Aksarben Village

Post by **Coyote** » Thu Feb 25, 2016 2:09 pm

I still can't see how that will really fit in there. But, they have the design now...
looks like the sidewalk is gone
Thanks for sharing!

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Thu Feb 25, 2016 2:11 pm

I can post some more screenshots later. There is one of the site plan.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Thu Feb 25, 2016 2:14 pm

I think it looks like a great fit for the space. Finally a development maximizing the space they are using.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Thu Feb 25, 2016 2:17 pm

iamjacobm wrote:I can post some more screenshots later. There is one of the site plan.

Where do you go to see all this stuff? Is it the TIF application from the city website?

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Thu Feb 25, 2016 2:20 pm

skinzfan23 wrote:
iamjacobm wrote:I can post some more screenshots later. There is one of the site plan.
Where do you go to see all this stuff? Is it the TIF application from the city website?

Its links off of the City Council Agenda.

http://cityclerk.cityofomaha.org/city-council/agendas

The documents turned into the city are linked in each agenda.

RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Thu Feb 25, 2016 2:23 pm

I don't think it looks too shabby. I wonder if they'll ever change the setting on their scanner from black and white to 8-bit grayscale. Assuming that have a scanner that was made within the last 50 years, it would only take 2 extra clicks. These muddy black and white scans are terrible.

Post by **Brad** » Thu Feb 25, 2016 2:24 pm

Coyote wrote:I still can't see how that will really fit in there. But, they have the design now...

Just did some quick Google Earth Measurements, Looks like the Hampton Inn in Aksarben Center would fit on this lot with room to spare.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Thu Feb 25, 2016 3:10 pm

Also noticed the project timeline for the hotel:

Construction Start Date: March 1, 2016
Construction Complete: July 1, 2017
Opening August 1, 2017

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Thu Feb 25, 2016 4:26 pm

Coyote wrote:I still can't see how that will really fit in there. But, they have the design now...
looks like the sidewalk is gone
Thanks for sharing!

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Thu Feb 25, 2016 4:28 pm

For the height obsessed it said the tallest portion would be 70'.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 8:15 am

Here is the view looking towards BCBS and seeing the height compared to the Pacific Life parking garage:

Post by **Brad** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 1:15 pm

Coyote wrote:
Brad wrote:
Coyote wrote:Marking lines at the Hilton this morning. But it sounds as if it isn't even drawn up yet...
Marking utility lines?
I think I heard boundary lines...

I drove by today and the only thing I saw marked were Utility Lines. I didn't see any kind of survey markers.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 1:22 pm

I thought I saw survey markers there last week, but that wouldn't make any sense if they took them down.

Post by **Brad** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 1:29 pm

skinzfan23 wrote:I thought I saw survey markers there last week, but that wouldn't make any sense if they took them down.

Some times they will have the utilities marked and then survey the utility markers so they can see where they actually ended up before they building the building. Sewers are about the only thing that are completely built to plan. MUD will build the Gas and Water to their own specs and the rest of the electrical and communications lines are just kind of trenched in where there is room.

Post by **Coyote** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 1:52 pm

Someone thought that they overheard a worker complain that when they put that surcharge on the ground they moved or took away some markers...

Post by **nebugeater** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 3:45 pm

Coyote wrote:Someone thought that they overheard a worker complain that when they put that surcharge on the ground they moved or took away some markers...

any of them for gas lines?

RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 4:46 pm

Coyote wrote:Someone thought that they overheard a worker complain that when they put that surcharge on the ground they moved or took away some markers...

Foreshadowing??

Post by **Brad** » Sun Mar 06, 2016 2:24 pm

Photo Update:
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skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Sun Mar 06, 2016 10:14 pm

The glass is in on the north side of the new Green Plains Energy building.

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Mon Mar 07, 2016 9:47 am

Sorry if this has been discussed elsewhere, but anyone know what's going on at the far north end of AV? The southeast corner of 67th and Pacific. It used to be a grass hill, and they've had earthmoving equipment onsite. Is it just a rebuild of the hill with some sort of retaining wall, or is there actually something going in there?

Omaha_corn_burner · Post by **Omaha_corn_burner** » Mon Mar 07, 2016 10:03 am

Ben wrote:Sorry if this has been discussed elsewhere, but anyone know what's going on at the far north end of AV? The southeast corner of 67th and Pacific. It used to be a grass hill, and they've had earthmoving equipment onsite. Is it just a rebuild of the hill with some sort of retaining wall, or is there actually something going in there?

Parking garage. There's either a thread about it, or it has been mentioned in a different thread.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Mon Mar 07, 2016 10:03 am

Ben wrote:Sorry if this has been discussed elsewhere, but anyone know what's going on at the far north end of AV? The southeast corner of 67th and Pacific. It used to be a grass hill, and they've had earthmoving equipment onsite. Is it just a rebuild of the hill with some sort of retaining wall, or is there actually something going in there?

http://eomahaforums.com/viewtopic.php?f ... &start=240

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Mon Mar 07, 2016 10:05 am

Also building student housing at 67th and Pine:

Taco · Post by **Taco** » Mon Mar 07, 2016 2:41 pm

skinzfan23 wrote:Also building student housing at 67th and Pine:

Have they started construction here yet?

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Mon Mar 07, 2016 3:03 pm

Yes, at least demo of the parking lot occurred in October 2015. If they haven't yet, they should be starting construction soon. I will have to drive by there sometime soon. I was also wondering if anything had gone vertical yet.

Post by **Brad** » Mon Mar 07, 2016 3:11 pm

skinzfan23 wrote:Yes, at least demo of the parking lot occurred in October 2015. If they haven't yet, they should be starting construction soon. I will have to drive by there sometime soon. I was also wondering if anything had gone vertical yet.

No, it had not gone vertical as of noon yesterday. I posted photos of the demo in one of these threads last fall.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Mon Mar 07, 2016 3:12 pm

Brad wrote:
skinzfan23 wrote:Yes, at least demo of the parking lot occurred in October 2015. If they haven't yet, they should be starting construction soon. I will have to drive by there sometime soon. I was also wondering if anything had gone vertical yet.
No, it had not gone vertical as of noon yesterday. I posted photos of the demo in one of these threads last fall.

its in the UNO Campus thread: http://eomahaforums.com/viewtopic.php?f ... &start=320

Post by **Coyote** » Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:16 pm

I noticed there were Olsson surveyors on the Hilton site, so I approached them asking what was going on. It appears that there was a problem. Either they had initially surveyed the property incorrectly, or, the garage was built across property lines. Oops. They still believed ground breaking would be in May.

Post by **Coyote** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 7:59 pm

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Post by **Brad** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 9:01 pm

Where they actually starting on something or are they borrowing or storing dirt?

Post by **Coyote** » Wed Mar 09, 2016 9:21 pm

Brad wrote:Where they actually starting on something or are they borrowing or storing dirt?

We can't tell yet. It is now March. If I remember correctly, Jay Noddle told me that the temporary parking lot was going away in March. When that was done we would know something is serious. I ran into an HDR manager today and he said he had nothing new to pass on, so we talked about the Sandhills Cranes instead...

nativeomahan · Post by **nativeomahan** » Thu Mar 10, 2016 7:28 am

This looks to be another banner year for construction in Aksarben Village and environs.

Post by **Coyote** » Thu Mar 10, 2016 8:21 am

Truckloads of surcharge? is coming in this morning...

Post by **Brad** » Thu Mar 10, 2016 9:57 am

Coyote wrote:Truckloads of surcharge? is coming in this morning...

Interesting. I thought they already did a surcharge on that lot several years ago. When I was doing a photo shoot for Pinhook when they first opened, there was a lot of dirt on that lot, lat least 4 feet higher than it is now.

Post by **Coyote** » Thu Mar 10, 2016 10:16 am

I didn't see them myself, I was just told that this morning.
There is a pic on the eOmaha Facebook page of the toys that are there this morning though.

I did see trucks on 67th and Pine... I may be for the Garage...

Post by **Coyote** » Thu Mar 10, 2016 5:07 pm

Dirt work...

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Post by **Coyote** » Sun Mar 13, 2016 8:07 pm

nativeomahan · Post by **nativeomahan** » Mon Mar 14, 2016 8:02 am

I'm guessing this lot is simply the repository of all the dirt being removed from the hill up by Pacific Street.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Mon Mar 14, 2016 9:24 am

nativeomahan wrote:I'm guessing this lot is simply the repository of all the dirt being removed from the hill up by Pacific Street.

Could be, but any idea why they have stakes in the middle of the lot then?

Post by **Brad** » Mon Mar 14, 2016 9:29 am

skinzfan23 wrote:
nativeomahan wrote:I'm guessing this lot is simply the repository of all the dirt being removed from the hill up by Pacific Street.
Could be, but any idea why they have stakes in the middle of the lot then?

They still need to grade it do it doesn't turn in to a swamp.