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Aloft Hotel (63rd & Center)

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Bucky last year bought the former A Couple Things and Ray Martin buildings with intentions of moving the gas station. He now is selling the site to a developer who is putting in a hotel. Haven't heard the brand.

Quite a bit of change over here with the apartments going up on the former trailer park site with a hotel.
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Wonder if it will be set back like the two Aksarben Place buildings for if it will be up on the street like the rest of Aksarben?

Thanks for the info!
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As of Friday it is still owned by Bucks, but I will keeping an eye on this...
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Interesting info.. Speaking of gentrification success..

The Aksarben Village development is testimony to this...

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Omaha Cowboy wrote:Interesting info.. Speaking of gentrification success..

The Aksarben Village development is testimony to this...

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Partial credit. There weren't exactly a lot of people living there when that got built. Real gentrification is when you see 100's of people kicked out so 10's of rich people can move in. A friend of mine from SF used to hate this as people like her family had lived in neighborhoods for years and put down roots, only to have some rich jerk buy the building, put up some hanging baskets and raise the rent. Can't really see that happening with AK Village.
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bigredmed1 wrote:
Omaha Cowboy wrote:Interesting info.. Speaking of gentrification success..

The Aksarben Village development is testimony to this...

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Partial credit. There weren't exactly a lot of people living there when that got built. Real gentrification is when you see 100's of people kicked out so 10's of rich people can move in. A friend of mine from SF used to hate this as people like her family had lived in neighborhoods for years and put down roots, only to have some rich jerk buy the building, put up some hanging baskets and raise the rent. Can't really see that happening with AK Village.
Fair point..

However the census track which includes Aksarben Village was one of the eligible Omaha census tracks designated for Gentrification since the year 2000..and was one of the 21.4% of eligible tracks that did experience gentrification since that time..

I'll go with it being a complete gentrification success.. Cup half full :;): ...

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AksarbenRumormill wrote:Quite a bit of change over here with the apartments going up on the former trailer park site with a hotel.
If we take the former Aksarben Racetrack area out of the gentrification boundaries and just look at the few acres that the trailer park took up, yes, then AksarbenRumormill's area would fit perfectly. Aksarben Place, the Broadmoor at Aksarben South and this rumored Hotel certainly have changed the social group here.

I have a fear though, that after Sam Amato's passing, that the property valuation of that corner will become too tempting to sell out, and Omaha will lose one of its true hidden dives that can never be replaced... Gentrification has a lot of losers...
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Coyote wrote:I have a fear though, that after Sam Amato's passing, that the property valuation of that corner will become too tempting to sell out, and Omaha will lose one of its true hidden dives that can never be replaced... Gentrification has a lot of losers...
I know, from what I've heard and read, Sam's son and daughter plan to keep the restaurant going. But what you state is a legitimate concern.. Let's hope, moving forward, they can make it work and maintain the establishment. Amato's is one of those places I won't hit up but maybe a couple of times a year.. But every time I have, it's always been enjoyable..In the same area (63rd and Center) when Chu's Chinese restaurant closed, after the family decided to move out of the restaurant business, I think I actually cried. When I was a kid, Chu's was the first Chinese restaurant I ever ate in.. and I loved that place up until the time it closed (I think, if memory serves, it closed in 2004).. Another Omaha gem lost forever..except in memories...

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Not to spoil the good vibes, but Amato's is listed for sale on loopnet...been active for a few weeks.

http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/20416792 ... -Omaha-NE/
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OmahaJaysCU wrote:Not to spoil the good vibes, but Amato's is listed for sale on loopnet...been active for a few weeks.

http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/20416792 ... -Omaha-NE/
Well that shoe fell..

And quickly too...

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OmahaJaysCU wrote:Not to spoil the good vibes, but Amato's is listed for sale on loopnet...been active for a few weeks.

http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/20416792 ... -Omaha-NE/
I realize that my wife and I are probably the smallest minority group in Omaha, those who really detest Amato's, but we are not going to shed a tear when it closes. Our meals there have been just awful. I really don't get that place either. I went with my brother in law, sat right across the table from him and ordered the exact same food he did. He loved his and I could hardly choke it down. Odd.
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We've always had great meals at Amato's. Have only been for breakfast though.

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Greg S wrote:We've always had great meals at Amato's. Have only been for breakfast though.

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I have never had a bad meal there. Of course it may have something to do with having never eaten there.
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Greg S wrote:We've always had great meals at Amato's. Have only been for breakfast though.

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Like I said, we are probably the smallest minority group in Omaha. We have gone with family and ordered precisely the same food and had gross food. We wrote that place off. Don't know why. Petrow's has gone down hill over the past 5 years, and we can tell why we don't like that place anymore. Amato's I just don't understand.
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I have never much cared for Amato's.
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Amatos is an institution. It would be one of the saddest days of my life if it closed. I have over 40 years of eating some of the best meals of my life with family and friends there. I hope Sam's wife and family find a way to keep it open.
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nativeomahan wrote:I have never much cared for Amato's.
Your membership card to the "Smallest Minority Group in Omaha (TM)" is in the mail.
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blueblood wrote:Amatos is an institution. It would be one of the saddest days of my life if it closed. I have over 40 years of eating some of the best meals of my life with family and friends there. I hope Sam's wife and family find a way to keep it open.
I completely agree...

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Missed this thread. TIF request suggests an Aloft will be built here.
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iamjacobm wrote:Missed this thread. TIF request suggests an Aloft will be built here.
Is that going to be between 63rd and 62nd and Center? How far south will it be?
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This will be a Marriott concept hotel, The Center Aloft. Five story, 110 rooms, conference and meeting spaces, 120 parking spaces. It will look similar to this:
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Looks for the most part four floors but glad to see something new there.
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I just wonder how all these hotels are going to survive. That will make 4 hotels within a couple of blocks from the center of AV.
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I think they'll do well, because the university's convention space is there, as are BCBS, Pac Life, and HDR.
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MTO wrote:Looks for the most part four floors but glad to see something new there.
That is not a rendering but an example from somewhere else.
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$2.125 million in TIF requested.
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iamjacobm wrote:$2.125 million in TIF requested.
TIF was approved yesterday. http://www.wowt.com/content/news/New-ho ... 38003.html
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From the article:
Construction for the hotel is scheduled to begin in March with the first rooms available for booking in August 2019.
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That's a pretty long construction schedule for a smallish hotel.
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Considering demolition not scheduled yet...
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Staying at an Aloft this week in Greenville, SC. Nice concept. I'd stay again.
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Construction fencing went up today.
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Demolition is well under way. The current buildings should be down in the next week or two.
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I'm sorry... What is this and where is this going in at??
I can get pushed out because I'm "too much" for some. Then, an observer of me comes suddenly swooping in to "fill my shoes." People are always more accepting of the new one, because their feathers aren't truly ruffled by them. (Yawn) I can count on it every time.
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RockHarbor wrote: Sun Jul 22, 2018 10:38 pm I'm sorry... What is this and where is this going in at??
Hotel.. 63rd and Center area...

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Omaha Cowboy wrote: Sun Jul 22, 2018 10:44 pm
RockHarbor wrote: Sun Jul 22, 2018 10:38 pm I'm sorry... What is this and where is this going in at??
Hotel.. 63rd and Center area...

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Oh, ok. I do love the rendering... At first I thought: "Are they tearing down The Center mall?" (You're signature always makes me think of a soft voice saying: "Go in peace." Lol. I like it.)
I can get pushed out because I'm "too much" for some. Then, an observer of me comes suddenly swooping in to "fill my shoes." People are always more accepting of the new one, because their feathers aren't truly ruffled by them. (Yawn) I can count on it every time.
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Anyone know the status of this project? The removed the surcharge and staked out some stuff, but not it seems stalled.
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Dozens of pink flags planted today
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