by skinzfan23 » Fri May 18, 2018 2:58 pm
Great news:
Building along Gene Leahy mall will house trucking company — oh, and maybe a beer tap room
A three-year stretch of uncertainty for a storied 127-year-old office building along downtown Omaha's Gene Leahy Mall has taken a positive turn.
The twist involves a new owner, renovations — and, possibly, a cold beer for those passing by in the future.
Kirsch Transportation Services, currently based in Council Bluffs, is the new owner of the complex that used to house Alvine Engineering at 11th and Douglas Streets, north of the mall.
Matthew Kirsch, who, with his mother Camilla Moore Kirsch, owns the incoming transportation business, also is a partner in Keg Creek Brewing of Glenwood, Iowa. He's pondering how a tap room might fit into the eastern storefront section of the downtown structure.
Beer taps or not, the broader 30,000-square-foot structure is to be transformed into a new home base for the nearly 60 Kirsch employees helping to move materials around North America.
According to the company, revenue increased by by 226 percent in a five year period (2012 to 2017) to $62 million. It arranged the movement of 31,000 loads last year, up from 8,000 in 2011.
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[quote]A three-year stretch of uncertainty for a storied 127-year-old office building along downtown Omaha's Gene Leahy Mall has taken a positive turn.
The twist involves a new owner, renovations — and, possibly, a cold beer for those passing by in the future.
Kirsch Transportation Services, currently based in Council Bluffs, is the new owner of the complex that used to house Alvine Engineering at 11th and Douglas Streets, north of the mall.
Matthew Kirsch, who, with his mother Camilla Moore Kirsch, owns the incoming transportation business, also is a partner in Keg Creek Brewing of Glenwood, Iowa. He's pondering how a tap room might fit into the eastern storefront section of the downtown structure.
Beer taps or not, the broader 30,000-square-foot structure is to be transformed into a new home base for the nearly 60 Kirsch employees helping to move materials around North America.
According to the company, revenue increased by by 226 percent in a five year period (2012 to 2017) to $62 million. It arranged the movement of 31,000 loads last year, up from 8,000 in 2011.[/quote]