail, medical, service and activity spaces integrated into the development. CYTown is the ideal location for the following uses:

Retail

Food & Beverage

Entertainment

Office

Medical

Hotel

Fitness

Luxury Residential

Civic Space (Convention)

Open and Recreational Space

This is not a binding agreement to locate but only a way to notify ISU of your interest.

In 1954, Iowa State President James H. Hilton shared his vision of what years later would become the Iowa State Center. President Hilton envisioned an educational, cultural and athletic complex rising from what was once farmland. Hilton’s dream was realized through construction of C.Y. Stephens Auditorium, Fisher Theater, the Scheman Building, the arena named in his honor − Hilton Coliseum, and Jack Trice Stadium.

The Iowa State Center has continued to transform Iowa State and the Ames community for more than 50 years. Now, as Iowa State University boldly looks to its future, it believes CYTown will be an initiative that advances the University’s strategic goals of fostering lifelong learning, creating and forging new frontiers, and serving as a trusted partner for innovative solutions.

CYTown will both build upon and sustain the impact made possible with the Iowa State Center’s founding.