Rick Ruggles / World-Herald Bureau wrote:The recovery system will build a corporate office on the Leavenworth land. Kyle Herber, CEO of the recovery system, said Thursday that his entity is outgrowing its building at 8502 West Center Road.
Few notes. The Cancer Center has accent lighting that was pink last night I noticed. The iExcel building going up at a nice pace and it appears the Ronald McDonald house on 38th and Jones will be expanded.
For those who have not seen - the iEXCEL center is looking very good and starting to complete it's footprint/shape. There looks to be a big concrete pour happening tomorrow. Still, they need quite the pace to open by fall semester 2018 (their stated goal).
In other news, Great Plains Auto Body is in the city planning notes asking for permission to change zoning for the lot on the SE corner of 42nd and Leavenworth. Makes me wonder how soon til they start moving over there and how soon we will have more concrete information on UNMC's plans for their current location.
The organization held a groundbreaking ceremony Friday for the 22,000-square-foot facility it plans to build along Leavenworth Street between 38th Avenue and 39th Street. The organization purchased the land, three parcels in all, earlier this year from the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Kyle Herber, the organization’s president, said the organization is outgrowing its existing building at 8502 West Center Road. The nonprofit is the federally designated organ procurement organization for Nebraska and Iowa’s Pottawattamie County.
Five years ago the organization had 25 employees, Herber said, but today it has nearly 55. Organ and tissue donation also has increased. Before 2012 the organization worked with an average of 40 organ donors a year, and now that runs between 70 and 80. The number of tissue donors has increased over that same time from about 100 a year to a little more than 200 and counting.
Coyote wrote:I'm sure we reported this already, but I just talked to Mary Barrett of Barleycorn's and she has said that the Med Center was getting call from all over inquiring about Charlie Graham's, but they will keep the facade and turn it into a clinic. They also own the plot across the street that got torn down after the accident and will keep it a park.
Plans for the new Charlie Graham's are before city council next week.
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Was at UNMC today. Talked with some one. They have heard nothing further discussed about the UNMC hotel. Did say there are early discussions about the land north of the cancer center. This will likely be the next big project, but is 2-3 years out from starting.
Coyote wrote:I'm sure we reported this already, but I just talked to Mary Barrett of Barleycorn's and she has said that the Med Center was getting call from all over inquiring about Charlie Graham's, but they will keep the facade and turn it into a clinic. They also own the plot across the street that got torn down after the accident and will keep it a park.
Plans for the new Charlie Graham's are before city council next week.
TIF request is before the planning board, there has been site work here as well.
The Munroe-Meyer Institute works out of a 60-year-old building, and the University of Nebraska Medical Center plans to give it a new home.
The UNMC program for people with disabilities and complex health needs won the go-ahead from the NU Board of Regents last week to move to the former First Data building at 6902 Pine St.
UNMC will renovate the First Data building in Aksarben at a cost of $85.1 million, including about $68 million in private money and $10 million in state money. Clinical revenue and cash from a UNMC parking fund are expected to cover the rest.
Mirnics said he hopes his institute can move into the new space in two years. He said the MMI wants to be bold in designing the building’s interior so it aligns with the latest thinking about developmental disabilities.
The library renovation project will also begin soon - expect to see a glassy facade. There will also be a multi-story history museum/welcome center added onto the West side of the library.
The library renovation project will also begin soon - expect to see a glassy facade. There will also be a multi-story history museum/welcome center added onto the West side of the library.
The library renovation project will also begin soon - expect to see a glassy facade. There will also be a multi-story history museum/welcome center added onto the West side of the library.
MSizlack wrote: ↑Wed Mar 21, 2018 2:26 pm
Was at UNMC today. Talked with some one. They have heard nothing further discussed about the UNMC hotel. Did say there are early discussions about the land north of the cancer center. This will likely be the next big project, but is 2-3 years out from starting.
Early discussions Weve been discussing it for years on the forums.
Coyote wrote:I'm sure we reported this already, but I just talked to Mary Barrett of Barleycorn's and she has said that the Med Center was getting call from all over inquiring about Charlie Graham's, but they will keep the facade and turn it into a clinic. They also own the plot across the street that got torn down after the accident and will keep it a park.
Plans for the new Charlie Graham's are before city council next week.
I was by the building that is going up on the SE corner of 42nd & Leavenworth. I didn't think it looked like an auto repair shop but looking at the ownership of the property its is the company that owns Charlie Graham--Great Plains Auto Body. If it is in fact the Charlie Graham replacement building I give props to the company for upgrading the appearance of that corner.
Not sure if this has been posted already, but here's a webcam for the davis center/iEXCEL in case the out of towners want to peek in. Looks much larger in person.
Taco wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2019 11:35 am
Not sure if this has been posted already, but here's a webcam for the davis center/iEXCEL in case the out of towners want to peek in. Looks much larger in person.
Demolition of the old Charlie Graham building has started. I don't think anyone has posted it yet, but that corner is going to be green space with some Kaneko artwork. 42nd and Leavenworth is the busiest entrance to campus, so UNMC wanted a nice park-like space on that corner.
Looks like the University is rolling out more information to the public concerning the iExcel program and the new Davis Global Center with move in planned for July:
Based on the construction cams Charlie Graham is gone and the area has been leveled. Also, they are starting work on the south side of the building with the "interesting" front, vortex thing. I am really interested how that portion will turn out. The rest of it looks great, and there's a sky bridge on the north side!
The earthwork on the northwest corner of 42nd and Leavenworth Streets hints at what is coming. The med center will have its gateway at that intersection, and officials there guarantee it will be appealing.
Eighteen colorful Jun Kaneko-designed "columns" will rise from a low, curving wall. A walkway with benches will give people — patients, family, visitors, staffers and the public — a place to relax. Lawn and tall trees will go in. Across 42nd Street on the northeast corner, a smaller park will include trees, grass and large signs saying it's the entrance to UNMC-Nebraska Medicine.
Coyote wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2019 8:26 pm
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That is another great addition to the UNMC campus. They continue to amaze me the type of projects they are able to pursue and complete, especially in the last decade or so.
Scientists from Temple University and the University of Nebraska Medical Center were able to eliminate the virus using a combination of gene-editing technology and a slow-release antiviral drug, according to a study published Tuesday in Nature Communications.
Really good pics, love how big the Med center is getting. It’s basically a constant construction site, something is always being built there it seems. Blackstone is also beefing up with new midrise apartments. Blackstone always had potential but only recently has really come into its own and has gotten denser and reduced unsightly surface parking lots.