Urban Village (30th and Leavenworth)

Post by **Brad** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:05 pm

They have dug up the street along Leavenworth this past week, that will add some more green space and a bike lane.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 7:18 pm

Brad wrote:They have dug up the street along Leavenworth this past week, that will add some more green space and a bike lane.

That's awesome! I figured it was just for utility work, but if they add curb bump-outs and a bike lane, that will make that corner so much nicer.

Post by **Brad** » Tue May 01, 2012 9:40 am

All buildings that have a Certificate of Occupancy are 100% leased. Rent for $700 - $1800 per month.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Tue May 01, 2012 8:30 pm

Brad wrote:All buildings that have a Certificate of Occupancy are 100% leased. Rent for $700 - $1800 per month.

Wow, I knew they'd be popular, but I didn't expect them to fill that fast!

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Tue May 15, 2012 9:42 am

Since I got back into town this week I've been able to see the new curb and sidewalk construction. I think the bump-outs are really going to improve the corner.

nativeomahan · Post by **nativeomahan** » Wed May 16, 2012 7:00 am

This development is one of the brightest things to happen to eastern midtown in my memory. Clearly MTC helped facilitate this project, by stabilizing the general neighborhood. Park Ave. is becoming trendy once again.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Wed May 16, 2012 7:22 am

nativeomahan wrote:This development is one of the brightest things to happen to eastern midtown in my memory. Clearly MTC helped facilitate this project, by stabilizing the general neighborhood. Park Ave. is becoming trendy once again.

Check Urban Village's facebook. Lots of pictures of the renovations here. They look amazing! Also I didn't realize they are including a community garden here.

Also recently announced a mural concept for the back wall of Avanza. This would be really cool.

I know it has been said before, but this company is doing some of the most important urban development work in the city. The impact of their two dozen projects all over midtown cannot be overstated.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Thu May 31, 2012 10:04 pm

The reverse diagonal parking is now installed, gives you a taste of how 16th should work in a few years. Although maybe there needs to be some public knowledge on how it works, of the 12 or so cars parked along the stretch today 3 were in their stalls the wrong way.

Post by **Brad** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 9:22 am

iamjacobm wrote:The reverse diagonal parking is now installed, gives you a taste of how 16th should work in a few years. Although maybe there needs to be some public knowledge on how it works, of the 12 or so cars parked along the stretch today 3 were in their stalls the wrong way.

I wondered when we were working on the plans for this how long it was going to take to catch on. Its simple once you know what to do.

Did they put up the sighs that explain it?

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 5:17 pm

The company I'm working with in Canada requires everyone to back into parking spaces in their regular perpendicular parking lot. It's actually encouraged by Canadian provincial workplace safety administrations. It makes a lot of sense, as it's generally safer to do the more risky backing when you first park and other traffic can see you. Then, when you leave, you pull out with very good visibility, versus pulling in when you have to back out with very poor visibility when surrounding traffic doesn't know you plan to start moving.

Post by **Brad** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 5:22 pm

I think UP employees when in UP vehicles are required to back in too.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 4:17 pm

New sign going up on one of the retail bays here, I couldn't make out what it would say though. Green something or other.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 7:03 pm

On the mural underway.

http://www.ketv.com/news/local-news/Loc ... index.html

In the coming weeks, a new mural is going up near Park Avenue and Leavenworth Street -- an area prone to graffiti, and it's being paired with artwork from local children.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:59 pm

A news story about a mural with no picture. I'm not impressed with KETV on this one. They also don't even describe where it's going; I would gather it's going to be on the back of the Avanza/Thrift World? My wife recently remarked that the Park Ave and Leavenworth corner is looking amazing except for the ugly back end of Avanza; hopefully this will spruce it up a bit.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:14 pm

Seth wrote:A news story about a mural with no picture. I'm not impressed with KETV on this one. They also don't even describe where it's going; I would gather it's going to be on the back of the Avanza/Thrift World? My wife recently remarked that the Park Ave and Leavenworth corner is looking amazing except for the ugly back end of Avanza; hopefully this will spruce it up a bit.

Update from the facebook page yesterday.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:24 pm

Ahh, that does make sense. Thanks for the pic!

Post by **Brad** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 9:05 am

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the1wags · Post by **the1wags** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 9:11 am

Wow. Dramatic difference since my time near this hood. Great project.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 11:51 am

Wow. Nice!

GetUrban · Post by **GetUrban** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 12:07 pm

That is an amazing transformation! Great photos too! It would be fun to see "before and after" shots from the same angles.

nativeomahan · Post by **nativeomahan** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 5:54 pm

Two thumbs up. Way up!

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 8:45 pm

The brick of these buildings is beyond amazing. How gorgeous.

FrontlineOmaha · Post by **FrontlineOmaha** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:03 am

These guys were on grow omaha a few months back...they were talking about getting into single family home rehabilitation because they have a lot of tenants that want to buy a home but cant find anything that meets the caliber of what they're living in now, in that area of town. At the time, I think they said every unit they had available was rented. Its really quite the undertaking.

Their story is worth listening to if you havent heard it. Its in the archives somewhere back around april or may.

ShawJ · Post by **ShawJ** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 1:40 pm

Thanks, Urban Village.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Sat Aug 04, 2012 8:23 pm

Wow, amazing pics! For full disclosure, my wife and I live 3 blocks south of there, so we've been extra excited about this project. We bought our house before this project was announced (when it was still boarded up and abandoned), and this project really has me convinced we made the right decision. As I always joke, now we can actually give people directions to our house that are easy to follow (rather then sending them on a long, meandering route through Field Club so it doesn't look like our neighborhood is so sketchy, lol)

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:22 am

iamjacobm wrote:New sign going up on one of the retail bays here, I couldn't make out what it would say though. Green something or other.

http://omahype.com/2012/08/greengo-coffee-deli/

The cafe exclusively features coffee roasted at Grey Plume, which like most artisan roasted coffee is a step above the usual blackened corporate bean.

mchine73 · Post by **mchine73** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:24 pm

I think they misspelled it Gringo.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:58 pm

I will definitely have to check this place out.

guy4omaha · Post by **guy4omaha** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 10:36 pm

From the photo it looks like it might say "green30" like maybe a play on beer30.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 10:46 pm

Greengo

http://distilledopinion.wordpress.com/2 ... eli-omaha/

guy4omaha · Post by **guy4omaha** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:28 am

Coyote wrote:Greengo

http://distilledopinion.wordpress.com/2 ... eli-omaha/

Plain as day now :mrgreen:

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 6:03 pm

http://www.omahabydesign.org/2012/08/ur ... od-leaf-2/

Their company, Urban Village Development, is the recipient of Omaha by Design’s 2012 Neighborhood Leaf. Presented annually, the award recognizes an individual, organization or business that has worked to preserve and enhance the metropolitan area’s residential neighborhoods.

Their latest effort is The Portlands, a series of three-bedroom, three bathroom townhomes on Park Avenue that opened June 30. The completion of this project brings Urban Village Development’s presence in midtown to about 360 units in about 25 buildings.

Midtown Maven · Post by **Midtown Maven** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:01 am

iamjacobm wrote:
nativeomahan wrote:This development is one of the brightest things to happen to eastern midtown in my memory. Clearly MTC helped facilitate this project, by stabilizing the general neighborhood. Park Ave. is becoming trendy once again.
Check Urban Village's facebook. Lots of pictures of the renovations here. They look amazing! Also I didn't realize they are including a community garden here.

Also recently announced a mural concept for the back wall of Avanza. This would be really cool.

I know it has been said before, but this company is doing some of the most important urban development work in the city. The impact of their two dozen projects all over midtown cannot be overstated.

Hi guys! I just wanted to say how cool it was to read this forum this morning! I am the Creative Director for Urban Village Development

I recently started my own small organization called STart Lab Omaha "START-ing col-LAB-orations". We are responsible for the mural on the back wall of AVANZA as well as the small mural in front of PARK AVE GROCERY and the Recycled wood Community Garden on 30th Marcy (behind the Art Deco Buildings). Read more about us here: http://www.facebook.com/SartLabOmaha?ref=hl

Midtown Maven · Post by **Midtown Maven** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:49 am

Hi guys! I just wanted to say how cool it was to read this forum this morning! I am the Creative Director for Urban Village Development I recently started my own small organization called STart Lab Omaha "START-ing col-LAB-orations". We are responsible for the mural on the back wall of AVANZA as well as the small mural in front of PARK AVE GROCERY and the Recycled wood Community Garden on 30th Marcy (behind the Art Deco Buildings). Read more about us here: http://www.facebook.com/SartLabOmaha?ref=hl

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Tue Aug 20, 2013 7:54 pm

Looks like this project is already being felt down the street. An old apartment building a few blocks south is getting a major renovation right now.

cdub · Post by **cdub** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 7:43 am

Probably the best part about these guys is that they are willing to help others figure out how to make the same types of things work. They know that they need help to make these neighborhoods turn around.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Thu Nov 14, 2013 4:37 pm

This may not be a part of this project, but it is almost behind the Art Deco Buildings at 30th and Mason:

SaveOmaha · Post by **SaveOmaha** » Thu Nov 14, 2013 6:21 pm

S.L. Jensen is behind this particular rehab.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 7:03 pm

Just so happens that 1011 South Ave LLC (Larry Jensen) is asking for TIF on this project which is being turned into 15 one, two and three bedroom units, on a building which the city had scheduled for demolition.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Mon Nov 18, 2013 1:04 pm

I've been watching this building for a while (I live nearby) and was hoping it would get the proper treatment. It's great to see other developers taking advantage of the potential in this neighborhood.