Aksarben Village (67th & Center)

nativeomahan · Post by **nativeomahan** » Wed Aug 08, 2012 1:06 pm

This is more great news for mid-town, and Omaha in general! The area has reached the tipping point where more businesses will want to relocate due to the high number of residents, which then encourages even more residential development, leading to more businesses, etc.

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Wed Aug 08, 2012 3:21 pm

nativeomahan wrote:This is more great news for mid-town

Were it actually in Midtown. ;)

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Wed Aug 08, 2012 3:31 pm

iamjacobm wrote:Aksarben keeps is coming!!

http://www.omaha.com/article/20120808/N ... en-village

What’s coming soon:

» A 119-room Marriott Residence Inn, next door to the Marriott Courtyard already in the development.

» More than 230 new residential units, ranging from apartments to town houses to luxury condos.

» A 60,000-square-foot retail building that could hold about 10 shops and restaurants.

» A 150,000-square-foot office building, which will include 40,000 square feet of retail space on the ground level.

Construction crews have already broken ground on several of the projects, and others should be under way by next year. Bradford said all of it should be wrapped up by 2015.
This is all in addition to the announcement the other day.

This is beyond awesome! What a great new area for the city of Omaha...this is huge!

That said, how long do wait before we start complaining about the parking lots, the lack of Urban-ness, and lack of bike racks? :P

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Wed Aug 08, 2012 3:39 pm

MadMartin8 wrote:That said, how long do wait before we start complaining about the parking lots, the lack of Urban-ness, and lack of bike racks? :P

It's not what I'd define as perfect, but if every development in Omaha looked like this you wouldn't hear me b!tch.

(Well, not a lot, at least.)

Post by **Brad** » Wed Aug 08, 2012 3:49 pm

MadMartin8 wrote:That said, how long do wait before we start complaining about the parking lots, the lack of Urban-ness, and lack of bike racks? :P

The Lot behind the Movie theater will eventually have buildings on 3 sides of it. Besides the current buuilding and the DJ's building under constrcution, there are still 3 buildings yet to be built.

Eventually you won't see that lot from the main street or the park.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Wed Aug 08, 2012 3:51 pm

MadMartin8 wrote:That said, how long do wait before we start complaining about the parking lots, the lack of Urban-ness, and lack of bike racks? :P

I am disappointed Zone 5 doesn't look to end up as cool as originally proposed. By the sound of things the 60K sq foot retail wont include the condos like they were originally planned.

Although this is an awesome development all together. A great development for the city.

Post by **Brad** » Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:02 pm

iamjacobm wrote:I am disappointed Zone 5 doesn't look to end up as cool as originally proposed. By the sound of things the 60K sq foot retail wont include the condos like they were originally planned.

Like I said above, Zone 5 is only 1/5th completed. There are still 4 more buildings to go on that block...

iamjacobm wrote:Although this is an awesome development all together. A great development for the city.

No kidding! The Aksarben Village Plan came out about the same time the L Street Maketplace plan did... Thank god we didn't end up with another shopping center like that!

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:07 pm

Well I kind of assumed the 60K retail building would be on Zone 5, the 150K office building on the large empty block, and the new hotel on the land with UNO dorms to the east.

Post by **Brad** » Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:18 pm

Could Be.

That would still leave 2 lots on Zone 5 not planned for. I could see the building that will eventually be built south of BCBS have residential on the upper floors. Behind the theater.

Post by **Brad** » Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:24 pm

Red - Available Lots
Blue - DJ's Dugout
Purple - Gordmans

Also, they have been working on the yellow area the past 2 weeks.

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:31 pm

Brad wrote:
MadMartin8 wrote:That said, how long do wait before we start complaining about the parking lots, the lack of Urban-ness, and lack of bike racks? :P
The Lot behind the Movie theater will eventually have buildings on 3 sides of it. Besides the current buuilding and the DJ's building under constrcution, there are still 3 buildings yet to be built.

Eventually you won't see that lot from the main street or the park.

I was being entirely sarcastic. :P

Fromaha · Post by **Fromaha** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 9:37 pm

Whats the deal with the property south of Center that used to be occupied by trailers? Is there anything going on there?

Post by **Brad** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 9:49 pm

Fromaha wrote:Whats the deal with the property south of Center that used to be occupied by trailers? Is there anything going on there?

The north half (Everything north of the baseball field) is owned by the University of Nebraska.
The south half (Including the baseball field) is owned by MUD.

I am guessing any Chili Greens development is dependant on an access road across the creek through that property.

SaOmaha · Post by **SaOmaha** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 8:42 pm

This morning, I walked around the site of DJ’s Dugout / Blazin Pianos, next to the Aksarben Cimena. The foundation for the Westside was being dug.

Post by **Brad** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 3:10 pm

Aksarben Rib Fest starts today!

Post by **nebugeater** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 3:51 pm

Brad wrote:Aksarben Rib Fest starts today!

Did the Rib fest that took palce in CB come to an end? Now that you mention this I do not remeber the CB one happening this year or maybe the last few years? Mid-America Ribfest is what I think it was called since it was at the Mid America location.

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:49 pm

I can't find it anywhere on the website, does it cost to get in?

Post by **Brad** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 5:19 pm

Linkin5 wrote:I can't find it anywhere on the website, does it cost to get in?

Nope, its free.

Post by **nebugeater** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 5:53 pm

Linkin5 wrote:I can't find it anywhere on the website, does it cost to get in?

Google it. They have a seperate web sit. I looked at it earlier. I woul post a link but I am on a mobile

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 5:57 pm

nebugeater wrote:
Linkin5 wrote:I can't find it anywhere on the website, does it cost to get in?
Google it. They have a seperate web sit. I looked at it earlier. I woul post a link but I am on a mobile

Thats the website I was on, didn't have any price details.

Post by **nebugeater** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:05 pm

Linkin5 wrote:
nebugeater wrote:
Linkin5 wrote:I can't find it anywhere on the website, does it cost to get in?
Google it. They have a seperate web sit. I looked at it earlier. I woul post a link but I am on a mobile
Thats the website I was on, didn't have any price details.

The web sit I looked at said right on the main page. free Admision. Free Parking. Free music. All in bold with a diff color font. Maybe you re looking too hard!

Post by **Brad** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:09 pm

Website:
http://www.aksarbenribfest.com

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:11 pm

http://www.aksarbenribfest.com/

Welcome to Aksarben Ribfest!

Come join us for 3 days of delicious, mouth watering barbecue and entertainment on the beautiful grounds of Stinson Park at Aksarben Village!

Free Admission! Free Parking! Free Music!

Our inaugural family-oriented event will feature nationally renowned professional rib cooking crews, each bringing you a unique style of barbecue and fixins!

We're Open For Lunch! Ribfest opens every day at 11 for lunch. Thursday and Friday will feature drink and side item specialties when you purchase a rib platter from one of our rib crews.

We also have several Fun Food favorites from select vendors including roasted corn on the cob, funnel cakes, kettle korn, fresh cut French fries, and onion rings and strings.

Top off your meal with cold domestic brews from Boulevard, Coors and Coors Light!

We are family friendly! Cold drinks from Coca Cola, Gold Peak Iced Teas, fresh lemonade shakeups and cool Hawaiian shave ice will keep the kids happy!

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:27 pm

lol. I feel really stupid now.

nativeomahan · Post by **nativeomahan** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 11:08 pm

We ate at one of these traveling road shows last week in Denver. Some decent food. Expect to pay about $10 for a sandwich and some chips or slaw. More for ribs. This is the same type organization that used to appear at the MAC.

The real smoker barbequers are down in LaPlatte for the 20th Annual State BBQ Championship of Nebraska Friday and Saturday, at the Station House at Sokol Park. http://www.gobs.org

Post by **Brad** » Fri Aug 17, 2012 12:10 am

I hit all 4 stands already. All are good.

Uncle Bubs is my favorite for the ribs.

$7 1/4 rack
$13 1/2 rack
$23 full rack

Post by **Brad** » Fri Aug 17, 2012 3:14 am

Brad wrote:I hit all 4 stands already. All are good.

Uncle Bubs is my favorite for the ribs.

$7 1/4 rack
$13 1/2 rack
$23 full rack

Texas Thunder was my second favorite!

We hit all 4 stands first, ordered a 1/4 rack each then after that we went back for a 1/2 rack at Uncle Bubs, then some other combo platter for Texas Thunder!

lisanstan · Post by **lisanstan** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 2:08 am

Went to ribfest and two vendors were completely out of food at about 600pm. The other two had lines so long we ended up leaving. The two that were out of food (Texas & Chicago) said they were completely unprepared for the turnout. So we stopped by Jones Bros. for cupcakes to take home. They were very low on cupcakes and there were about 15 people in line behind us. I think everyone was surprised at the number of people that showed up in Aksarben this evening.

Post by **Brad** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 8:16 pm

I am really looking forward to this weekend!

http://www.artsarben.com/

Weather Looks Perfect!

Post by **BRoss** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:30 pm

Brad wrote:I am really looking forward to this weekend!

http://www.artsarben.com/

Weather Looks Perfect!

I received this in my email today:

Omaha Summer Arts Festival and Aksarben Village are presenting the first-ever ARTsarben this Saturday and Sunday at Aksarben Village (67th & Center)! Saturday hours are 10AM-7PM and Sunday hours are 10AM-4PM, and best of all, admission is FREE.

ARTsarben is offering something for everyone—amazing artwork, fun atmosphere, incredible food, family activities and outstanding live music!

There will be plenty of nearby, FREE parking at ARTsarben!
• Parking garage east of Aksarben Village (at 64th Avenue)
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska parking and surface lots off Aksarben Drive northwest of the event site
• University of Nebraska-Omaha parking north of Aksarben Village in Lot 14 south of the Scott Conference Center at 64th and Pine Streets
• Sunday only, the Scott Conference Center parking lot (Lot 9)
The ARTsarben Art Marketplace features more than 70 juried artists--on-site--offering works in a variety of mediums--jewelry, sculpture, photography, painting, fiber, glass, metal, wood and more. There’s an ATM available, and some artists even accept credit cards or checks. Bring a bag to take it all home or ask the artist to hold bigger pieces in their booth so you can pick them up later!

Check out the student art exhibition at ARTsarben featuring talent from the University of Nebraska at Omaha!

ARTsarben will feature live music beginning at 11AM each day in Stinson Park!

Saturday’s lineup:
11 a.m. - UNO Brass Faculty Quintet - Dance music through the ages from Galliard to Gaga.
12:30 p.m. – Centerline - Rockin’ the classics, pop and a little bit of country, plus hits of today.
2:00 p.m. - Prairie Gators - Cajun and Zydeco music featuring Steve Kunasek on the accordion.
3:30 p.m. - Rhythm Collective - Original Caribbean sounds of reggae, calypso and ska.
5:00 p.m. (headliner) - Lemon Fresh Day - One of Omaha’s most popular cover bands performing top 40, pop, country and rock classics.

Sunday’s lineup:
11 a.m. – UNO Music Students featuring Danny Sabra
A ten-piece showcase of instrumental and vocal students, plus a special surprise.
12:30 p.m. - No Better Cause
Award winning pop/soul/funk vocal band hailing from Lincoln.
2:00 p.m. (headliner) - Gulizia Brothers
First Nebraska performance in years for this duo, featuring a jazz combo with bass, guitar, keyboard, vocals, percussion and horn.
ARTsarben’s KidZone features two bounce houses including a 60-foot obstacle course, a huge bubble-blowing tower, face-painting, giant parade puppets, and lots of hands-on art activities! Some activities will require one to three tickets (only 50 cents each) to cover materials.

Look for the Throwing Picassos juggling act entertaining you throughout the grounds of ARTsarben on Saturday!

Get a snack at ARTsarben or make a meal of it at the Food Court! There’s a little bit of everything to please all tastes--Prairie Fire Pizza, Maria Bonita Mexican Cuisine’s food truck, Ty's Amazing food truck, Godfather's Pizza, Jolly Time Koated Kernels, Dippin' Dots, and Shuck's Fish House & Oyster Bar. Yum!

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 10:56 pm

How did Artsarben go Brad?

Also it looks like the town homes are being occupied now.

Post by **Brad** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:04 am

iamjacobm wrote:How did Artsarben go Brad?

Great! Met a lot of Forum Members or people that read the forum. More that most art fairs. Sounds like it was an all around success!

lisanstan · Post by **lisanstan** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 10:41 pm

I was one of the forumers that stopped by to say hi to Brad. It was a beautiful weekend for the art fair.

aksarbenribfest · Post by **aksarbenribfest** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 12:09 am

Thank you all for your comments awhile back concerning the Aksarben Ribfest!

As a couple of you mentioned, we were completely overwhelmed by the response to our inaugural event while also gratified by the general comments and tone of the event.

I've just posted an announcement for the 2013 Aksarben Ribfest, which will be bigger and better! We'll definitely upgrade the pre-event logistics to support our expanded roster five world class rib teams and ensure that no one misses out on their lip smackin' recipes.

We look forward to seeing you all in 2013!

Robert Conner
Director
Aksarben Ribfest
http://www.aksarbenribfest.com

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 12:18 am

aksarbenribfest wrote:Thank you all for your comments awhile back concerning the Aksarben Ribfest!

As a couple of you mentioned, we were completely overwhelmed by the response to our inaugural event while also gratified by the general comments and tone of the event.

I've just posted an announcement for the 2013 Aksarben Ribfest, which will be bigger and better! We'll definitely upgrade the pre-event logistics to support our expanded roster five world class rib teams and ensure that no one misses out on their lip smackin' recipes.

We look forward to seeing you all in 2013!

Robert Conner
Director
Aksarben Ribfest
http://www.aksarbenribfest.com

Thanks. If you wanna stick around and add any info about AV development it would be appreciated.

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 3:46 am

Hopefully I'll still be around for Ribfest 2103.

ThatGuy · Post by **ThatGuy** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:09 am

JPenny wrote:Does anyone know whats going on with the property directly west of Stinson park? All of the buildings have been torn down and there is a lot of dirt work going on. I know it was for sale a while back but I don't remember it being sold. If your driving west on center you can see down into the job site.

They leveled it, installed underground sprinklers and laid sod over the entire property. Wondering if it's going to be a soccer field or something like that...

Post by **Brad** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 4:02 pm

Steel for the DJ's Dugout was going up this morning.

Post by **Brad** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 9:07 pm

Crews were staking out the big lot today. Hopefully construction stakes...

Also, I was in the Pinhook building today, Nice Place! Should be leasing by the end of the year.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Wed Oct 10, 2012 3:52 am

A/V is going to have such an awesome feel when it gets built out.