Blue Barn moving to 10th and Pacific

ItsAllAboutMe · Post by **ItsAllAboutMe** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 5:04 pm

Looks like Lucky's is being prepared for demolition. Expect yet another new apartment building announcement.
Same owner as the cooling new building across from Grace college.

nativeomahan · Post by **nativeomahan** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 5:45 pm

I had heard some time ago it was going to be a row of apartments.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 8:13 pm

This would be cool, there is a massive parking lot there.

Globochem · Post by **Globochem** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:36 am

Seems to be true. Developers are looking to re-purpose the site. Not very far along and they seem to be interested in community feedback.

IridiumFlare · Post by **IridiumFlare** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 7:06 am

Word on the street for some time has been that the Blue Barn Theatre will move to the Lucky's site. The owner, Nancy Mammel, is on the Blue Barn board of directors. It sounds like she may want retail on the first floor with apartments above, although this is apparently is still fluid. I am also told that she has taken out a 4 million dollar building permit for the site although this has not been verified. Rumor has it that she wanted a coffee shop but potential tenants needed a drive-thru arrangement which may not fit the site.

laserdisque · Post by **laserdisque** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 8:17 am

I have also heard that Blue Barn will be going there.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 5:43 pm

There is a backhoe on site. It could of been there all along and I just haven't noticed it though.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 1:34 pm

Lucky's is LEVELED.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 3:45 pm

Anonymous wrote:Lucky's is LEVELED.

They aren't messing around. I hope some more info comes out about this soon.

Post by **Brad** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 6:22 pm

Definitely Gone!

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StreetsOfOmaha · Post by **StreetsOfOmaha** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:45 pm

Man, with how fast they are moving on this, I can't believe we haven't seen renderings yet. Has anyone been checking building permits or the city council's agenda?

Post by **Brad** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:04 pm

StreetsOfOmaha wrote:Man, with how fast they are moving on this, I can't believe we haven't seen renderings yet. Has anyone been checking building permits or the city council's agenda?

I haven't seen anything yet in the city council agenda.

The Property recently Changed hands:
0321700000 CHICKS AND BRICKS LLC 1017 PACIFIC ST
0321700001 CHICKS AND BRICKS LLC 1001 PACIFIC ST

Not to be confused with groups that owns the Rebel Buildings:
2328740432 CHICKS IN CHARGE LLC 1215 S 13 ST
1517890000 CHICKS IN CHARGE LLC 1227 S 13 ST

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:20 pm

I wonder if there are any limits on what you can name your LLC? Could I incorporate as "Numbnutz Realty"?

Post by **BRoss** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:35 am

Seth wrote:I wonder if there are any limits on what you can name your LLC? Could I incorporate as "Numbnutz Realty"?

lol, I don't see why not.

Post by **Brad** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 12:16 pm

I am guessing there is some lady (like at the DMV) that decided whats ok and whats not ok?

You run across interesting one from time to time. Freddy's Frozen Custard goes as "CUSTARD CATS, LLC".

justnick · Post by **justnick** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:54 pm

I don't understand how the Blue Barn would have money to build a whole new building for itself when just a few years ago wasn't it in danger of going under?

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:58 pm

justnick wrote:I don't understand how the Blue Barn would have money to build a whole new building for itself when just a few years ago wasn't it in danger of going under?

The OP makes it sound like they would just be a tenant not owners.

laserdisque · Post by **laserdisque** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:30 am

A seven figure donation was made to pay for this.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 4:43 pm

laserdisque wrote:A seven figure donation was made to pay for this.

Woah.

bigredmed · Post by **bigredmed** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 4:48 pm

Seth wrote:I wonder if there are any limits on what you can name your LLC? Could I incorporate as "Numbnutz Realty"?

Only if you are willing to wear a Numbnutz Tshirt on the job site......

nativeomahan · Post by **nativeomahan** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:26 pm

I wonder whether they salvaged the classic restaurant steakhouse sign? It was a long time Omaha icon.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 6:53 pm

bigredmed wrote:
Seth wrote:I wonder if there are any limits on what you can name your LLC? Could I incorporate as "Numbnutz Realty"?
Only if you are willing to wear a Numbnutz Tshirt on the job site......

T-shirts aren't classy enough; I'd be wearing a suit with an embroidered Numbnutz oxford shirt and Numbnutz lapel pin.

cdub · Post by **cdub** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:16 am

Now THIS would be a great location for a coffee shop!

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:12 am

http://www.omaha.com/article/20120429/G ... s-in-omaha

The Blue Barn Theatre expects to move into a brand-new performance space in time for its 26th anniversary in 2014. But the new building will retain the intimate feel of the group's current space.

The theater has brought on board two nationally known architectural firms to design a 125-seat theater on the southwest corner of 10th and Pacific Streets, formerly the home of Angie's Steakhouse and, more recently, Lucky's restaurant.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 1:03 pm

Lone banner on a light pole that says future home of Blue Barn Theater.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 3:35 pm

Hoping to break ground in the spring.

mcarch · Post by **mcarch** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 4:36 pm

I knew this for some time. I work at an appraisal firm here in Omaha. I did some research for the land. The Blue Barn will only take 1/2 of the land while the other 1/2 is planned to be used as flex space (whomever wants to build something there).

I believe 100% this can be moved out of the Rumors section!

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 1:05 pm

mcarch wrote:I knew this for some time. I work at an appraisal firm here in Omaha. I did some research for the land. The Blue Barn will only take 1/2 of the land while the other 1/2 is planned to be used as flex space (whomever wants to build something there).

I believe 100% this can be moved out of the Rumors section!

I am really looking forward to seeing designs for this theater. The architecture team is definitely not your average firm. I assume the other half would be some attractive land for residential development too.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 10:07 am

Here are some early designs for the Blue Barn from their webstite:
Front Entrance

Overall Layout

From the website:

We will break ground on the building—the first stand-alone theater project in Omaha in a generation—in Summer 2013 and complete construction by Fall 2014, in time for the opening of our 26th Season.

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 11:17 am

Lol. Please tell me those are a joke. How many popsicles did they have to eat to create that thing? I literally made better dioramas in grade school than that thing.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:11 pm

Good article from the OWH on the project. To bad we are nearly a year from ground breaking. http://www.omaha.com/article/20121028/L ... 89988/1696

On the design it is certainly interesting. I like it a lot more than the standard marquee on the street type design. I also don't think it translated to to scale size very well. Large beams of wood with light shining through would look pretty cool on 10th.

TitosBuritoBarn · Post by **TitosBuritoBarn** » Sun Oct 28, 2012 11:54 pm

Linkin5 wrote: I literally made better dioramas in grade school than that thing.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 4:51 pm

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iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 6:35 pm

Nice to see this project mentioned in the KETV Burlington Station report.

ItsAllAboutMe · Post by **ItsAllAboutMe** » Sat Jun 08, 2013 6:12 pm

This project's start date is now spring of 2014. The original architects were fired and now a local AE firm has taken over

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Sun Jun 09, 2013 8:19 pm

ItsAllAboutMe wrote:This project's start date is now spring of 2014. The original architects were fired and now a local AE firm has taken over

Thanks for the info.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 3:46 pm

Min|Day is the new architect.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Mon Aug 05, 2013 11:16 pm

This whole block is going to be straight Portland-esque.

http://www.omahabydesign.org/2013/08/gr ... top-prize/

How do you transform a 70’ x 100’ section of Omaha’s urban core into a model green space?

That’s the goal of Green in the City, a national landscape design competition set to launch in September. The project, located on the northwest quadrant of the 10th and Pacific block in downtown Omaha, will connect with the future home of the BLUEBARN Theatre. “Green in the City is an opportunity to develop and implement a creative design for open space in Omaha that can inspire other urban communities to follow suit,” said Connie Spellman, director of Omaha by Design.

Omaha by Design, a local urban design and environmental nonprofit, is serving as the project manager for Green in the City, and the Nebraska Arts Council will facilitate the project’s competition process. The winning design team will receive $200,000 to fully implement its vision.

Spellman said a request for qualifications (RFQ) will be available in mid-September. Multidisciplinary design teams from across the country will be encouraged to submit. Those interested in the project will be asked to take the block’s inhabitants into consideration.

In addition to the BLUEBARN, which is scheduled to break ground in the spring of 2014, the block will include Boxcar 10, a new mixed use building developed by Omaha philanthropist Nancy Mammel. Min l Day, an architectural partnership with offices in Omaha and San Francisco, has been hired to design both facilities. Mammel donated the land for the green space and theatre and will provide the lead gift for the Green in the City competition.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Tue Aug 06, 2013 6:19 am

What does portland-esq mean?

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Tue Aug 06, 2013 4:24 pm

MTO wrote:What does portland-esq mean?

Buzzed posting is drunk posting. Yeah that doesn't really mean anything. Just trying to say I am expecting two slick modern designed buildings with a unique green space. The kind of stuff you see in Portland or Seattle a lot.