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RNcyanide wrote: Where did you find that?
The KETV article.
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Coyote wrote:
RNcyanide wrote: Where did you find that?
The KETV article.
Ooop must have missed that. Thanks.
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Athomsfere wrote:
Garrett wrote: Shall we take a moment to remember that Paris, a city of 6-10 story buildings, has more than twice the density of New York?
And Omaha's is like 4 times a lot of the cities we are trying to emulate (OKC, KC)

I'll say again this project is GREAT (Along with the Children's hospital's new proposal) and will feel great.

I still say one project here of about 150' would break it up a little and look great:

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TitosBuritoBarn wrote:I know you're joking but there's obviously a difference between aesthetically pleasing old buildings and ones built to house a cheap chain store. Much the same way you'll see more car enthusiasts choose to restore a 1986 Mustang GT than a 1986 Ford Escort.
C'mon the Fox Body Mustang was pure |expletive| and no better than the Escort of the same year! :shock: :evil: :evil:
I had a Fox body Mustang, and it's the only car I wish I still had. Wasn't pretty, but it was fun!!
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Mutual's plan for property east of Midtown Crossing includes apartments, hotel and office building
A six-story hotel, 118 apartments and an office building are pieces of a plan emerging for the property Mutual of Omaha has been buying and clearing east of its midtown campus.

Many details have yet to be refined and made public. But Brad Schoenfelder, president of Ryan’s Midwest region, told The World-Herald that if all goes as hoped, construction could begin in late 2017.

Schoenfelder declined to provide a projected cost of its latest initiative. He said Turner Park East would occur in phases, with the more immediate focus on the blocks closest to Mutual’s campus.

Upon that area east of Turner Park, a 98-room hotel, 118-unit apartment building and about 350 parking spaces would wrap around the remaining condominium high-rise of the former Twin Towers.

Also under the Ryan plan, a 150,000-square-foot Class A office complex would rise south of Farnam across the street from the tower condos and hotel. It is envisioned as a worksite for multiple tenants and would have up to four levels and underground parking.

Together, the hotel, apartment, parking and office components would span about 500,000 square feet, according to plans outlined by Ryan officials.

Schoenfelder said a hotel brand has not been identified, and he offered no information on possible office tenants.
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Speaking of the Clarinda, it's nice to see the anti progress cry babies don't always win.
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MTO wrote:Speaking of the Clarinda, it's nice to see the anti progress cry babies don't always win.
No kidding. We are so lucky we avoided this.

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I would have killed someone to have ended up with that. Such a waste.
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I guess not enough tears then.
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I wish, but water under the bridge.

Lets get this hotel and apartments built and get moving on the rest of the land acquisition as this area could really become a dynamic neighborhood even more than it already is.

Also it looks like Sam's may come down any moment. Equipment on site.
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I see on the "Forgotten Omaha" page that the old Liquor Store on Farnam was torn down today.
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Brad wrote:I see on the "Forgotten Omaha" page that the old Liquor Store on Farnam was torn down today.
I've been meaning to post that since last week. I had been seeing it come down on my way home. Last night it was almost all gone - just rubble.
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HR Paperstacks wrote:
Brad wrote:I see on the "Forgotten Omaha" page that the old Liquor Store on Farnam was torn down today.
I've been meaning to post that since last week. I had been seeing it come down on my way home. Last night it was almost all gone - just rubble.
In my opinion, that should have been one of the first buildings torn down....I gladly would have it torn down before the Godfather's building or definitely the Clarinda.
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MadMartin8 wrote:
Coyote wrote:They don't own that much land do they? Walgreens? Radio Shack? BP? Burger King?
Not the historic Radio Shack! I am going to fight this egregious assault on history.
That Radio Shack was also a Hinky Dinky at one time.
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choke wrote:
MadMartin8 wrote:
Coyote wrote:They don't own that much land do they? Walgreens? Radio Shack? BP? Burger King?
Not the historic Radio Shack! I am going to fight this egregious assault on history.
That Radio Shack was also a Hinky Dinky at one time.
The same radio shack that someone recently drove their car into?
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RNcyanide wrote:
Coyote wrote:
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Where did you find that?
Its one of the original renderings that came out back when this whole Turner Park East thing came out.
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But before they build anything how about they fix the sewer on 33rd and Dodge. Please.
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Fleeting thought but it would look so much nicer if Mutual built a line of low rise mixed use buildings fronting Dodge blocking the view of garage-zilla.
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http://www.omaha.com/money/new-life-and ... 41db0.html
The Ryan development company has been working with Mutual of Omaha to clear and resurrect much of a multi-block tract east of Mutual’s headquarters and the Midtown Crossing campus. So far Ryan officials have laid out plans for a six-story hotel, 118 apartments and a parking structure on the north side of Farnam east of Turner Boulevard.

South of Farnam, nearly touching National Indemnity property, is the site of a 150,000-square-foot office complex that Ryan said could be under construction late this year if all goes as planned.
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MTO wrote:Fleeting thought but it would look so much nicer if Mutual built a line of low rise mixed use buildings fronting Dodge blocking the view of garage-zilla.
It would never happen. Mutual would not be able to replace the hundreds of parking spots that their employees use every day.
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MadMartin8 wrote:
Coyote wrote:They don't own that much land do they? Walgreens? Radio Shack? BP? Burger King?
Not the historic Radio Shack! I am going to fight this egregious assault on history.
The historic Radio Shack is having a "Store Closing" sale.
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With a boost from city of Omaha, Turner Park East development moves forward near Midtown Crossing

http://www.omaha.com/money/with-a-boost ... 36848.html
By Cindy Gonzalez / World-Herald staff writer wrote:A City of Omaha commitment to build a 400-space parking complex has accelerated a private effort to transform land east of Midtown Crossing into a multi-block office park.
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Brad wrote:With a boost from city of Omaha, Turner Park East development moves forward near Midtown Crossing

http://www.omaha.com/money/with-a-boost ... 36848.html
By Cindy Gonzalez / World-Herald staff writer wrote:A City of Omaha commitment to build a 400-space parking complex has accelerated a private effort to transform land east of Midtown Crossing into a multi-block office park.
All depends on the Twin Towers. How fitting.
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Here is the rendering of the office building and map from the article:

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Again... I like how they hide the parking...
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Excellent urban design. Interesting how they seem to indicate they have 3 large employers looking for office space.
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Again I'll say, HBA really doesn't impress me with their aesthetic.
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Great point on the parking being hidden Coyote. I am so glad this is moving forward. Getting more people in the area during the day will help with some of the turnover of the places down there, plus the apartments and hotel. I love having the streetcar in the rendering.

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Coyote wrote:Again... I like how they hide the parking...
Any idea how many underground parking stalls are still under the old twin tower that was torn down?
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Interesting about the city paying for it. I would imagine they won't do the same 3 free hours as the Mutual owned garages.
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iamjacobm wrote:Interesting about the city paying for it. I would imagine they won't do the same 3 free hours as the Mutual owned garages.
Maybe Mutual would pay for the 3 free hours.
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iamjacobm wrote:Interesting about the city paying for it. I would imagine they won't do the same 3 free hours as the Mutual owned garages.
This was my thought when I read the article this afternoon. They really should, or find some way to get the west-siders to leave their cars out west and come spend the day in the better half of town. :shock:
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I find it a little odd that they have announced all this and according to the DC Assessor the Runza is still owned by a different entity.
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iamjacobm wrote:I find it a little odd that they have announced all this and according to the DC Assessor the Runza is still owned by a different entity.
I don't know anything about any of this, but the DC Assessor website is slow to update sales, at least for residential sales.
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I just absolutely love how Mutual of Omaha operates. They announce this project as a done deal.
Thing is folks, there are 67 or so parking stalls underground just north of the South Twin Tower. None of those parking stalls owners have been contacted as far as I know. Is the City just going to use Eminent Domain to take those parking spots?
The latest that I heard is that Mutual wanted to buy the parking spots at a "market rate", then turn around and offer each former parking stall owner the terrific opportunity to rent a parking spot in that new parking garage for $100/month.
What is done around the country and around the world on something like this is that the underground parking stall owner would be compensated for not being able to use her stall during the construction of the new parking garage, then the parking stall owner would be given a new parking stall in the new parking garage. Ya know, like for like , apples to apples, fair or fair. But Mutual don't play fair. I think they gave up on that parking stall purchase and made some kind of deal with the city.The problem is that nobody, and I mean nobody seems to know what the deal is. Try calling around to city officials to find out what is going on and what the plan is. Board members of Condos at 3000 Farnam might now, but they haven't been transparent and honest with unit owners for years now. Mutual spoke with the Board years ago about their development plans, and the Board didn't tell the condo owners anything. Instead, they and their friend and family have been going on a buying spree of commercial units and residential units in the building over the past few years. Heck, even the property owners son purchased a unit in the building. No conflict of interest there folks. No conflict of interest when a board member buys a commercial space for $16,000 then rents it back to the property manager for $500/month, an expense that the unit owners have to pay as another pass-through-expense to the property manager - along with cell phone charges, $400/month in Internet charges?! And "travel" expenses to and from the building. Wouldn't it be terrific if the building had a property manager that only charged a 6% fee? Rather than charging $190,000 in fees that nobody has any insight until how that is spent? :D
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Not quite as sexy as Turner Park West. Still...
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I like the rendering's with the office building and the propose Street car. It would be nice to see that area get built up. I worked security down there and well when I was working there in 2010ish it attracted some unique people then again I think it was the liquor store across the street from the twin towers that was the problem. They intentionally sold liquor to people who were already visibly intoxicated. Either way i'm glad to see them moving on this! So when is the groundbreaking?
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Love the interior parking garage. Mutual gets urban design.
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Whatever happened to this project?
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CyborgKen wrote: Sun Sep 23, 2018 2:16 am Whatever happened to this project?
To me it looked more like a master plan than an actual development, I don't think it'll be built soon.
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