Lincoln's Antelope Valley Project.
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Lincoln's Antelope Valley Project.
Some of you may be unaware of the gigantic redevelopment project underway in Lincoln. The Antelope Valley Project will transform the eastern edge of downtown and UNL's city campus from a rundown collection of neighborhoods into a dynamic, high-density urban district over the next 20 to 30 years.
Browse the project website. It will give you complete details on how the project will evolve and some of the visions currently held:
http://www.ci.lincoln.ne.us/city/pworks ... dtpark.htm
Browse the project website. It will give you complete details on how the project will evolve and some of the visions currently held:
http://www.ci.lincoln.ne.us/city/pworks ... dtpark.htm
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Big Plans for Antelope Valley
The city hopes the newly beautified area will attract the interest of developers who want to build things like hotels, stores, offices and apartments.
“Interest is accelerating,” Beutler told the City Council, but that’s as far as he would tip his hand.
Don’t be surprised if Vision 2015 is somehow involved; their spokesman, Kent Seacrest, recently said they may have some announcements soon.
They’re like guidelines that tell developers what kind of architecture and lighting the city prefers.
Finn, browse this:
http://www.lpsnrd.org/docs/MajorProject ... valley.htm
I'll look for the conceptual drawings. They're on a website somewhere.
http://www.lpsnrd.org/docs/MajorProject ... valley.htm
I'll look for the conceptual drawings. They're on a website somewhere.
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P Street Bridge Opens
The bridge, which is part of the Antelope Valley Project, opened to one-lane traffic last Wednesday, said Wayne Teten, who manages the project for the city.
Workers will dig down about 17 feet and remove the dirt to create a new channel that will handle the bulk of the water from a 100-year flood.
Meanwhile, work on a new O Street bridge will begin after Labor Day. A temporary road will be built north of the project site (near 22nd Street) to handle four lanes of traffic, Teten said.
Antelope Valley redevelopment begins.
http://journalstar.com/news/local/doc46 ... 873223.txt
http://journalstar.com/news/local/doc46 ... 873223.txt
The Lincoln City Council gave its stamp of approval Monday to four projects within the Antelope Valley Redevelopment Plan, affirming that they fit the city?s vision for the massive flood control, roads and bridges project. The projects are:
n The demolition of three old homes used for businesses on the north side of O Street between 25th and 26th streets and conversion into a new 10,000-square-foot office or retail building.
n Conversion of an old, two-story, brick manufacturing building on the corner of 21st and Y streets into a business incubator, where startup or fledgling companies can share ideas, space and resources. The city calls this project ?the pioneer of the new research and development corridor.?
n The renovation or replacement of a home at 1546 N. 14th St. and construction of up to two new homes that fit in with the historic North Bottoms neighborhood. This is around the corner from the recently relocated historic homes called Triplets, which had to be moved out of the heart of the Antelope Valley Project.
n Improvements to the streetscape ? decorative lighting, new sidewalks, trash cans, bike racks and landscaping ? along 10th Street from about Charleston Street to Military Road.
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Plans unveiled for Lincoln's "Central Park"
The six-acre park that is the centerpiece of the Antelope Valley Project is no longer just a shaded area on a map with some vague ideas about what it might look like someday.
This yet-to-be-named park will wind its way from O to R streets — in the heart of Antelope Valley. The new park will be crisscrossed with walking paths and punctuated by waterfalls, water fountains, sculptures, water slides and an amphitheater.
The park is expected to be built in 2009-2010.
2015 Vision — a private group of business leaders supporting 10 pillars they believe are key to the city’s future — has committed to raising $3.1 million of the total $7.6 million park price tag. One donor already has pledged $1.5 million toward the park.
Rich Bailey — retired chairman of marketing and communications company Bailey Lauerman and a member of a 2015 Vision committee — said the park should be a catalyst for development on both sides of the park, from corporate headquarters to condos to businesses to restaurants.
Urban park gets $1.5 million donation from Union Bank (out of $7.9 million total). Â Construction will begin this spring and finish in the fall of 2010. Â Looks good:
http://journalstar.com/news/local/doc47 ... 558379.txt
This will make the eastern edge of DT Lincoln highly appealing for future development. Â I'm picturing some Giovanna-style row houses going up along the perimeter.
http://journalstar.com/news/local/doc47 ... 558379.txt
This will make the eastern edge of DT Lincoln highly appealing for future development. Â I'm picturing some Giovanna-style row houses going up along the perimeter.
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The flip side of that, Linkin5, is that it extends the perceived boundaries of downtown Lincoln that much further east and creates a new area of desirable "downtown" real estate. Â Now just fix the unfathomable amount of red tape that it takes to bring in economic prosperity in Lincoln and you might have something.
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Assurity Life becomes first to move to Antelope Valley
Assurity Life Insurance Co. confirmed Tuesday what has been rumored for months: The company will build a new headquarters near 19th and Q streets in the Antelope Valley redevelopment area.
The seven-acre site is north of Q Street, east of 19th Street and west of the proposed new Union Plaza Park.
Assurity President and CEO Tom Henning said planning for the project is still in very preliminary stages, but the site will likely include a headquarters building of about 160,000 square feet with room for expansion. Construction is expected to begin in late 2009, with the building opening in late 2011.
Assurity and its roughly 450 employees have been operating out of two buildings — at 15th and K streets and at 40th and Pine Lake Road.
Neither building had space for all the employees or room to expand to accommodate them, so the company made plans to sell them both.
The 40th and Pine Lake building has been sold to Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers and the state of Nebraska has agreed to buy the 15th and K building.
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Antelope Valley Update
Antelope Valley is the biggest public works project in Lincoln’s history.
Its basic goals are to expand the flood plain of the creek that bears its name so it can handle a 100-year flood, improve traffic flow from downtown to 27th and Cornhusker and near UNL City Campus, and revitalize several inner-city neighborhoods with new housing and businesses and community improvements such as the proposed $7 million Union Plaza Park.
Seven components of the project — the most ever undertaken in one year — are in various stages of construction and some, like the O Street bridge and a new roadway segment from Y to Vine streets, will be open by the end of  August.
By the end of the year a new channel will be carved south of Trago Park and under the P Street and Q Street bridges. Those spans now sit on ground. Eventually, the channel work will extend south to just past J Street, where a new bridge is under construction.
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Big "X" intersection completed
The new east leg takes drivers over the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway tracks, along the south side of State Fair Park and under the North 27th Street overpass, where they can connect to North 27th Street and Cornhusker Highway.
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Trails Center Planned
The Antelope Valley Project is getting a trails center that will serve as a hub for bicyclists, a meeting place for groups and a gathering place for the public.
The Great Plains Trails Center will be built on the southeast corner of 21st and Q streets and will be part of Union Plaza park, said Terry Genrich of the Parks and Recreation Department.
The city chose the name to recognize the contributions of the Great Plains Trails Network, which is raising most of the money for the project. Over the years, the nonprofit group and its members have raised money or been involved in many trail projects, including MoPac and MoPac East, Oak Creek, Jamaica North, Homestead, Wilderness Park, Bison and the North 27th Street Bridge.
The group has now launched a fund drive to raise $250,000 for the center, which will be in the heart of the Antelope Valley Project. The funds will pay for the meeting space and restrooms, Genrich said.
The city also is requesting proposals for a bike rental shop and concessions area.
The center will have "green" design features, including a photovoltaic system to provide energy, natural lighting and shading; solar water heating; geothermal climate control systems; a green roof; and sustainable construction materials.
http://journalstar.com/news/local/govt- ... 904b8.html
Nice looking project. Â This Antelope Valley corridor is going to be huge for Lincoln. Â The Assurity building already looks fantastic overlooking Union Park.
Work has begun on a $4.5 million, 18-town home project in the Malone neighborhood near the Antelope Valley waterway.
The project, between 23rd and 24th streets, Q to P, is part of Antelope Valley, the city's traffic and flood improvement and community revitalization project in the core of the city.
Nice looking project. Â This Antelope Valley corridor is going to be huge for Lincoln. Â The Assurity building already looks fantastic overlooking Union Park.
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From the LJS:Finn wrote:That is a great photo. Can you get any of the completed creek bed around Union Plaza? I am shocked there are not more photos highlighting this project!
Cool before and after slider too.
http://journalstar.com/special-section/ ... pe-valley/
This project is really lacking some finished pics so hopefully this makes up for it This place turned out GREAT! Btw the ones of the fountain closest to the creek the 4 rock ledges behind it are all also waterfalls. Ever time I drive by they are on but the day I go to take pictures it would be off. Enjoy!
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