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Blackstone Corner (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 10:26 pm
by Brad
Former Phi Kappa Psi house to be demolished, redeveloped

http://www.wowt.com/content/news/Former ... 28373.html
www.wowt.com wrote:It will include 112 apartments and about 12,000 square feet of commercial space. The $22 million project should get underway by late fall.

Clarity Development hopes to have the project complete by the spring of 2019.
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Re: Phi Kappa Psi house Redevelopment (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 10:06 am
by Omaha_corn_burner
112 apartments on that lot? Where's the parking?

It looks like 12,000 square feet on the 1st floor. Then 4 floors of apartments. It seems like each floor of apartments would be 12,000 square feet. 112 apartments on 4 floors is 28 apartments per floor. If each floor is 12,000 square feet, then each apartment would be 428 square feet.

Maybe there's a gym, apartment entrance and mailboxes on the first floor that is 1000 square feet. Then each floor would be 13,000 sq ft, or 464 sq ft per apartment.

According to the Douglas County Assesor, the lot is 132ft by 140ft or 18,480 sq ft.

Re: Phi Kappa Psi house Redevelopment (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 11:43 am
by nebraska
So, is Slate Architecture moving then?

Re: Phi Kappa Psi house Redevelopment (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 11:46 am
by Omaha_corn_burner
nebraska wrote:So, is Slate Architecture moving then?
Why would they? They have their own lot.

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Re: Phi Kappa Psi house Redevelopment (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 12:11 pm
by nebraska
Omaha_corn_burner wrote:Why would they? They have their own lot.
That picture was cropped just enough to not verify Slate's future. But to me, it seems like the building goes to the end of the block.

Re: Phi Kappa Psi house Redevelopment (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 12:12 pm
by Omaha_corn_burner
nebraska wrote:
Omaha_corn_burner wrote:Why would they? They have their own lot.
That picture was cropped just enough to not verify Slate's future. But to me, it seems like the building goes to the end of the block.
It's just a render of a building design.

Re: Phi Kappa Psi house Redevelopment (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 12:17 pm
by GSD BSD
The project is being built on both the middle and east lots on that block.

Re: Phi Kappa Psi house Redevelopment (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 12:34 pm
by Brad
Omaha_corn_burner wrote:112 apartments on that lot? Where's the parking?
Due to a scheduling conflict on Saturday we pre-recorded Grow Omaha this morning. Trenton brought up the parking for this project and apparently it falls under some new zoning where they allow less parking than normal.

Re: Phi Kappa Psi house Redevelopment (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 12:37 pm
by Busguy2010
Omaha_corn_burner wrote:112 apartments on that lot? Where's the parking?
That is really big. I wonder if the developers are banking on public transportation. A step in the right direction in my opinion, but there's no streetcar yet. This seems to be a good sized risk and it'll be interesting to see how it works out.

Re: Phi Kappa Psi house Redevelopment (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 7:56 pm
by Uffda
Omaha_corn_burner wrote:112 apartments on that lot? Where's the parking?
So that could be close to 100 cars to park somewhere and that puts it right across from the Crescent Moon and their customers. Then you have all the apts on 36th between Farnam and Dodge that already park on the street.

:shock:

Re: Phi Kappa Psi house Redevelopment (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 8:26 pm
by GSD BSD
There are 50 parking stalls in a podium parking garage beneath the building. Between the 800 stall lot to the northeast and the 200 stalls to the southwest there seems to be ample parking for this building - kudos for finding shared parking solutions instead of building more surface parking.

Re: Phi Kappa Psi house Redevelopment (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2017 8:26 am
by Omaha_corn_burner
GSD BSD wrote:There are 50 parking stalls in a podium parking garage beneath the building. Between the 800 stall lot to the northeast and the 200 stalls to the southwest there seems to be ample parking for this building - kudos for finding shared parking solutions instead of building more surface parking.
That's Mutual of Omaha and Kiewit parking. Residents cannot park there.

Re: Phi Kappa Psi house Redevelopment (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2017 9:32 am
by nebraska
Omaha_corn_burner wrote:
GSD BSD wrote:There are 50 parking stalls in a podium parking garage beneath the building. Between the 800 stall lot to the northeast and the 200 stalls to the southwest there seems to be ample parking for this building - kudos for finding shared parking solutions instead of building more surface parking.
That's Mutual of Omaha and Kiewit parking. Residents cannot park there.
And it's time people wise up! I walk past that Blackstone Building parking lot often. It's empty 66-75% of the time! Let the people park! More exclamation marks!

To prove the point that businesses and residents can share, Dundee Bank has an agreement with Blackstone Station for residents to park there after hours.

Re: Phi Kappa Psi house Redevelopment (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2017 10:45 am
by Brad
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Re: Phi Kappa Psi house Redevelopment (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2017 11:59 am
by skinzfan23
Glad to hear about the parking for next time when I am down there.

Re: Phi Kappa Psi house Redevelopment (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 1:18 pm
by iamjacobm
Demo already underway.

Re: Phi Kappa Psi house Redevelopment (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 6:04 pm
by Brad
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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 2:03 pm
by Coyote
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Re: Phi Kappa Psi house Redevelopment (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 6:51 pm
by Uffda
Those are some small apts. and a few have really interesting shapes.

Re: Phi Kappa Psi house Redevelopment (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 7:04 pm
by Brad
Uffda wrote:Those are some small apts. and a few have really interesting shapes.
Probably not that weird once if they showed the interior partition walls for bedrooms, bathrooms, closets, etc.

Re: Phi Kappa Psi house Redevelopment (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 2:07 pm
by yard salad
Uffda wrote:Those are some small apts. and a few have really interesting shapes.
Wow, 580sq ft! That must be a record small size for new apartments in Omaha. The smallest apartment I could find in 2008 was around 700 sq ft.

Re: Phi Kappa Psi house Redevelopment (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 9:22 am
by JDJase
yard salad wrote:
Uffda wrote:Those are some small apts. and a few have really interesting shapes.
Wow, 580sq ft! That must be a record small size for new apartments in Omaha. The smallest apartment I could find in 2008 was around 700 sq ft.
Huh? you realize those are studios right? By comparison, studios at The Corvina are as small as 500, Broadmoor at Aksarben 528, Fox Run 509, City View 346, Kennsington Tower 428. A mix of new and old, all smaller than these.

Re: Phi Kappa Psi house Redevelopment (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 9:49 am
by yard salad
JDJase wrote:
yard salad wrote:
Uffda wrote:Those are some small apts. and a few have really interesting shapes.
Wow, 580sq ft! That must be a record small size for new apartments in Omaha. The smallest apartment I could find in 2008 was around 700 sq ft.
Huh? you realize those are studios right? By comparison, studios at The Corvina are as small as 500, Broadmoor at Aksarben 528, Fox Run 509, City View 346, Kennsington Tower 428. A mix of new and old, all smaller than these.
346 sqft!!

Re: Phi Kappa Psi house Redevelopment (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 9:52 am
by iamjacobm
This is certainly breaking the mold of most recent east Omaha developments that provide roughly the same amount of parking as units.

Between this and the Colonial, which has next to no dedicated parking, it will really put a test out there for how much parking developers need to provide and how well the neighborhood can handle the influx.

Re: Phi Kappa Psi house Redevelopment (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 11:33 am
by nebraska
iamjacobm wrote:This is certainly breaking the mold of most recent east Omaha developments that provide roughly the same amount of parking as units.

Between this and the Colonial, which has next to no dedicated parking, it will really put a test out there for how much parking developers need to provide and how well the neighborhood can handle the influx.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.258144, ... a=!3m1!1e3

Huh? The house north of Colonial Hotel was torn down to make a parking lot. I can see this from my apartment window. Best guess is maybe 20-30 spots (they haven't finished pouring the concrete yet).

And it's absolutely insane that there are thousands of parking spots within 3 blocks of the the frat house. They need to work with Mutual on getting some of that sweet after-business hours parking.

Re: Phi Kappa Psi house Redevelopment (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 11:45 am
by Garrett
yard salad wrote:
JDJase wrote:
yard salad wrote:
Uffda wrote:Those are some small apts. and a few have really interesting shapes.
Wow, 580sq ft! That must be a record small size for new apartments in Omaha. The smallest apartment I could find in 2008 was around 700 sq ft.
Huh? you realize those are studios right? By comparison, studios at The Corvina are as small as 500, Broadmoor at Aksarben 528, Fox Run 509, City View 346, Kennsington Tower 428. A mix of new and old, all smaller than these.
346 sqft!!
I lived with my ex in a 325 sqft studio. Our building had units somewhere in the mid-upper 200s. I live in a 590 sqft 2 bedroom now

Re: Phi Kappa Psi house Redevelopment (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 8:48 am
by iamjacobm
And its gone.

Re: Blackstone Corner (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2017 11:38 am
by nebraska
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Re: Blackstone Corner (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 8:04 pm
by Coyote
Plans submitted for Blackstone Corner:
Parking Garage 23530sf,
1st level Mixed Use 22395sf,
2nd-5th level Apartments 88800sf.

Re: Blackstone Corner (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2018 5:36 pm
by iamjacobm
Foundation starting to go up. Need some warm weather here and they can pour a little more.

Re: Blackstone Corner (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2018 10:40 am
by iamjacobm
Steel going up here. Looking good!

Re: Blackstone Corner (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2018 8:43 pm
by RockHarbor
Wow...those are cool. I like how it incorporates themes & ques from the old Blackstone Hotel. I saw that sudden change in one day w/ thar particular lot.

Re: Blackstone Corner (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2019 11:58 pm
by Brad
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Re: Blackstone Corner (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2019 11:27 pm
by Cermak
Really nice project saw it this past weekend the whole Blackstone area is coming together real good. I was wondering if it would be possible to get some residential taller than 4-5 floors in Blackstone just to break up the monotony. Even a 7-8 story building will add a little variety. Just a thought..

Re: Blackstone Corner (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2019 8:58 am
by ScrattyB
Cermak wrote: Thu Feb 07, 2019 11:27 pm Really nice project saw it this past weekend the whole Blackstone area is coming together real good. I was wondering if it would be possible to get some residential taller than 4-5 floors in Blackstone just to break up the monotony. Even a 7-8 story building will add a little variety. Just a thought..
Or perhaps some condos.

Re: Blackstone Corner (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2019 4:31 pm
by Cermak
Yes a few condos would be nice, sometimes I get the feeling developers in Omaha would rather just build apartments. Maybe it’s easier and less hassle, I dunno.

Re: Blackstone Corner (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2019 4:43 pm
by Ben
Cermak wrote: Fri Feb 08, 2019 4:31 pm Yes a few condos would be nice, sometimes I get the feeling developers in Omaha would rather just build apartments. Maybe it’s easier and less hassle, I dunno.
Much easier from a loan perspective. Generate revenue much quicker/easier to pay off the loans. A building is much more likely to sit with unsold condo units rather than unrented apartments.

Re: Blackstone Corner (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2019 5:13 pm
by Cermak
Thanks for the info, just what I thought apartments easier. Actually very few condos being built in Omaha nowadays.

Re: Blackstone Corner (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2019 11:26 am
by BIGO88
One of the retail bays in here is going to be a sports bar concept called the "The Sports Hall"

Re: Blackstone Corner (36th and Farnam)

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2019 12:21 pm
by Louie
BIGO88 wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2019 11:26 am One of the retail bays in here is going to be a sports bar concept called the "The Sports Hall"
Sports Hall is going in next to Dante/Forno actually.