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Garrett

Brad wrote:
Coyote wrote:Site Plan Review was submitted to the Planning Commission.
And you might know the guy that drafted that site plan...

And what does this site plan call for?

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Just going to throw some ideas out there. https://i.imgur.com/HALC398.jpg St Mary's Square is a $40 million overhaul of the intersection of Howard/St. Mary's/17th streets. West-bound traffic can take Jackson street, just to the south. Access to the various parking lots and garages remain intact Fea...

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Well according to a post over on DSM's forum the IT department for Kiewit will be staying in their current building. I checked with a friend who is a senior IT manager at Kiewit and she stated IT may eventually be going downtown as well. Greg That is also what I heard earlier today. As for working ...

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So what's going to be with Kiewit Plaza? Berkshire going to move a bunch of subsidiaries in? WIth how hot the area is, who knows, there could even be an apartment conversion. Overall, incredible news though. I’ve been saying for a while that North Downtown needs a major office anchor to help make i...

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What was that “site suspended” about this morning?

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Unless they figure out some way to limit voting on it, to those in the vicinity of the line itself, as was done in KC... it will never come to fruition. Ask every voter in the city of Omaha to approve it... it fails. I wonder if they could do a special TIF district for it, like the one they made he...

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Confirmed with someone from Hines that Great Wolf Lodge is 100% locked in as part of this development. Should be the cornerstone for the entire thing. Great to see Omaha finally acting like a contender instead of a pretender. I feel like you're being sarcastic here given that there is no resort hot...

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This looks incredible! Super exciting for downtown and the city. Combined details and timeline: Envisioned as a 10-year project that breaks ground in 2019, the initiative would build nine new structures containing roughly 500,000 square feet of office space, more than 80,000 square feet of retail sp...

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OverlookedFarm wrote:Millenials that crave the "gig economy" refuse to commute if they dont have to. They want to skinny jean next door to the office 2 times a week.

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These bonds have allowed some developers to get rich at the expense of the workers in society who never really benefit from the development. Either the projects are for poor people and the workers don't qualify because they have more than three digits of net assets. Or, they are for the hipsters wh...

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Okay, this is getting out of hand http://www.omaha.com/news/nebraska/choose-life-nebraska-license-plate-design-unveiled/article_61d45354-d38d-11e7-b70c-dbf48d27f60b.html Start with the standard issue license plate. Have your school branded plates, not a problem. Distinguish yourself as a military s...

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Holy |expletive|! That's really exciting. Also, as far as the long-shot Amazon stuff could go, the clear potential and ability to add international destinations is great.

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I’m pretty sure by 2046 Fremont will become part of the MSA. Would Lincoln ever be added to the MSA? Or would it only be added to the CSA? It’s possible if enough people start commuting between the core counties. I wouldn’t count on it though. Not MSA. But as I stated in a post earlier today, if th...

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TitosBuritoBarn wrote:Meh, it's still a long shot...

I'm mildly annoyed that the author believes New Orleans is in the midwest.

I stopped reading at “New Orleans=Midwest”

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There is very little flat space in the park for people to actualy “do” anything there. If you think about it, aside from the slides and the large steps, you don’t do much in the park besides passively meander through the paths and look at the water. And that's a nice option to have, for people who ...

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I also don't understand why Memorial park is only used one time a year for a concert. I think Chungus addressed your other points phenomenally well, but as for this, the main reason I'll give is that it's in a low density area without nearby businesses. It's a bit too far from Dundee to be consider...

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Brad, Firstly thanks for all of the photos you post, really great work. I disagree with you about the mall though. Although the mall is beautiful to look at and a great post card picture, it fell victim to many other public spaces of the 70’s-80’s. As such, it fundamentally doesn’t function as a mo...

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http://riverfrontrevitalization.com/assets/20171115-Boards_OM-RIV_42X84_Community_Boards_11X17.pdf http://riverfrontrevitalization.com/assets/20171115_Community_Meeting_2_Presentation_Slides.pdf Posting these here as well. They are all under the same study, but the riverfront and GLM obviously have...

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Why did the Omaha Riverfront Revitalization committee have to bring the Gene Leahy Mall in to this? The City just dumped a bunch of money in to improving the park, and now they want to fill it in again. The GLM is great as it is. It could use a couple minor improvements, but not this. There are so ...

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I love the breakdown, but the real thing the buses need to be competitive is GPS. It would eliminate all of the uncertainty in waiting at the stop on an unfamiliar route or location. All of the other 3 options are predictable. With the bus you don't know if it's going to be 3 or 15 minutes. (This f...

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Have Uber/Lyft caught on much in Omaha? In Chicago that’s mostly all people use to get around when going out on the weekend but here in St. Louis many still expect to drive to nightlife. We use Uber on a weekly basis. If you are going somewhere and there is any chance you'll consume alcohol, there ...

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Seems extremely underwhelming. I don’t k is who they expect to spend time on the riverfront when no one will live near it... Agreed. Unless the soil toxicity doesn't allow for it, they should throw up some mid-rises on the sports field/event lawn on the west. Could also be a flooding concern. But t...

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It sounds like it will be more than just a call center, though there will be some aspect to that. The OWH article does specifically say "high paying tech jobs" or something to that effect.

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Either way Annexation should be a high priority. Why? The amount of land a city controls doesn't correlate to its success or financial prosperity. Yes it does. If Omaha were to let Bennington annex all of west Douglas County outside of Omaha, or let Valley and Waterloo merge and take the trans-Elkh...

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Either way Annexation should be a high priority. Why? The amount of land a city controls doesn't correlate to its success or financial prosperity. Yes it does. If Omaha were to let Bennington annex all of west Douglas County outside of Omaha, or let Valley and Waterloo merge and take the trans-Elkh...

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I remember when I had all these same ideas but without the cool official PDF and website to post them on. The only study I keep any hope in is the Central Omaha Alternative Analysis. THAT is the one that matters and is producing the BRT route and possibly the streetcar route. Again, cool ideas. I a...

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The full report:

https://www.flyoma.com/images/pdfs/Sept ... istics.pdf

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iamjacobm wrote:
Mr.Nuke wrote:September was up 0.5% over last year. Eppley is still up 5.8% YTD.
Nominal gain, but still strong when regional airports like KCI, DSM and OKC were all slightly down for the month.

Makes sense given all of the Hurricanes and other weather.

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Potentially 1,000 employees downtown? If they do a new build that could be a big structure. 1,000 is about the size of HDR's current Omaha workforce. So maybe a 10-15 story building depending on the layout. Perhaps, in the long term, they could be the office tenant in either the Lanoha or Civic dev...

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Potentially 1,000 employees downtown? If they do a new build that could be a big structure.

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The last few years? Considering the concerts I went to in the 70s & 80s I'm surprised I can hear at all. The Civic Auditorium Arena acoustics were awful. I just noticed that you live in Chicago. Speaking of Chicago, been to Ravinia? It's outstanding. I've been a few different times actually, mo...

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Happy birthday Garrett, who turns 23 today, and joined eOmahaForums when he was 14! Losing my place as the child of the forum has certainly given me anxiety. But thank you. :D I got socks older than you...and I'm wearing them. Kids these days, with the hair & the music.... Well your hearing the...

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I love how they're calling it a "Rooftop" as opposed to the top level of a parking garage.

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Don't forget about Gino's East when talking about Chicago pizza, it is also considered one of the best. Yes, that's another good one. I believe the one in River North has closed, but the one near the Water Tower is still going. There’s a Gino’s East still in River North. I think they moved somewhat...

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. I’m betting if crossroads would have went through they would’ve thought about a second location there. Omaha store doesn’t create enough business $ (yet) for Apple to open a second store in the area. The general rule of thumb seems to be a store per every million people or so. So technically Omah...

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The big fights over the next 25 years will be in Sarpy County, especially with the new sewer capabilities going in south of the ridge line there will be big land grabs. Actually there should be minimal fighting over the next 25 years as formal boundary agreements are in place in most places. Papill...

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Uffda wrote:
buildomaha wrote:. I’m betting if crossroads would have went through they would’ve thought about a second location there.
Omaha store doesn’t create enough business $ (yet) for Apple to open a second store in the area.

The general rule of thumb seems to be a store per every million people or so.

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Unfortunately I cannot see them going anyplace other than a free standing building. Something like the Olive Garden on Dodge. That eliminates the downtown area right away. Need a big lot with parking. If they come I bet they end up way out west on Maple, Dodge, or Center. Basically all of their loc...

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For me it seems to be back to normal and I don't have to do my work around.

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I assume this could be moved out of rumors now, right?

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