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- Wed Nov 25, 2020 2:35 pm
- Forum: Nebraska and Iowa
- Topic: Hastings Rumor Mill
- Replies: 39
- Views: 6034
Re: Hastings Rumor Mill
After being completely closed for about a year, the imperial mall is being redeveloped. https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/hastingstribune.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/d/e5/de5393e6-1ace-11eb-a946-df9f9d188e38/5f9c436e42a6b.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C871 http://www.hastingstribune.co...
- Thu Sep 26, 2019 5:49 pm
- Forum: Lincoln Development
- Topic: Kiewit Hall - 17th and Vine
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3001
Re: Kiewit Hall - 17th and Vine
Good to see all of the new buildings going in on campus. It is much needed for the engineering college and mable lee was well outdated. I am thinking that the university wanted to get these projects announced before the new athletics facilities so that there isn't a backlash about how it is a univer...
- Wed Dec 05, 2018 8:47 am
- Forum: Urban Omaha Development
- Topic: Mercantile (Conagra campus development)
- Replies: 724
- Views: 329312
Re: Conagra campus development plans
Anyone else a little concerned about the phase 1 building taking up 2 blocks? I would rather see that split into 2 separate buildings.
- Wed Sep 05, 2018 9:39 pm
- Forum: Urban Omaha Development
- Topic: New Kiewit HQ
- Replies: 278
- Views: 49484
Re: New Kiewit HQ
None of the pictures show what is going in on the north side of the Kiewit block...
- Tue Jun 12, 2018 7:19 pm
- Forum: Urban Omaha Development
- Topic: Gene Leahy Mall Remodel
- Replies: 2062
- Views: 470686
Re: Official: Gene Leahy Mall
Ok, I didn't take notes but quick hitters. Hope to start next spring and be done by the end of 2022 $260-$290 million, 50 committed from the city(no raised taxes) 2/3 of the rest has verbal commits from philanthropic sources already MECA will run it and maintain it I didn't look close enough in the...
- Fri Jun 01, 2018 8:57 am
- Forum: Rumors
- Topic: Regency Condo Towers
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5145
Re: Regency Condo Towers
1 billion would be a lot for some condo towers considering that the price tag for one of the new CB riverfront condo towers is 75 million.
- Mon Apr 16, 2018 12:30 pm
- Forum: Business
- Topic: Kiewit in KC
- Replies: 4
- Views: 747
Re: Kiewit in KC
I think what Kiewit has in Omaha will stay. I don't think they'd be building in North Downtown if their leaving was imminent. I wonder if it has anything to do with filling positions? The market in KC can be easier to find the talent needed. Greg From my understanding, that KC Kiewit office houses ...
- Fri Dec 15, 2017 2:34 pm
- Forum: Urban Omaha Development
- Topic: New Kiewit HQ
- Replies: 278
- Views: 49484
Re: New Kiewit HQ
Kiewit’s need for the first office building is “fairly well-defined,” Noddle said, but later structures are undetermined. There’s enough land to at least double the office space if needed. “We have no idea how their company might grow in the future,” he said.” This paragraph from the article makes ...
- Thu Oct 19, 2017 11:08 am
- Forum: Elsewhere
- Topic: Amazon HQ2
- Replies: 101
- Views: 15994
Re: Amazon HQ2
Omaha Confirmation http://www.3newsnow.com/news/local-news/exclusive-omaha-chamber-director-discusses-amazon-headquarters-proposal http://www.3newsnow.com/news/local-news/omaha-puts-in-bid-for-amazon-headquarters Interesting comment about omaha having a blank slate. Is there any property that would...
- Thu Oct 19, 2017 9:18 am
- Forum: Elsewhere
- Topic: Amazon HQ2
- Replies: 101
- Views: 15994
Re: Amazon HQ2
Today is the deadline to submit a proposal. From the articles I have read that listed cities that were probable bidders, none of them showed Omaha. Which isn't really surprising considering that Amazon is looking for a city with a 1 million + metro area and a good transit system. What is surprising ...
- Tue Oct 17, 2017 7:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: UNO UNL UNMC UNK Working together
- Replies: 5
- Views: 870
Re: UNO UNL UNMC UNK Working together
They would have to harmonize that for sure. Maybe charge more for engineering like they do other professional schools? They do charge more for engineering tuition and it is the same rate for both Lincoln and Omaha because they are part of the same engineering college. From their website it shows th...
- Fri Oct 06, 2017 10:35 pm
- Forum: Elsewhere
- Topic: KC Downtown Baseball
- Replies: 163
- Views: 16731
Re: KC Downtown Baseball
The Royals are not involved in this study at all. I am hoping they stay at the Sports Complex. Downtown stadiums are nice but the TSS is original and different. Love tailgating before a baseball game. If you want to hit bars and restaurants before or after game, there are plenty at the K. Greg I co...
- Thu Sep 28, 2017 12:34 pm
- Forum: Elsewhere
- Topic: Denver New Tallest
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1122
Re: Denver New Tallest
That is a big building. Reminds me of OKC and the disparity between Devon Tower and the rest of OKC.
- Wed Sep 27, 2017 12:45 pm
- Forum: Urban Omaha Development
- Topic: The Breakers Apartments - Old Power Plant
- Replies: 213
- Views: 47394
Re: The Breakers Apartments - Old Power Plant
You know they did a good job on the conversion when a founder of Alley Poyner Macchietto moves in. This is such a cool building with great history. Big win for the riverfront imo.
- Wed Sep 27, 2017 12:33 pm
- Forum: Sports
- Topic: Creighton Basketball 2016-2017
- Replies: 541
- Views: 29789
Re: Creighton Basketball 2016-2017
Report also said that Louisville wasn't the only bidder for Bowen...though I would be shocked if Creighton would get caught up in something like this under Rasmussen's watch. It also sounds like Pitino and Louisville are just the tip of the iceberg as well as far as directly/indirectly paying recrui...
- Sun Aug 13, 2017 10:16 pm
- Forum: Sports
- Topic: Nebraska Basketball 2017-18
- Replies: 280
- Views: 17471
Re: Nebraska Basketball 2017-18
Huskers get a local commit for 2018: http://www.omaha.com/neprepzone/recruiting/boys-basketball/platteview-big-man-brady-heiman-doesn-t-shy-away-from/article_40a373d2-7cb6-11e7-82eb-0bea119a29d6.html He is going to need at least a redshirt year to get big ten ready physically but has a lot of poten...
- Sun Aug 13, 2017 10:07 pm
- Forum: Rumors
- Topic: Pacific Springs Golf Course
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2925
Re: Pacific Springs Golf Course
Yea I don't see Pacific Springs lasting too long if they do sell the front nine. It definitely is a mediocre course and it is twice as expensive as an Omaha muni.
- Wed Jun 14, 2017 8:05 pm
- Forum: Urban Omaha Development
- Topic: Mercantile (Conagra campus development)
- Replies: 724
- Views: 329312
Re: Conagra campus development plans
I guess it is a good thing that that building will be occupied. Was kind of hoping that this building and the northern most conagra building would be torn down so the street grid could be redone.
- Wed Jun 07, 2017 12:46 pm
- Forum: Urban Omaha Development
- Topic: Capitol District (NWC 10th & Capitol)
- Replies: 3040
- Views: 511272
Re: Official: Capitol District
Got to wonder if they are going to get larger letters. The old signage was a tad small.skinzfan23 wrote:They removed all the letters for the sign on the hotel.
- Sun Jun 04, 2017 10:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Modifications to eOmahaForums
- Replies: 910
- Views: 182864
Re: Modifications to eOmahaForums
Cool. I am able to log in and post using chrome now.
- Wed May 24, 2017 12:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Modifications to eOmahaForums
- Replies: 910
- Views: 182864
Re: Modifications to eOmahaForums
I too am having problems logging in using chrome. I tried two different computers and my phone and they all had the same issue. I am using foxfire right now and it is working fine.
- Fri Apr 07, 2017 12:24 pm
- Forum: Sports
- Topic: American Athletic Conference
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1021
Re: American Athletic Conference
Good move for Wichita State. AAC is a much better basketball conference with the likes of UConn, Memphis, Cincinnati, SMU, etc. It will be interesting to see if WSU is still considering adding football with the impeding move. Who knows, that could be one of the driving factors for the move.
- Tue Apr 04, 2017 5:29 pm
- Forum: Nebraska and Iowa
- Topic: Des Moines - 40-story Apartment Tower (The Fifth)
- Replies: 61
- Views: 9693
Re: 32-story Apartment Tower in Des Moines
It is billed as luxury apartments. As to the "income restricted" comment. It may have been true about a half dozen years or so ago, but everything built within last few years and in the pipeline is almost 100% market rate. What was the reason that there were so many income restricted opti...
- Tue Apr 04, 2017 3:46 pm
- Forum: Nebraska and Iowa
- Topic: Des Moines - 40-story Apartment Tower (The Fifth)
- Replies: 61
- Views: 9693
Re: 32-story Apartment Tower in Des Moines
The new rendering looks so much better than the previous rendering. Anyone know if this development will have market price or income restricted units(or both)? It seems like half the dt dsm units are income restricted.
- Fri Mar 24, 2017 4:57 pm
- Forum: Elsewhere
- Topic: NYC Supertall Boom
- Replies: 88
- Views: 27057
Re: NYC Supertall Boom
Not sure if this is even feasible, but it is an interesting concept.
- Fri Mar 24, 2017 4:52 pm
- Forum: Sports
- Topic: 2018 March Madness Regional
- Replies: 79
- Views: 6522
Re: 2018 March Madness Regional
During the broadcast of the Oregon-Michigan game in KC last night I saw Bruce Rasmussen in the 1st or 2nd row. Not sure if he was scoping out ideas for next year's regional or cheering on an old friend. Probably both. It should be a good experience next year, and I would bet that if KU gets a #1 see...
- Sat Mar 18, 2017 2:19 pm
- Forum: Urban Omaha Development
- Topic: The Yard (15th & Cuming)
- Replies: 405
- Views: 71440
Re: The Yard (15th & Cuming)
For some unfortunate reason, that Cambria reminds me of the Dino's Storage rendering. Maybe it is just the color...
- Wed Feb 22, 2017 6:37 pm
- Forum: Sports
- Topic: Nebraska Basketball 2016-17
- Replies: 105
- Views: 6990
Re: Nebraska Basketball 2016-17
Interesting article from Lee B this morning: http://www.omaha.com/huskers/mens-basketball/barfknecht-tim-miles-has-improved-huskers-and-the-administration-should/article_2a78dbb4-f8af-11e6-a8de-1300d58dcdf8.html Weak response (in my opinion) from Mark Boehm: http://www.omaha.com/huskers/blogs/marc-...
- Wed Feb 22, 2017 6:22 pm
- Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
- Topic: The Crossroads (72 & Dodge)
- Replies: 2004
- Views: 372445
Re: Crossroads - Redevelopment Plan
I had a group attend the show "Beehive" at the small theater in the Crossroads. The performance was fantastic, Omaha should take pride in local talent. On the other hand, the Crossroads itself was so depressing. How could a city the size and stature of Omaha, allow this eyesore to exist? ...
- Tue Feb 14, 2017 12:27 pm
- Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
- Topic: Meta (Facebook) Data Center (Hwy 50 & Capehart)
- Replies: 133
- Views: 23982
Re: Facebook Data Center
Facebook also likes to be Carbon Neutral on everything they do. In Iowa they had wind farms built by a utility so the electricity they purchased could be considered Carbon Neutral. A wind farm running running a data center sounds kind of risky. Does the Iowa site have some kind of energy storage sy...
- Fri Feb 10, 2017 12:35 pm
- Forum: Urban Omaha Development
- Topic: Mercantile (Conagra campus development)
- Replies: 724
- Views: 329312
Re: Conagra campus development plans
What area of the Conagra campus are you hearing?
- Wed Feb 01, 2017 6:32 pm
- Forum: Dining/Culture/Entertainment
- Topic: Top Golf Omaha (Westroads Area)
- Replies: 168
- Views: 35285
Re: Top Golf Omaha
It seems like Top Golf is really expanding recently. They are going to Indy and Birmingham which aren't that different from Omaha size wise, so I could definitely believe that they would expand to Omaha. I have never been to one, but some friends who really aren't golfers said that the one in KC was...
- Tue Dec 27, 2016 8:39 pm
- Forum: Urban Omaha Development
- Topic: Civic Square (former Civic Auditorium)
- Replies: 1391
- Views: 756487
Re: Tetrad Development (Civic Auditorium)
A little frustrating that this might be a longer timeline than expected, but at least the Civic was demoed, so that any development to be planned doesn't have to wait on that. Also, I am not trying to restart the Zach Wiegert argument from the first couple pages of this thread, but on the Tetrad web...
- Tue Dec 27, 2016 7:52 pm
- Forum: Photography and Videos
- Topic: New York City
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1584
Re: New York City
Great work! I never get tired of seeing NYC from that first angle.
I take it there is not much empty wall space at your house then?Brad wrote:To me a photo is not complete until its printed large and hanging on the wall.
- Sat Oct 29, 2016 9:46 am
- Forum: Urban Omaha Development
- Topic: Civic Square (former Civic Auditorium)
- Replies: 1391
- Views: 756487
Re: Tetrad Development (Civic Auditorium)
Why would the state office need their own new building? Their building now is 2 or 3 stories? And they used to share it with kiewit. Wouldn't it be more practical to just move to some currently available office space?
- Tue Oct 18, 2016 7:15 pm
- Forum: Lincoln Development
- Topic: City Centre (Journal-Star Building)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6806
Re: Journal-Star Building
Another development that will draw away businesses from downtown Omaha.... :grr: (sarcasm) Joking aside, this is a great location right between the Haymarket and the rest of downtown so it will be interesting to see what is done here. I wonder if a developer would be able to strike a deal with USPS ...
Re: Chicago
Any of you forumers in Chicago going to Open House Chicago? http://openhousechicago.org/ It looks pretty awesome, wish I was in Chicago this weekend.
- Sun Oct 09, 2016 5:20 pm
- Forum: Lincoln Development
- Topic: Official: UNL Campus Development
- Replies: 115
- Views: 23493
Re: Official: UNL Campus Development
Construction cam of the new CBA building. http://cba.unl.edu/about-us/new-building-project/live/ Looks like the exterior is nearly completed. This building looks pretty massive on that plot of land. It will be interesting to see what they do with the current health center just east of this when the...
- Thu Oct 06, 2016 7:58 pm
- Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
- Topic: Heartwood Preserve (144th Dodge/Pacific)
- Replies: 895
- Views: 373483
Re: Boys Town and farmland (144th Dodge)
This is such an interesting project. I am not sure what to make of it. Part of me is excited, because if this is pulled off successfully it could be a model on how Omaha should grow as it continues to grow west and south west. However, the skeptic in me thinks this might be a little too ambitious fo...
- Mon Sep 19, 2016 4:58 pm
- Forum: Suburban Omaha Development
- Topic: Leo & Rosemary Daly Acreage (96th & Dodge)
- Replies: 77
- Views: 14879
Re: Leo & Rosemary Daly Acreage (96th & Dodge)
A surveyor was at this property this afternoon.