A five-story condo building designed for creative types to live and work — and even mix in a ground-floor bar and restaurant — is planned as a neighbor to the new Blue Barn Theatre south of downtown Omaha.
Called Boxcar 10, the 28,500-square-foot structure shares the same design team as its theater neighbor. The idea is for the two to complement each other architecturally.
Behind them to the west, a unique outdoor event area is to emerge and will be the focus of a national contest seeking the most ingenious ways to make that public green space pop.
The hope, Mammel said, is for the condos to become home to progressive and arts-minded residents who would live and work out of them.
A dozen units, each about 1,000 square feet, are to be “bare-bones lofts,” with concrete floors, simple kitchens and bathrooms and mostly open space that each owner can shape to meet specific needs.
Mammel said she wants them to be affordable, under $200,000 apiece. “These aren't for the person who wants granite countertops and foo-foo appliances,” although amenities could be added by owners if they so choose.
“This will be like no other building in Omaha,” Mammel said. “I'm not scared of color. It will be fun, a nice vibe, cool and contemporary.”
I don't get this... they are marketing this towards artists which have notoriously been broke as shizz but saying that these condo's will be 'affordable' at less than 200k?
Not a lot I'm sure but she definitely doesn't make these sound that nice saying how they'll have concrete floors and be bare bones for a cool 200k. If I was to spend that kind of money I would at least want some amenities is it part of the artist community to live in places that suck? How about instead of trying to sound hip and cool by saying these are for 'Artists' just saying we have these condo's.. they're 200k.. anyone can buy one...
Because this is as much if not more a hobby for Mrs. Mammel than it is a money making venture. Â She is very into theater and the arts in Omaha and wants to seem them grow.
guitarguy wrote:Not a lot I'm sure but she definitely doesn't make these sound that nice saying how they'll have concrete floors and be bare bones for a cool 200k. If I was to spend that kind of money I would at least want some amenities is it part of the artist community to live in places that suck? How about instead of trying to sound hip and cool by saying these are for 'Artists' just saying we have these condo's.. they're 200k.. anyone can buy one...
You're right....I'm sure she's only looking for the cool artist-types to rent to....to enhance her cool image. I guess if 2 two artists buy 1 condo, they could live there for about $500/mo a piece if they get a 30yr loan at 4.5%. Or maybe they could live there 4 per condo.
Achieving the bare-bones look is not as cheap as people think. The more raw materials you leave exposed, the greater the attention to detail has to be, to make things look neat & tidy. The cheapest way to build is to hide imperfections and guts as much as possible behind faux finishes, drywall, carpet, etc. It depends on what your definition of "nice" is.
He said "They are some big, ugly red brick buildings" ...and then they were gone.
guitarguy wrote:I don't get this... they are marketing this towards artists which have notoriously been broke as shizz but saying that these condo's will be 'affordable' at less than 200k?
That's what I was thinking as well, but I don't know the "artist" community at all...so I can't begin to speculate.
iamjacobm wrote:Because this is as much if not more a hobby for Mrs. Mammel than it is a money making venture. She is very into theater and the arts in Omaha and wants to seem them grow.
She must have a lot of money to throw around by creating a project that is geared towards only one demographic.
iamjacobm wrote:Because this is as much if not more a hobby for Mrs. Mammel than it is a money making venture. She is very into theater and the arts in Omaha and wants to seem them grow.
She must have a lot of money to throw around by creating a project that is geared towards only one demographic.
There is a reason UNO's business school is in Mammel Hall... Â She was behind CO2 on Tenth too.
I noticed that the lot to the west - 11th and Pacific has been leveled.
What was here and what is going in here - I can't remember if this has been mentioned.
Coyote wrote:I noticed that the lot to the west - 11th and Pacific has been leveled.
What was here and what is going in here - I can't remember if this has been mentioned.
To the west? Â Went by there earlier today and it looked like there were piles of mulch being stored inside of a fenced in area to the west.
A design competition is being held for a lot adjacent to the future home of Blue Barn and Boxcar 10.
The winner will get $200,000 to turn an urban parcel near 10th and Pacific Streets into a space for the public to enjoy. The parcel is adjacent to two developing projects: the future home of the Blue Barn Theatre, and the planned five-story Boxcar 10 condo and retail building.
The five finalists now enter the conceptual design phase and will present their visions in January to an Omaha panel, said Connie Spellman of Omaha By Design, the project manager for the contest. The space ultimately will become Blue Barn’s to maintain and manage.
When fortune smiles on something as violent and ugly as revenge, it seems proof like no other that not only does God exist, you're doing his will.
Expect construction to begin May 2014, it will still have an indoor/outdoor design but you can forget about that toothpick looking structure shown in the earlier renderings.
Also, a restaurant will occupy the retail space located on the lower level of the new condo's that will be adjacent to the theatre.
ItsAllAboutMe wrote:Expect construction to begin May 2014, it will still have an indoor/outdoor design but you can forget about that toothpick looking structure shown in the earlier renderings.
Also, a restaurant will occupy the retail space located on the lower level of the new condo's that will be adjacent to the theatre.
The public will be able to view the proposals of the five Green in the City finalist teams at an open house set for Tuesday, Jan. 21. The event will be held at KANEKO, 1111 Jones St., from 5:30 to 7:00pm. Following the event, the proposals will be on display at KANEKO through Friday, Jan. 24, from 9:00am to 5:00pm.
Green in the City, launched in September, is a national design competition to create an innovative urban community space in downtown Omaha. The site is adjacent to two projects under development in the 10th and Pacific block – the new home of the BLUEBARN Theatre and Boxcar 10, a mixed use building with a small parking area.
Developer-philanthropist Nancy Mammel, who donated land for the Blue Barn, has announced plans to build Boxcar 10, a four-story condo building with suitable work-live spaces for artists and a ground-floor restaurant, just south of the new Blue Barn. Landscapers are vying for the contract to create a public green space just west of the theater. Competing designs for Green in the City will be unveiled in The World-Herald's Money section Tuesday.
The Blue Barn has raised $4.4 million in the large-donor phase of its $7 million capital campaign for the new space and will begin the public phase later this month. The total includes $1 million for an operating budget and a $1 million endowment.
“While many small theaters around the country are closing their doors, this really shows Omaha is a thriving arts community,” said Susan Clement-Toberer, the Blue Barn's artistic director.
First off it was definitely Blue Barn renderings that the last of us stragglers got a glimpse of at Borgata last weekend. 2nd this is a very exciting project over all, will really make 10th Street a place to be. I love the thin condo building. Theater design I like, not love. The front with the Blue Barn words and their door logo in large wood cutouts will be cool. The side I actually like the zig zagging roofline, the blank wall is a little plain. Looking forward to seeing what kind of designs that come out for the park this week.
iamjacobm wrote:First off it was definitely Blue Barn renderings that the last of us stragglers got a glimpse of at Borgata last weekend.
How did you find that out? My picture didn't turn out well in the light.
The second picture on the OWH article with the render of the inside all painted blue was the one I saw pulled up on the other table's ipad.
Nice catch, I remember pointing out the ipad but I didn't remember what the renderings on them looked like. But now that you mention it, I believe these were it.
Oh I'm thrilled Blue Barn has this opportunity and I would take something like this any day over an empty lot, but the renderings are kinda meh. The most recent one is better, though.
