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Well it turns out that Payne did not end up directing The Menu, would have been a very different movie. The actress Anya Taylor Joy ended up in Emma Stone's role and she was from Grand Island in the movie. Payne does have a new movie coming out. If you look closely at the beginning of the trailer on...

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Looks like a crew had been taking core samples in the street on Farnam in Midtown/Blackstone this week. Assume it’s for the streetcar engineering work.

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The site plan if anyone wants to guess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6448a8a38bb9d3702af46bde/c507802b-ecf8-41af-ba24-20ef6258e4b3/OCPL_Dodge+Street+Level.jpg?format=1500w https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6448a8a38bb9d3702af46bde/1c5b8385-5153-4bc2-a0ee-fbaef499d06a/OCP...

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Sols Warehouse will start coming down on Monday the 17th. Also, not sure if this has been shared recently. https://i.postimg.cc/phx32K8D/Builder-s-District.png Woah, where'd you find that? There's some interesting things happening in this new rendering. Taller garages, taller residential buildings,...

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Assuming the developers wouldn't post this unless they were ready to break ground soon. Also assuming the "Square" branding is playing off the Triangle across the street which they also own. https://metonic.net/square/ Metonic Real Estate Solutions is pleased to announce their upcoming mul...

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That is a bit of a bummer. I guess the schedule gets a bit lighter, but Denver and North Dakota were always annual highlights on the schedule and I assume there may be some seasons neither come to town.

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Wow, wouldn't want to be those guys. On a side note, my sister dated a guy who was the lead crane operator for Midtown Crossing (obviously much shorter than this project) but he sent me pictures from working up in the cab all day....no thanks. This project caused me to look up videos on the cranes....

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I doubt an expansion is being considered at this point and they would surely need a massive extension on the deal to host from the NCAA to do any sort of major project. I would assume they would run the upper deck from the third base line around and over the left field concourse is where its designe...

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Noticed today the Physical Therapy on the corner of 39th and Farnam had its signage removed from the building, it was Fyzical Therapy & Aquatics. I'm not for sure when or if they announced a move. Not seeing any recent transactions on the property but I'm also not sure I'm looking in the right ...

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Went to The Flaming Lips last night and just echoing the praise. Impressive venue that had a lot of thoughtful design choices. My only minor complaint was the entry line was a bit awkward, but I am sure that the kinks will get worked out. As an aside, sure it's not the Swim Trials at the same time a...

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I was astonished when I came across this headline. Has Omaha really only had one homicide in 2023? Really remarkable news if so. https://news.yahoo.com/kansas-city-had-84-homicides-100300510.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADD2Xt7lT0W7hWWsNyo65Boi5cxo9PMn...

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Cormac McCarthy. A great American author.

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Good luck to that staff working out the kinks during the CWS.

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Minneapolis proper has 6, but the metro probably has about 15.

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Dusty wrote: ↑Sat Jun 10, 2023 3:37 pm Pulling this back to Midtown Crossing discussion. Do you think they will split the space Genesis is moving out of or lease it out as is? How big is the current space?

It will likely be marketed as office space.

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Can someone please explain mass timber buildings to me? I’m not knocking it, I just don’t understand. I thought this building was going to be mostly made up of wood. However, it seems like the structure is 90% steel in 10% wood? Looking at the marketing material closer they do refer to the building...

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Indiana State is the higher seed and is in their first Super Regional but isn't hosting the next round due to prior commitments to the Indiana Special Olympics next weekend. TCU is the host and their fans are out in droves donating to the Indiana Special Olympics. Very cool. https://twitter.com/lupt...

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inCommon as the developer would almost certainly include at least some affordable units too.

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Then why is this method so very rarely used? Cross laminated timber or CLT, a main component of this construction type, wasn't invented for lack of a better word until the 80s or 90s, and building codes were slow to allow it. Now that it is being proven out and a more robust supply chain has develo...

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Can I just ask a basic question? What is the purpose of building exclusively with wood? Is it stronger than steel and concrete? My intuition tells me that is just not true. Then there is the entire matter of susceptibility to burning to ash in a fire. Mass timber or CLT is graded out to basically t...

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thenewguy wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2023 7:30 am says 21201 Nebraska Crossing Drive

That is REI's address and they do have a couple racks of Vuori out there.

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Came across this tweet about the T3 office building going up in Denver. The one here will be very similar.

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My Jewel in Chicago was a .5 mile walk. It was about the limit before fully loaded bags would start to wear on you and I'm a (relatively) young able-bodied person. I wouldn't have wanted to have a mile walk each way at all. This walk was also completely flat and on a very pleasant corridor with a tw...

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Maha headed back downtown next year.

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If you listen to the interviews, he made a comment stating people in Omaha are spoiled and like to drive around in circles looking for the perfect spot. He was glad to add the grid back and offer convenient street parking to make those people happy. This is a suburban design in an urban location. W...

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I believe Omaha will be the smallest metro with a modern street car (according to wikipedia). There's Tempe, which is smaller, but is part of the Phoenix area, so they are like 4.5M people in their metro https://ibb.co/zxd18nk I can't wait for CB to get their streetcar. I can only imagine the conve...

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A group out of KC called Drake Development recently bought the Westlake/Panera, Qdoba, and Burger King here.

Nothing will happen anytime soon (probably 5 years) but I was told they aren’t going to renew leases once they expire and will redevelop in some form. No details on what specifically.

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Another fire here, they should probably just tear this down.

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Yep, looks like they are getting a tax credit award this round.

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College Station has had a few new buildings with some height right off campus. It’s really stark bc they have nothing else of anything close to buildings that tall existing.

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A few of the ramps appear to be open. When you head east out of downtown it looks like you can take the new ramps north and south to get on I29 now.

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A simple solution

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I remember hearing Bruce Rasmussen on the radio several years ago. He said when they were looking to add a sport (before they added soccer), they brought in consultant. The consultant recommended they add Soccer or Hockey and recommended they don't add football. Lacrosse would be a cool add for the...

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Just saying that scale is much more reasonable than to expect some sort of tower out of this. I would also expect setbacks from the street for safety concerns.

I'd take this scene on the Civic site in a heartbeat.

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The Salt Lake City Public Safety Building is probably one of the better comps on what to expect for the scale here (I can't believe this is 10 years old already I remember when this got all kinds of awards). This is their, not so new now, Police and Fire HQ. I would love something like this to ancho...

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To be fair to KETV that is what was included in the city docs, but I don't see how that wasn't a mistake.

https://cityclerk.cityofomaha.org/image ... 3-0509.pdf

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There is a rezoning request for this property. 200 unit 4 story apartment building with [drum roll] 3-4 story 300 stall parking garage. This has to an expensive endeavor. Also, another example of why parking focused and carcentric development is a terrible use of land. Maybe someone can inform me, ...

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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 Plenty of bad ones that need to be slapped as well. Haha I enjoy our planner frien...

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Athomsfere wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 12:06 pm Man, how long have we been talking about this? It's fallen off the radar and come back from the dead more times than ____insert husker joke _____

*wait for laughter to subside

I am glad this is still moving though

Low Income Housing Tax Credits can be a very slow process.

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Looks like the interior of this building might be being gutted.

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