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Former Double Tree/Embassy Suites/Granada Royale

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Former Double Tree/Embassy Suites/Granada Royale

According to a rumor passed along on last Saturday's Grow Omaha Radio Show...

The Double Tree at 72 and Mercy could be going back to an Embassy Suites.
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I wonder why it ever changed in the first place.
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I hope so. Embassy would be much better to have on 72nd anyways. But i believe the structure isn't large enough to support the prototype for Embassy.
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This ended up becoming "Aksarben Suites"
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This place has closed now. Looks like some construction may be going on. Anybody heard anything on it?

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Greg S wrote:This place has closed now. Looks like some construction may be going on. Anybody heard anything on it?

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For real? I just booked a night there for Saturday!?
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Louie wrote:
Greg S wrote:This place has closed now. Looks like some construction may be going on. Anybody heard anything on it?

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For real? I just booked a night there for Saturday!?

Might have been short term. Looks like it's open again. If you go, ask them what's been going on. Would love to know status.

I also went by the one at 72nd and Center that houses Shark Club, and now it looks closed. Sign down and they would not let you enter parking lot from 72nd. Anybody know this status?

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The Double Tree was closed for renovation but is now open.
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hatwate wrote:The Double Tree was closed for renovation but is now open.

The hotels I've been referring to are at 72nd and Center area (one is the Ak Sar Been Suites that was originally Embassy Suites), are you referring to that or the current DoubleTree at 72nd and I80 that has been open for a while?

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Greg S wrote:
hatwate wrote:The Double Tree was closed for renovation but is now open.

The hotels I've been referring to are at 72nd and Center area (one is the Ak Sar Been Suites that was originally Embassy Suites), are you referring to that or the current DoubleTree at 72nd and I80 that has been open for a while?

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Aksarben Suites @ 72nd and Cedar. I just called them again and was told they were closed for renovation from 1/1 thru 4/30. They reopened on 5/1.
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hatwate wrote:
Greg S wrote:
hatwate wrote:The Double Tree was closed for renovation but is now open.

The hotels I've been referring to are at 72nd and Center area (one is the Ak Sar Been Suites that was originally Embassy Suites), are you referring to that or the current DoubleTree at 72nd and I80 that has been open for a while?

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Aksarben Suites @ 72nd and Cedar. I just called them again and was told they were closed for renovation from 1/1 thru 4/30. They reopened on 5/1.


Great info, thanks! I wonder if something similar is going on with the hotel across Center?

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Rezone request here from commercial to R8. Building might be going to apartments, could be fairly attainable rents if it’s just a conversion and not a full redevelopment. Zoning docs should be uploaded later today or tomorrow with more detail.

EDIT: 181 apartments proposed, 169 of them studios.

https://planning.cityofomaha.org/images ... ber/16.pdf
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iamjacobm wrote: Thu Sep 30, 2021 12:02 pm Rezone request here from commercial to R8. Building might be going to apartments, could be fairly attainable rents if it’s just a conversion and not a full redevelopment. Zoning docs should be uploaded later today or tomorrow with more detail.

EDIT: 181 apartments proposed, 169 of them studios.

https://planning.cityofomaha.org/images ... ber/16.pdf
It's a little odd that they skip 1 bedrooms altogether with the other 12 being two beds. I am guessing straight conversion. There's a neat courtyard, each unit could have it's one balcony space, this could be an interesting apartment complex.

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Could be interesting. The building itself is still attractive and has aged well.
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I don't think that it's a terrible idea. A lot of University students live in this area, and I can imagine some of them would be interested in this location.
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The address for this proposed conversion of hotel to 181 units of apartments is 7270 Cedar St. Omaha, NE 68124 The building is much larger than this Google street view indicates.


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I noticed yesterday that the former Granada Royale (and several later name changes) at 73rd and Cedar is closed off.
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This one is still in the works. Up for rezoning to R8 residential, 181 studios and 12 2 beds.

https://planning.cityofomaha.org/images ... ber/20.pdf
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This may be finally happening? Planned Spring 2025 opening.

https://planning.cityofomaha.org/images ... 59_All.pdf
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Good to get it back as a property serving a purpose. Obviously it will add population density along a major arterial roadway.
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