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What the Holland didn't spur, what the mall didn't spur, what could have made the mall area special and really could have made downtown explode....was anything other than office and parking space. No retail, no restaurants, no housing, etc. Nothing to make the area surrounding the mall 24 hour or e...

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Would be very nice to get that building activated again, especially now that there's probably no hope of the Diner lot being developed anytime soon.

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Well since the cornice and base were already destroyed, I like the look of the building now a lot more than that picture from the early 80's.

I never even knew that was an old building, I just always assumed it was something from the 60's or 70's.

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The GLM destroyed so much already, it would be a shame to lose almost every historic building north of Farnam from 10th-14th.

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Seeing as this topic has come up in a few recent posts, I'm wondering if anyone knows all of the historic buildings in Omaha that are hiding underneath cladding or paint? The ones I know of: - Central Park Towers (1511 Farnam) - Grain Exchange Building/AIM Building (1905 Harney) - Building on SW Cor...

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Oh wow, I had no idea this building was that old either. Wonder what it looks like underneath.

I've gotta say though, this is one of the very few times where I think the new "modern" facade actually looks pretty good.

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I wish there was some brick incorporated into more than just the corner section, but I like the design compared to that same plain mixed-material modern design that we see over and over and over again across the country. This would be a very nice addition to a great street. Farnam has really taken o...

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I'm more optimistic....I think we'll see them add the word "Former" to "World Headquarters" on their sign in 2016. But seriously, it would make sense to lose the flags as soon as the HQ is gone. I can't imagine any new tenants/corporations that may occupy the former HQ building ...

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According to information from earlier in this thread, the two buildings most likely to be vacated by ConAgra are the two northernmost buildings, especially the one farthest north which is their "HQ" building. Now which of the buildings are actually OWNED by ConAgra, I have no idea. I don't...

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The Mayor mentioned the ConAgra campus on the most recent 10 minutes with the mayor.

http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/stother ... 7b912.html

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The number should be getting a lot closer to 7,000 residents though from the 2010 census figure. We've had a lot of fairly sizable buildings come online since the 2010 census, and from what we've heard they are mostly doing well occupancy wise. 13Jones, L14 Lofts, 1501 Jackson, The Wire, Slate, Lime...

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Awesome!! Keep adding more residents to the 68102 downtown zip code.

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I like it too. Great addition to the area.

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Barf. That rendering. Some people seem to get so annoyed with how preservationists get upset about every last old building/house being demolished. But maybe, just maybe if it didn't seem like 95% of new constructions had more to do with "how do we get this up as cheaply as possible" than ...

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Wait, why would people who supported Jobbers Canyon be mad that they are moving into similar digs elsewhere? Out of all the possibilities, I'm happy to hear they are moving into a downtown core. Their previous CEO did what he did. There is nothing to change the past. I'm glad they are making a bette...

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I understand the concept of letting private owners do whatever they want with their own land, but when it's land within your downtown core, there's gotta be a way to make it not so profitable to let an owner sit on a surface lot for decades. In a country where eminent domain is used, I find it hard ...

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The owners of this lot better get their act together and try and get this developed before any of the ConAgra parcels potentially come up for re-development. There's several quotes from area developers saying how prime the ConAgra real estate is -- well this has gotta be even more prime. I can't bel...

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Just for fun, here's a few properties Opus Group has built or proposed: https://www.opus-group.com/Media/ProjectImages/Central-West-End-Luxury-Apartments_2681_1000x667.jpg https://www.opus-group.com/Media/ProjectImages/Venue-at-Dinkytown_2404_1000x667.jpg?v=635785343140000000 http://apps.startribune...

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Quote from Jean Stothert: "The City of Omaha does not own the property. ConAgra owns some of the parcels and others are leased from OPUS (out of Minneapolis). ConAgra CEO told me that over 1200 employees will remain on the current campus - so at this time - we do not know if they intend to sell...

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So did we ever really get any sort of updated rendering of the apartment portion?

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Someone should write to the Mayor's office and ask about this supposed clause.

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Someone who commented on one of the news articles about ConAgra leaving said that there is supposedly a clause in the contract between ConAgra and the city that if they ever left, the city would be able to purchase the lots back.

I wonder if that is true? Hopefully...

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The best thing Stothert could do to save face (even though, it's really not her fault whatsoever -- but politicians get blamed for a lot of things...) would be to publicly help guide the transition of ConAgra's campus to a more dense/appropriate setting. It isn't just us development nerds that are a...

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Its a good thing HDR is building their HQ's downtown. Between the 1,000 - 1,500 workers that ConAgra is going to lose and the 400 or so that Pacific Life is moving to AV, there will be approx 1,500 - 2,000 less workers downtown. Now I am looking forward. Omaha still has a lot going for it and I thi...

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I can fathom the demolition of these buildings, in fact, I would like it. I just think realistically, financially, administratively, environmentally - it would be a disaster. It would be incredibly difficult to pull off. It will be awhile before any of the buildings would come down. Even I'll admit...

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I can fathom the demolition of these buildings, in fact, I would like it. I just think realistically, financially, administratively, environmentally - it would be a disaster. It would be incredibly difficult to pull off. It will be awhile before any of the buildings would come down. Even I'll admit...

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To be completely realistic, they're not going to clear completely out of any of these buildings. They will most likely rent out their vacant space. We can daydream all we want, but nothing will happen here for a very long time. Maybe that's the sting from ConAgra leaving making me a Debbie Downer, ...

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To be completely realistic, they're not going to clear completely out of any of these buildings. They will most likely rent out their vacant space. We can daydream all we want, but nothing will happen here for a very long time. Maybe that's the sting from ConAgra leaving making me a Debbie Downer, ...

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I agree with bigredmed's comment from the other thread that it would be a good idea to expand the park. I would like to see easy access between the OM and HOA Park, hence why I think the northernmost ConAgra building should eventually be demolished. But no matter what happens with ConAgra's five bui...

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Tearing down buildings is so unnecessary. Millions in property value and hundreds of thousands of SF in top of the line Class A office space. The buildings could be worked around a larger plan and used to attract new early anchors to the area. I'm not advocating that the two northern buildings be t...

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Yeah, in my opinion the only good thing to come out of the whole Jobbers Canyon debacle is the wonderful HOA Park, so it would make no sense to mess with the lagoon. It sucks that Embassy Suites protrudes onto the area where Howard street could be extended east. Howard would be the perfect street to...

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That would work out perfectly then. All the remaining jobs stay in the 3 southern buildings, while the only two buildings that ConAgra vacates for Chicago are the two northern buildings. I just hope as many jobs stay in Omaha as possible. Sounds like there's some hope that a pretty decent amount of ...

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Just a guess here. The HQ goes to Chicago, but maybe in some restructuring we get some different departments operations back here and hopefully salvage a strong workforce out of it all. Does anyone know what departments are housed in the two non-grid conforming buildings on the northern end of the ...

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There's no way both 9th AND 8th street would be brought back to life right away... you can easily keep all five ConAgra buildings (for now) as well as the entire lagoon, and then add some infill. Also, there's no reason to ever adjust the lagoon anyway, even if 8th street is brought back. That would...

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That aerial photo shows perfectly how nice of an extension JC would be today to the Old Market. It would have been nice to at the very least keep the buildings between 10th & 9th street.

I hope whatever replaces it now is done right.

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Yes, it's going to take a while for it to be transformed back into an urban setting, but there are several things that can be done almost immediately that will help the process along for a low amount of money. The first and most obvious step is to get the street grid back. 9th street needs to be pav...

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I agree, I would much rather have any 300'+ towers close to our current cluster of towers. As far as 400'+ office towers go, I agree that the State Building/Red Box lot would be a really good spot, but I think the north half of the downtown library lot would be even better. NE Corner of 19th & H...

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Well it's safe to assume that the HQ is going to Illinois otherwise they would have said the HQ is staying instead of saying a "significant presence" which as someone else pointed out, sounds like consolation prize language. And also sounds like a lot of the jobs will be laid off. Hopefull...

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What lots does First National Bank own that are around their current skyscraper? If they own that land on the southeast corner of 16th & Dodge, that would be the perfect place for their second tower. I really hope it happens within the next 15 years. We really need to break out of the "two ...

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It is not the end of the world if ConAgra's HQ leaves, and there's probably very little Omaha could do to influence their decision anyway, so at this point it's best to be prepared in case they leave. There is so much potential to turn ConAgra's campus into several buildings connected to parking gar...

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