New apartment building in Old Market - 12th & Howard

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Sat May 05, 2012 1:04 am

Seth wrote:Does the ParkTwo or the garage above Roja ever fill up?

Park Two was about half full as of an hour ago, and the Old Market was packed.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Mon May 07, 2012 10:39 pm

They starting putting brick on the north side of the building today.

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Mon May 07, 2012 11:41 pm

skinzfan23 wrote:They starting putting brick on the north side of the building today.

Love the pace of this, kudos to the developer and construction co.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Wed May 09, 2012 1:45 pm

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Wed May 09, 2012 11:02 pm

Wow, that's really moving along fast! It looks SO much better than the run-down Maggie Moos and Little King.

It's probably been discussed before, but it's the small infill projects like this that really create (and indicate) a thriving development environment, as they have to justify the project economically alone, whereas large projects generally can bet more on future trends, rather than the present cash flow viability.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Wed May 09, 2012 11:10 pm

The brick is really going up. First impressions I am wondering if they shouldn't of gone with the old brick look, everyone will know it is a new building no need to hide it. Waiting for more finishes to make a real judgement though.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Wed May 23, 2012 1:47 pm

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Thu May 24, 2012 1:06 am

I really like the exposed ornamental lintels. I think it's a great way to blend a historic feature into a modern building.

OldGeorge · Post by **OldGeorge** » Thu May 24, 2012 2:12 pm

Seth wrote:I really like the exposed ornamental lintels. I think it's a great way to blend a historic feature into a modern building.

Yep, this is really great. After DECADES of ignoring the beauty of the old historic buildings, "Omaha" seems to be making great strides in embracing and perpetuating its past. It's exciting to see what the completed building looks like. One thing's for sure, it'll be a heckuva lot nicer than what it replaced!

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Mon May 28, 2012 8:18 pm

Putting in glass today.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:04 pm

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:34 pm

Is the roof pitched to the north on that building vs the adjacent building pitched to the south?

What's the reasoning for that?

Post by **Brad** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:48 pm

Big E wrote:Is the roof pitched to the north on that building vs the adjacent building pitched to the south?

What's the reasoning for that?

I think the photo is crooked. The new building is flat and the building behind it is pitched to the south.

The old building probably ran back to a gutter or something and the new building has roof drains similar to floor drains.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:57 am

Brad wrote:The new building is flat and the building behind it is pitched to the south.

The old building probably ran back to a gutter or something and the new building has roof drains similar to floor drains.

That's how it looks to me too. You can see the steps in the parapet of the old building, but the new building has a level parapet.

derog · Post by **derog** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 4:59 pm

I spoke with someone assocaited with the developer. The building is scheduled (and on schedule) to be open for residential move-in on August 1.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:33 am

I am not liking the facade for the middle of the building, maybe they aren't done yet so I will wait to fully judge, but at this point I think it may have looked better to just have the whole building be all brick.

Finn · Post by **Finn** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 12:09 pm

They are not finished. The Tyvek paper (water/air barrier) is still visible. The renderings show this section to be gray so I assume a stucco finish but I am not sure of the actual material.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:08 pm

ShawJ · Post by **ShawJ** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:11 pm

Not sure what the finishing color will be, but I think that looks great so far.

Thanks for the updates, MTO.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:15 pm

Haven't seen finn around in a while.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:58 pm

Finn wrote:They are not finished. The Tyvek paper (water/air barrier) is still visible. The renderings show this section to be gray so I assume a stucco finish but I am not sure of the actual material.

I know the top part of it isn't finished, but it looks like metal sheets that are bolted to the building. I was wondering if that is what it is going to look like or if something is going over the metal?

derog · Post by **derog** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:21 pm

skinzfan23 wrote:
Finn wrote:They are not finished. The Tyvek paper (water/air barrier) is still visible. The renderings show this section to be gray so I assume a stucco finish but I am not sure of the actual material.
I know the top part of it isn't finished, but it looks like metal sheets that are bolted to the building. I was wondering if that is what it is going to look like or if something is going over the metal?

To me, it looks like that stuff that is all over jLofts.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:01 pm

derog wrote:
skinzfan23 wrote:
Finn wrote:They are not finished. The Tyvek paper (water/air barrier) is still visible. The renderings show this section to be gray so I assume a stucco finish but I am not sure of the actual material.
I know the top part of it isn't finished, but it looks like metal sheets that are bolted to the building. I was wondering if that is what it is going to look like or if something is going over the metal?
To me, it looks like that stuff that is all over jLofts.

Up close it looks more like the grey metal on 9ines, only black obviously.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 4:27 pm

OldGeorge · Post by **OldGeorge** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:09 pm

Wow, it looks great. HUGE improvement over that ratty Little King joint!

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:53 pm

OldGeorge wrote:Wow, it looks great. HUGE improvement over that ratty Little King joint!

Absolutely! Picture perfect example of what should be built on the rest of the parking lots in the neighborhood.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:56 pm

I also wonder if the owner of the building next door will ever do something with the top two floors. A shame they are boarded up.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 4:01 pm

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 10:13 pm

About half of the awnings were put up today. The balconies are also on site.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 10:24 pm

And I believe the sidewalks are finished.

nativeomahan · Post by **nativeomahan** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 1:04 pm

Don't we all wish that every construction project in Omaha would go as quickly as this one?

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 3:16 pm

Like skinzfan said, that black facade does not mesh well with the neighboring buildings.

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 3:55 pm

Yeah, it's really lacking some plywood windows to bring it all together.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 8:54 pm

nativeomahan wrote:Don't we all wish that every construction project in Omaha would go as quickly as this one?

A year from announcement and completion is really nice to see. The new Bluestone apartments are on this same pace, but projects like the car wash location or the 1501 Jackson apartments haven't moved yet.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 11:03 pm

I think the apartments on the car wash site won't begin until construction on the 14th & Levenworth building is complete. I found this from the World Herald's article

America First project, 13th and Jones Streets: New 42-unit building on the site of a carwash. Opens summer 2013. Cost: $5 million. Developer: America First Real Estate Group.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 11:21 pm

skinzfan23 wrote:I think the apartments on the car wash site won't begin until construction on the 14th & Levenworth building is complete. I found this from the World Herald's article
America First project, 13th and Jones Streets: New 42-unit building on the site of a carwash. Opens summer 2013. Cost: $5 million. Developer: America First Real Estate Group.

Is that from the article like a year ago? I missed that one good news.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 11:32 pm

Apartments in the works (July 8, 2011)

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:19 am

"Balconies" installed today. More like fences to not fall out of your sliding door in your living room. The apartment facing south wont have much of a view looking into a parking garage, but they do get full balconies.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 1:55 am

iamjacobm wrote:"Balconies" installed today. More like fences to not fall out of your sliding door in your living room. The apartment facing south wont have much of a view looking into a parking garage, but they do get full balconies.

Having lived in two apartments with balconies during my college years, I would find those tiny little ones (I believe they're called Juliets, but if there is zero square footage, that might be stretching it) just as useful. We would open the sliding doors for cool, fresh air, but rarely went out on them..Generally, they just accumulated stuff that wouldn't fit in our closets (and pigeon |expletive|).

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:38 am

iamjacobm wrote:"Balconies" installed today. More like fences to not fall out of your sliding door in your living room. The apartment facing south wont have much of a view looking into a parking garage, but they do get full balconies.

I was thinking the exact same thing. As for the balconies on the south, they will have a good view of the construction for a few months, but they are going to have to deal with all the dust for the next 1 1/2 yrs.