Heritage Plaza - Best Buy - BWW (75 & Dodge)

Post by **Brad** » Sun Dec 29, 2013 10:40 pm

According to KETV, the Toys R Us at 76th and Dodge is closing.

lisanstan · Post by **lisanstan** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:38 am

I was surprised last weekend to see the people on the Dodge holding "Closing Sale" signs for Toys "R" Us. maybe with Charleston's in place they can make that area look a little less trashy. that is just a dirty looking strip mall.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 9:01 pm

If/when Crossroads gets redeveloped I expect that entire strip mall except for the new Charleston's to go away fo something better.

Post by **Brad** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 4:03 pm

At the very end of the Grow Omaha Radio program, Jeff and Trenton mention that Best Buy could possibly be taking over the Toys R Us spot to make room for Crossroads Mall Renovations.

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 10:09 pm

lisanstan wrote:I was surprised last weekend to see the people on the Dodge holding "Closing Sale" signs for Toys "R" Us. maybe with Charleston's in place they can make that area look a little less trashy. that is just a dirty looking strip mall.

Toys R' US probably sold the store to an asset liquidation firm. People holding shaker board signs and whatnot is standard operating procedure when a liquidation firm is running the show.

BPHusker · Post by **BPHusker** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 10:19 am

Brad wrote:At the very end of the Grow Omaha Radio program, Jeff and Trenton mention that Best Buy could possibly be taking over the Toys R Us spot to make room for Crossroads Mall Renovations.

I was wondering what they'd do with the Best Buy when the Crossroads stuff starts. I guess this is an option. I was hoping they'd take over the old Bag N Save building and expand to make some Super Best Buy store, but it never happened. I did see they were moving the store on 48th and R in Lincoln to 70th and O to move to a 'smaller' store. Not sure why they would do that since that 48th and R store is probably the Best one I've been to because of the size of it.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Wed Jan 15, 2014 2:08 pm

You won't see Best Buy doing any more of their large format stores like the one on 70th in Lincoln. They are phasing those out. They were built that way in the 90's to accommodate large media sections for CD's and DVD's. With iTunes, movie streaming and such, that space just isn't needed anymore. With Amazon and on-line sites attacking them, Best Buy just can't compete on price and maintain such large stores and pay rent on that amount of square footage. Too bad, I enjoyed shopping in them back in the day.

Greg

NovakOmaha · Post by **NovakOmaha** » Wed Jan 15, 2014 2:14 pm

Greg S wrote:You won't see Best Buy doing any more of their large format stores like the one on 70th in Lincoln. They are phasing those out. They were built that way in the 90's to accommodate large media sections for CD's and DVD's. With iTunes, movie streaming and such, that space just isn't needed anymore. With Amazon and on-line sites attacking them, Best Buy just can't compete on price and maintain such large stores and pay rent on that amount of square footage. Too bad, I enjoyed shopping in them back in the day.

Greg

I am amazed that Radio Shack is still around.

Post by **Coyote** » Wed Jan 15, 2014 2:20 pm

Since Radio Shack has their own brand (Tandy) I have to wonder if that keeps them afloat, but does Best Buy? Sears has their own, which probably is their only saving brand.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Wed Jan 15, 2014 3:30 pm

Coyote wrote:Since Radio Shack has their own brand (Tandy) I have to wonder if that keeps them afloat, but does Best Buy? Sears has their own, which probably is their only saving brand.

I believe that Best Buy has Rocketfish, Dynek and Insignia.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 7:58 am

Well what I just heard was that the crossroads developer wants all the land that has Applebee's best buy toys r us etc is on. I guess sears is a issue because of their 100 year lease they are demanding the developer build them a new building.

Post by **Brad** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 8:20 am

MTO wrote:Well what I just heard was that the crossroads developer wants all the land that has Applebee's best buy toys r us etc is on. I guess sears is a issue because of their 100 year lease they are demanding the developer build them a new building.

It was announced a while ago that Sears would move in to a Temporary location during construction

Its been know they want the rest of that land, that's why they denied that Hobby Lobby that was going to build next to best buy.

Not sure what Applebee's would do. Its the biggest store in Omaha and back in the day, one of the busiest too. However the building is 20 years old now and they do build different style stores. Most locations are also a lot smaller now too. Wonder if they price is right, they wouldn't build a new location within the new development?

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 4:27 pm

Best Buy is moving here.

RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 4:35 pm

iamjacobm wrote:Best Buy is moving here.

A little more visibility from Dodge Street might help them get more business.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 4:36 pm

I would imagine the space is smaller too.

Now we need to find a use for the old Bag & Save.

RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 4:42 pm

iamjacobm wrote:I would imagine the space is smaller too.

Now we need to find a use for the old Bag & Save.

The place looked horrible inside and out, and the lot is kind of weird. I think they'd be better just tearing the place down and making a new little strip mall in there.

TitosBuritoBarn · Post by **TitosBuritoBarn** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 12:03 pm

RNcyanide wrote:
iamjacobm wrote:I would imagine the space is smaller too.

Now we need to find a use for the old Bag & Save.
The place looked horrible inside and out, and the lot is kind of weird. I think they'd be better just tearing the place down and making a new little strip mall in there.

I thought that the Best Buy/Bag N Save building was going to be part of the Crossroads redevelopment and that it would be demolished?

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 12:10 pm

Sorry I meant the Bag and Save that closed that was I further west behind the Burger King.

RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 12:17 pm

TitosBuritoBarn wrote:
RNcyanide wrote:
iamjacobm wrote:I would imagine the space is smaller too.

Now we need to find a use for the old Bag & Save.
The place looked horrible inside and out, and the lot is kind of weird. I think they'd be better just tearing the place down and making a new little strip mall in there.
I thought that the Best Buy/Bag N Save building was going to be part of the Crossroads redevelopment and that it would be demolished?

Not that I'm aware of.

HskrFanMike · Post by **HskrFanMike** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 12:30 pm

I'm trying to remember what that Bag/Best Buy building originated as. I do remember that it closed down, and then they build two additions on the ends, and split it down the middle. The Bag and Save side used to be the Brandeis furniture store, back before Younkers bought out Brandeis (and Mrs. B plundered the furniture market in town).

If someone is going to demolish the Sears store and build new, the Best Buy/Bag building would be an obvious candidate for tearing down and building new.

BPHusker · Post by **BPHusker** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 3:39 pm

HskrFanMike wrote:I'm trying to remember what that Bag/Best Buy building originated as. I do remember that it closed down, and then they build two additions on the ends, and split it down the middle. The Bag and Save side used to be the Brandeis furniture store, back before Younkers bought out Brandeis (and Mrs. B plundered the furniture market in town).

If someone is going to demolish the Sears store and build new, the Best Buy/Bag building would be an obvious candidate for tearing down and building new.

I think Best Buy was "Children's Palace." I remember going there as a kid. Does anyone remember when Best Buy moved in?

lmdramos · Post by **lmdramos** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 7:16 pm

The current best buy building and the empty store next to it are slated to be part of the new crossroads. The strip mall where best buy is going will not be part of it.

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 7:24 pm

Hobby Lobby wanted to build on the Bag N' Save lot, but Crossroads' owner blocked it.

RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 7:32 pm

jessep28 wrote:Hobby Lobby wanted to build on the Bag N' Save lot, but Crossroads' owner blocked it.

Nice to see there's still a pulse on this project.

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 7:58 pm

RNcyanide wrote:
jessep28 wrote:Hobby Lobby wanted to build on the Bag N' Save lot, but Crossroads' owner blocked it.
Nice to see there's still a pulse on this project.

This was back in 2013 and Crossroads Redevelopment version 1.0.

TheSeventhBrat · Post by **TheSeventhBrat** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 8:57 pm

BPHusker wrote:
HskrFanMike wrote:I'm trying to remember what that Bag/Best Buy building originated as. I do remember that it closed down, and then they build two additions on the ends, and split it down the middle. The Bag and Save side used to be the Brandeis furniture store, back before Younkers bought out Brandeis (and Mrs. B plundered the furniture market in town).

If someone is going to demolish the Sears store and build new, the Best Buy/Bag building would be an obvious candidate for tearing down and building new.
I think Best Buy was "Children's Palace." I remember going there as a kid. Does anyone remember when Best Buy moved in?

The building was originally Gulf Mart - kinda like a KMart/Target, then it became Handy Dan's. Gulf Mart and Handy Dan's were owned by the same company. The building that houses Pendleton on Fort Crook Road in Bellevue was also a Gulf Mart/Handy Dan's.

NEDodger · Post by **NEDodger** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 6:59 am

Handy Dan's....that's a brand name I haven't heard in years. I remember that plaza then being a Children's Palace / World of Food combo, before becoming Best Buy / Bag and Save.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 8:39 am

I remember that Gulf Mart place. We also bought furniture as a kid from the Brandeis Furniture store there.

Greg

TheSeventhBrat · Post by **TheSeventhBrat** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 8:47 pm

NEDodger wrote:Handy Dan's....that's a brand name I haven't heard in years. I remember that plaza then being a Children's Palace / World of Food combo, before becoming Best Buy / Bag and Save.

Remembering Handy Dan's brought back bittersweet memories of tagging along with my dad on Saturday mornings to get whatever for his honey-do list. If I was good, he'd buy me a Mr Pibb out of the pop machine.

Post by **nebugeater** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 6:49 am

TheSeventhBrat wrote:
NEDodger wrote:Handy Dan's....that's a brand name I haven't heard in years. I remember that plaza then being a Children's Palace / World of Food combo, before becoming Best Buy / Bag and Save.
Remembering Handy Dan's brought back bittersweet memories of tagging along with my dad on Saturday mornings to get whatever for his honey-do list. If I was good, he'd buy me a Mr Pibb out of the pop machine.

Mr Pibb. Your dad didn't like you ???

TheSeventhBrat · Post by **TheSeventhBrat** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 9:28 am

nebugeater wrote:
TheSeventhBrat wrote:
NEDodger wrote:Handy Dan's....that's a brand name I haven't heard in years. I remember that plaza then being a Children's Palace / World of Food combo, before becoming Best Buy / Bag and Save.
Remembering Handy Dan's brought back bittersweet memories of tagging along with my dad on Saturday mornings to get whatever for his honey-do list. If I was good, he'd buy me a Mr Pibb out of the pop machine.

Mr Pibb. Your dad didn't like you ???

Dr Pepper wasn't available.

nativeomahan · Post by **nativeomahan** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 9:01 am

Greg S wrote:I remember that Gulf Mart place. We also bought furniture as a kid from the Brandeis Furniture store there.

Greg

You are bringing back long forgotten memories.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 9:43 am

Back in the day, Brandeis has a toy department on 1st floor at Crossroads. When Christmas season arrived, they would expand it big time. I think the area they went in to for the expansion was sealed off the rest of the year. Later they would do it on the 2nd floor in the area above where you would drive under the mall on the north side of the building.

Greg

Post by **Brad** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 10:50 am

OWH Article on the move:

http://www.omaha.com/best-buy-store-at- ... 9a413.html

Post by **Coyote** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 9:34 pm

$1.2M remodel.

Post by **Brad** » Sat Oct 17, 2015 9:07 am

Construction has begun! Photo later today.

Post by **Brad** » Sun Oct 18, 2015 10:23 pm

Photo Update:

1.

Post by **Brad** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 2:10 pm

They have the "Best Buy Point" on the front of the building now.

Post by **Coyote** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 3:50 pm

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Tue Mar 01, 2016 8:41 am

Signing up.