Emily Nohr: World-Herald staff writer wrote:Union Pacific Railroad acknowledges a connection to the land, but a spokesman declined to discuss the matter in detail. Several elected officials would not elaborate on the plans.
According to planning documents filed with Sarpy County, the project’s first phase of development includes a data center, office building and a research, development and warehouse facility.
A conceptual site map shows a campus with a 1,500-stall parking lot and room for expansion and storage. The site is across from the new Travelers Cos. data center.
iamjacobm wrote:100K SF in office as well? Could take them out of the running more needed space downtown maybe.
My guess is that would replace their current "catastrophe" space that they have on lease. If memory serves me correctly, is somewhere up by 72nd and 680 now. Basically duplicate offices for essential personnel in case the main HQ ever gets destroyed. A friend in UP IT had to go to this 2nd office occasionally and just make sure everything is up and running "just in case". Sort of weird that it sits empty for most of the year...
iamjacobm wrote:100K SF in office as well? Could take them out of the running more needed space downtown maybe.
My guess is that would replace their current "catastrophe" space that they have on lease. If memory serves me correctly, is somewhere up by 72nd and 680 now. Basically duplicate offices for essential personnel in case the main HQ ever gets destroyed. A friend in UP IT had to go to this 2nd office occasionally and just make sure everything is up and running "just in case". Sort of weird that it sits empty for most of the year...
My understanding is they also have a warehouse on 18th and Cuming and one in CB that will move out there. So 3 buildings: disaster recovery office, data center, and warehouse.
iamjacobm wrote:100K SF in office as well? Could take them out of the running more needed space downtown maybe.
My guess is that would replace their current "catastrophe" space that they have on lease. If memory serves me correctly, is somewhere up by 72nd and 680 now. Basically duplicate offices for essential personnel in case the main HQ ever gets destroyed. A friend in UP IT had to go to this 2nd office occasionally and just make sure everything is up and running "just in case". Sort of weird that it sits empty for most of the year...
Wow, that's something when a private business has a shadow government.
True. In the event of a national emergency, railroads would be one of the first assets to be commandeered by the government.
I wonder what kind of contractual agreements the government was working on with the railroads when they were trying to field nuclear ICBMs on rail garrisons during the cold war?
Looks like final plans for the UP data center and office space went before the Papillion city council last night. Haven't seen a newspaper article yet but the board minutes have some good details
Substantial project. I wonder what the timeline on more 80 ramps are out west there. Seems like we are only a few years away from needing one between Gretna and 144th.
iamjacobm wrote:Substantial project. I wonder what the timeline on more 80 ramps are out west there. Seems like we are only a few years away from needing one between Gretna and 144th.
There was the proposed 180th ramp by Vala's pumpkin patch, but I haven't heard about that for a while.
iamjacobm wrote:Substantial project. I wonder what the timeline on more 80 ramps are out west there. Seems like we are only a few years away from needing one between Gretna and 144th.
There was the proposed 180th ramp by Vala's pumpkin patch, but I haven't heard about that for a while.
It's still in the draft 2040 LRTP. It's under the FY 2021-2025 section.