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Better? I Guess?

They went from looking like cheap suburban homes smushed together into row houses, to looking like a semi modern ski lodge themed apartment building. Perhaps it is just the rendering but it is hard to tell if they are still even row houses.

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I had not realized we've not had a new mall since 2006. Jordan Creek must be one of the last built in the US. I don't know when Oak View will die (probably will do well enough to survive but not thrive), but I don't ever see a true revival. I think they partly sealed their deal when they added JCPe...

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Omababe wrote:
TitosBuritoBarn wrote:If a Sbarro can't survive in a mall, nothing can. That's pretty much a death certificate.
Wasn't Sbarro the last holdout in the Crossroads food court?

I ate at that Sbarro the day Mall of the Bluffs opened in 1985

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You could build a parking garage and use the Mall surface lots to build apartment complexes and a hotel or two. You already have a Movie Theater and Bowling Entertainment business in the area. Focus on making the whole area walkable and improve traffic patterns, fill the food court with local food s...

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If West Broadway was booming with new development, I might say try and incorporate the 1900 building into the new design but given the quality of what is replacing it I have no problem tearing it down. I have heard Veridian is entering the Council Bluffs/Omaha market in a big way. They have plans mo...

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So is it offical now that demo is not starting in May? We are half way through the month and nothing is happening?

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A project like this is going to add maybe ten $60,000 to $100,000 a year jobs, and another ten $30,000 to $60,000 a year jobs. Then a couple contracts for diesel delivery, generator and HVAC maintence, lawn service, custodial, and trash removal. OPPD won't make much profit because the rate per KW wi...

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Nice to see the building being reused. I am glad it wasn't torn down for something new. Not a lot of innovative or distictive new architecture is being built in Omaha, the reused buildings give us a lot of flavor that is otherwise missing.

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No Retail, No Balconies, Very little of any interest in the design, Boring Design. Give us a Rooftop Patio or something. Another apartment building with less parking spots than apartments. I am still curious how many people in Omaha can afford a higher end urban apartment and don't own a car. It is ...

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Maybe that is why they burned down the Butternut Building. Retroactive height restriction.

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I doubt so much public funding is actually needed this is incredibly valuable real estate for office, retail or residential. A phased approach would probably be very succesful.

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All this project does is make me mad that the Butternet Building hasn't been at this site full of condo owners for the last 10 years.

This project is underwhelming in many ways, but another 4\6 storey apartment building in The Old Market is a very good thing.

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http://necoyote.com/images1/random2/JMo11.jpg http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/omaha.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/86/386ae6e2-12b3-566c-8093-1d633c6690ed/54dd3c7ca2c46.image.jpg?resize=1024%2C464 It is too bad we couldn't have found a use for the house and built the row houses...

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Well in 130 years I am sure these cookie cutter row homes will be a historic landmark, so we have that to look forward to. It is not like there are any surface lots, abandoned industrial buildings, or neighborhoods of run-down post war track homes in the area that could have been used for this proje...

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What if instead of acres of pavement you could be leasing out space in an additional office, retail, or residential building? You could build the parking structure in phase two or three as you remove the surface lots to build more office or multi-use buildings. There's just too much cheap and avai...

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Anyone know the price difference between Parking Garage and Surface Parking (including the cost to acquire the land)? 150K sqft parking structure could cost between 10-12 million to build, and this is more of a guess, but 1-2 million for the surface parking land (which is probably included in the p...

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The buildings are ugly. As for parking, forget density or decent design, wouldn't your employees rather park in an attached parking garage than 500ft away across a surface lot? Plus in a garage their cars are covered and protected from weather. Just from a practical perspective as a developer wouldn...

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The best solution would be to save the house and get the developer to build the row houses elsewhere in the area. There would need to be a use for the house, I think Grace University is an obvious option, they could reuse the house as office space with little renovation. There would need to be a lan...

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While yes it's tragic the mansion is being torn down, it's not really the worst thing in the world considering its being replaced by this development. It's a beautiful mansion with beautiful woodwork and the like, but what could it be used for? Most Americans would be far superstitious to live ther...

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Petition to save historic mansion-turned-mortuary draws hundreds of signatures.

http://www.omaha.com/money/blog/petitio ... mode=story

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I was told by someone who is involved with possibly moving into office space in this project that work was going to begin in May. They didn't say exactly what kind of work but this was a timeline they were giving by someone involved in the development. This is second or third hand info so make of it...

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I wish a developer had bought the house in order to save it all on their own but they did not. Perhaps in order to save this piece of our city's history the city could have held a competition for ideas for reuse or architectural suggestions for restoration. There are lots of people and architecture ...

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Is there an official MECA or City plan as to what the CenturyLink/Ameritrade parking would look like in a developed North Downtown? Is there a plan on how many parking spots would need to be in the parking garages or where the garages would be for the two facilities? It doesn't seem like there is an...

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Isn't Parking Lot D directly to the north of the Arena reserved for expansion of the CenturyLink's Convention Space? If North Dowtown is going to develop it is going to take a couple key City/Meca actions. 1) What ever is holding up the Marriott Hotel on the Shamrock Development needs to be resolved...

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NorthStar was talking about building a second building basicly doubling their office space at their current site. I wonder if this helps or hurts that.

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Just found this picture of the space where the Landmark Parking garage is now. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7453/16189032567_233b97d041_b.jpg And here is the current view: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7341/15754937313_3ecef73a55_b.jpg The building at the end is still there. That is where Michael'...

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My parents told me about going to the Strand when they were kids. It is amazing the architecture and craftsmanship that has come and gone. Twenty five years from now everything is going to built out of Pre-fab walls that have been built on 3D printers with plumbing, ventilation, windows and electric...

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I have never gotten a satisfactory response to this question: Why is it that there is no exit from I-29 to Broadway? That seems insane. I know that the overall redo of the interstate, does have an exit for Broadway, but at this point that is probably 10-15 years off at the earliest. That's good t...

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I don't know about their plans for the building but NI is moving everyone downtown to the World Herald Building. I heard the timeline is over a few years.

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For the people who mentioned Red Sky, I don't think it failed so much as it was way too ambitious for a start out. All the other festivals and big concerts start small, one day, big headliners, maybe two days, and build from there. I think each of the headliners in the ballpark each night (minus 31...

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Yes, that is all spelled out in the Mix Used Agreement. It was probably in one of the city council agendas, but yes everything is connected to each other with sidewalk. I wonder if the existing area by Lowes was built before that was required? It must have been. This is one of my pet peeves. I us...

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They are building "West Grayhawk". My company did the work on it, but I have no clue whats going in there. Any improvements in design over Greyhawk? It is still Crazy to me that you build several back to back strip malls in a row and make nearly zero provision for someone to park in one p...

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There are new homes currently under construction near 204th and Harrison. I believe this is the first construction in this part of Coventry. Where at? I didn't look close but I didn't see any. They are doing a little dirt work on the west end, but I didn't see any foundations being dug. I think h...

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Well how about a park, it worked for the Gavillon site. That's something I'm surprised hasn't happened yet. Maybe they're hopeful that Lanoha can get this rolling soon. :lol: :lol: :lol: The Omaha World Herald built that park with their own money because they are a good corporate citizen. The sp...

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There was a restaurant at the top of the Woodman Tower in the 1970's. I think a rooftop restaurant/bar in a downtown building might work. Something on top of the new Marriott on Capitol or if a hotel or residential tower is built in The Old Market. It would be unique enough to stay in business if it...

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I have thought about this for Downtown for a longtime. I hope they leave enough space for the weekend vendors to come on Saturday and Sundays for a Super Farmers Market. In other cities some have specialty and health food grocers inside or attached to their indoor year round farmers markets. Also ma...

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There is a lot of big money in Omaha. Are there no deals on tenants for office space, signed retailers, partners for the residential space development, conventions that will come if the rooms are done by 201X. It seems like there really needs to be some kind of outside interest to give this project ...

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There are new homes currently under construction near 204th and Harrison. I believe this is the first construction in this part of Coventry.

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I hope this never gets built. The last thing any low income family needs is to move into a pack of 200 low income units in a high crime neighborhood with terrible schools. Good luck for any kid who is going to grow up in this shiny and new sh*thole. Any low income housing should be single indiv...

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I hope this never gets built. The last thing any low income family needs is to move into a pack of 200 low income units in a high crime neighborhood with terrible schools. Good luck for any kid who is going to grow up in this shiny and new sh*thole. Any low income housing should be single individua...

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