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There are a lot more lots I'd rather see have slam dunk big and boastful developments before this one. Agreed. Even though the Civic Auditorium used to be located here, it's not exactly prime real estate. I think part of the reason the city hasn't prioritized this space for development is that in t...

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I think realistically there aren't going to be too many people who are going to go through the effort of riding a feeder line to a commuter rail to get to downtown Omaha. There's the issue with being able to get to the feeder line from the low-density and winding subdivisions of west Omaha, which wo...

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My main concern with this development is that the grocery is a little past comfortable walking distance from the Old Market and other residential parts of downtown Omaha. Ideally people could walk to it to pick up a few things rather than jump in their car, but at 0.8 miles or about a 17 minute walk...

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According to the World Herald, they're anticipating a 2027 opening date if the bonds go through. https://omaha.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/omaha-city-council-approves-2-9-million-contract-to-design-new-police-fire-headquarters/article_a16dfb78-edcc-11ed-bfaf-bfd480a4ae43.html#tracking-source=ho...

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Love this quote from their story. Just last week 6 News uncovered the buildings were for sale after sitting mostly vacant. Very few PayPal workers come into the office anymore. Why don't they just say they read it here? Probably where they "got" the email too. One, I don't know if/where t...

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I haven't been impressed with DFW either. Granted I've only been once about 10 years ago, but it lacks a certain je ne sais quoi reflective of how big it is. I mean if the metro had 2 or 3 million people it would be par for the course, but it has 7 million people and is the 4th largest metro in the ...

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The only upcoming store they have on their locations list is in Indianapolis. https://www.microcenter.com/site/stores/default.aspx Omaha would be the smallest market for a Micro Center, but their locations are all over the board so who knows. It would be pretty nice to have a Micro Center. I had the...

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Omaha's Topgolf location listed for $8.7M The 24,000-square-foot building and 10-acre lot are being offered at $8,730,000. Topgolf was newly constructed in 2020. According to the listing, Topgolf put more than $15 million of improvements at its own expense into the property. The listing says the le...

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I was curious about the Omaha cable cars too and came across this website with some pretty solid information collected from newspaper articles from that time: https://www.cable-car-guy.com/html/ccomaha.html Pretty cool, but not quite as cool as the Sioux City Elevated Train from around the same time...

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I don't fully understand why those who are against the streetcar project false constraints on it. Why can't it go past Saddle Creek due to flooding? We invented bridges long ago. How does it not support connectivity? It will be built along one of the densest corridors in the city that has yet to re...

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We need to make a holiday, national "hug a city planner" day, or "Buy a planner a beer day". Because if you think it's bad from here... Imagine the |expletive| they have seen, heard and dealt with I 100% agree - I can't even imagine. We often have sessions at our conferences ded...

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Some interesting details from this article: ... Right now, the area around Nebraska Crossing is “a corn field,” the senator [Linehan] said, and unless the state helps out, the area will become a forest of strip malls, like those that already exist along 204th Street in west Omaha, or another truck ...

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Getting closer and closer to that May Planning Board meeting agenda.... get hyped! I really hope it's heavy on residential. Agreed. Holding off on getting too hyped because 1) White Lotus track record and 2) prior plans were very mediocre. But if Civic Site White Lotus 2.0 is worth something to get...

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Delta looks grim. I've read on some aviation boards that they're aiming toward high-end spenders, left unsaid is that maybe there aren't any in the OMA metro... :roll: Mmmm. Makes sense. Nothing pleases high-end spenders more than connecting through Atlanta no matter where they're trying to go. Heh...

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damonhynes wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 4:09 pm Delta looks grim. I've read on some aviation boards that they're aiming toward high-end spenders, left unsaid is that maybe there aren't any in the OMA metro...

Mmmm. Makes sense. Nothing pleases high-end spenders more than connecting through Atlanta no matter where they're trying to go.

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This report is the 2022 world urbanized area report from demographia. Starting on page 23, it ranks the largest urbanized areas in the world. Omaha clocks in at #654; and larger than peer cities like Tulsa OK, Birmingham AL, Fresno CA, Rochester NY, and Grand Rapids MI.. Some interesting data.. htt...

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This report is the 2022 world urbanized area report from demographia. Starting on page 23, it ranks the largest urbanized areas in the world. Omaha clocks in at #654; and larger than peer cities like Tulsa OK, Birmingham AL, Fresno CA, Rochester NY, and Grand Rapids MI.. Some interesting data.. htt...

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The results of the poll should not be taken seriously because the pollsters did not try for much accuracy. First, there are about 300,000 registered voters in Omaha, which is far less than the possible number of riders. Even then, for best results, you need to poll about 10% of your population, whic...

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It's a little bizarre to me how it's a mix of mixed-use urban-ish buildings and traditional suburban. It's like the developer was sitting their drawing it out make it relatively dense, walkable, and connected, when they thought "well, we can't make this TOO good. Let's throw in some spots for f...

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I think one is a Jedi and the other is not.

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I talked to a buddy of mine that works for Conagra in Chicago. He used to work at the Omaha campus and moved with the company. He told me that the higher ups in the company are fed up with Chicago. They’re having a terrible time finding qualified people to work. They hire people and most end up bei...

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This is a terrible idea this is being put into a residential area that has been here a long time and it's going to lower all the property values. Whoever approved this doesn't care and all they're worried about is tax dollars. You're not going to get much sympathy here. It's a four story building t...

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I have what I consider to be VERY ACCURATE information that was shared with me concerning the Paypal buildings. I have been told that Kiewit Real Estate and Shared services is purchasing the Paypal Campus. Over the next year or so they will be doing some remodeling and consolidation into the two bu...

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The reason most fail is because we market them as an attraction or destination we can drive to. When people get there and can't find parking 5 feet from it, they go somewhere else. It's not a density issue, but a spoiled car- dependent mindset. Six of one, half dozen of the other. If you don't mark...

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One possibly option is to move the transit lines one or two blocks over (14th or 15th St). This would free up 16th to restore the pedestrian mall concept. Raise the street level same as sidewalk. Great examples are Pearl Street in Boulder, CO or downtown Charlottesville, VA. https://i.postimg.cc/4K...

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It sounds like you’re just not a fan of poorly done complete streets/ineffective politics. As a transportation planner focused on complete streets I too recommend ripping out ineffective bike lanes and prefer separated facilities in many cases.

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This place looks absolutely delightful

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Re: IKEA. Their store location map shows that they have begun to locate "Pick-up Points" in smaller markets for online orders. Albuquerque, Grand Rapids, Syracuse, Buffalo, and Richmond each have one and are similar in size to Omaha. These Pick-up Points are nothing special though. They're...

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Sidebar to this thread.. I was at a bar here in St. Louis and when I went to close my tab, the bartender grabbed my card and the following converstaion occurred: Bartender: "Did you used to live in Colorado?" Me: "No, why?" Bartender: "I used to live there, the bank on your ...

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Ooof. That's not a good design. It looks cheap. It could also be a little denser. I'm glad they have less parking than the city would otherwise require, but the lot still looks huge. Also it's a pet peeve of mine when in "urban developments" the parking is still very exposed. Here there ar...

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Don't forget a model of the adjacent streetcar line.

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I don't feel there is enough demand to support a train to Lincoln. You might see a surge on Husker game days, but that's about it. That might be the only way it works right now. Iowa had such a train for Hawkeye game days. It has been discontinued, but I don't believe it went very far so it wasn't ...

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So let me see if I'm following the line of thought here.. They want to use state funds to attract certain retailers so that we will no longer be a flyover state, and the example used as a standard is a center in Kansas ? A center that is anchored, in part, by a store that has its HQ here in Omaha? A...

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I'm very excited for this as well. Though with every new city building game it means I need to get a new computer that can handle the software. I have made at least two computer purchases so that I can play a city building sim.

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I think it speaks to unmanaged expectations that people still fresh in their careers should expect a starter home to be single family new build with a sizable yard. That’s not “starter” even if Celebrity has marketed it as such. Starter is something with a little patina, pleasant but not a dream hom...

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I like this a lot. I just wish that the main branch elements for 72nd and Dodge would be here instead. Ideally they could acquire the building at 15th and Leavenworth for this purpose, but that's a pipe dream.

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Higgins said. He's calling on Eppley Airfield to include bike and pedestrian upgrades in its $600 million construction plan. The terminal Higgins and residents in his neighborhood want input. What Higgins and his neighbors seemingly want is a handout... Though, I am calling shenanigans on bike rack...

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I have to imagine that to receive TIF a developer needs to submit a proforma showing a break down of building costs and that the person approving applications knows a little something on the current cost of building materials. Pages 11, 12, and 13: https://planning.cityofomaha.org/images/PDFs/Plann...

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Landlords want in on that sweet sweet extra cleaning fee money from guests forgetting to put used towels in the washing machine.

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When you all reference an airport express bus route, are you talking about something different that Route 16 with better headways/more frequent service? Like something with less stops, only goes to the airport type service? 8th and Farnam to Eppley takes about 20 minutes, per the schedule. People f...

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