TD Ameritrade Old Mill Campus

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 3:09 pm

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Stargazer · Post by **Stargazer** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 5:43 pm

I had thought the same thing as well... punch cards... guess the ticker tape makes more sense.

Uffda · Post by **Uffda** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:56 pm

Linkin5 wrote:
byrdrules wrote:
Uffda wrote:Ah programming cards from my fort and last computer programming class Badic. fall 1975 at USDak
Go Yotes!
You guys for real? Thats my alma mater!

I was only there for one year before transferring to Augustana

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:02 pm

Council OKs TIF plan for TD Ameritrade area

Matt Wynn, Omaha World-Herald wrote:The council approved the measure by a 5-2 vote. Jean Stothert and Franklin Thompson voted against the measure.

bigredmed · Post by **bigredmed** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:41 pm

Coyote wrote:Council OKs TIF plan for TD Ameritrade area

Matt Wynn, Omaha World-Herald wrote:The council approved the measure by a 5-2 vote. Jean Stothert and Franklin Thompson voted against the measure.

Good for them. At least two of our council members did the right thing. TIF for this means other people in the neighborhood will lose. If the owners of TDA can afford the Cubs, why cant they cover this tab?

S33 · Post by **S33** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:53 pm

But Rick Anderson, a lawyer who spoke on behalf of TD Ameritrade, said the proposal was in line with state statutes.

“The project would not have been undertaken without the assurance of the city that the street improvements would be made,” he said

Sure, but the project was undertaken without that assurance, as$hole. (as I understand) If not, I'm glad to see the city doing it's diligence with handshake business.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 8:30 pm

S33 wrote:
But Rick Anderson, a lawyer who spoke on behalf of TD Ameritrade, said the proposal was in line with state statutes.

“The project would not have been undertaken without the assurance of the city that the street improvements would be made,” he said
Sure, but the project was undertaken without that assurance, as$hole. (as I understand) If not, I'm glad to see the city doing it's diligence with handshake business.

Regardless of the merits of the original assurance (again, assuming it's at it appears), we have to honor that commitment. You won't attract much new business with the reputation of reneging on deals.

Now, if one representative is making the promises without agreement from those who have to approve the actual agreement, then we have a problem.

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:39 am

Brad, you have any recent pics of this monstrosity? :)

Post by **Brad** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:50 am

Linkin5 wrote:Brad, you have any recent pics of this monstrosity? :)

Nope, sorry. Sad thing is that I work so close, I can look out the window see it...

My regular camera is in the shop, but I will try to bring a old one tomorrow and get a few shots.

Post by **Brad** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 10:42 am

I still haven't gotten a photo.

However I did notice the other day that the interior work is progressing nicely. It look like they had 4 or 5 floors completed. They also added red lights to the top so airplanes and helicopters can see it.

charlie123 · Post by **charlie123** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 12:51 pm

photo from 10/29/12 5:40 PM (back side of building or North Side)

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MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 9:53 pm

I'm so glad they put it on stilts. You never know when a hurricane is going to come through and flood the creek!

charlie123 · Post by **charlie123** » Thu Nov 08, 2012 9:13 am

A photo taken 1 block to the east in the evening (facing west) Not Brad quality, but it shows what is completed on the inside. The South facing side is certainly much nicer looking at night.

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Post by **BRoss** » Thu Nov 08, 2012 9:25 am

I heard that the current employees have already gotten a tour of the new building.

TechnicalDisaster · Post by **TechnicalDisaster** » Tue Nov 13, 2012 9:16 am

Yes, the current employees have already been given tours of the building, but many of the floors were completely empty at that time.

S33 · Post by **S33** » Tue Nov 13, 2012 9:28 am

Everytime I look at that building I think, somewhere, an architect tried to hard.

charlie123 · Post by **charlie123** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 12:20 pm

The lights have been on now for the past 4 or 5 nights I believe. Here's what the building looks like now at night. (Taken 1/21/2013) It's interesting how the windows appear to "pop out" as the lights shine from all directions up and down. Image is of North side/Dodge Street side (back of bldg). --I believe they do stay on all night

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Post by **Brad** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 12:26 pm

Cool. Are they on all night?

nebport5 · Post by **nebport5** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:19 pm

nice pic, but it doesn't really do justice to what it looks like in person, in that it really does look igloo-like. I know some don't care for it but it's the most interesting major structure built in Omaha in some time. I know everything can't be downtown, but it really would've added to the skyline.

charlie123 · Post by **charlie123** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 5:55 pm

Nebport5 - I agree, the picture doesn't look as good as it does in person. During the day, the front of it (South Side) seems to be more attractive w/the design, then at night, the back is my favorite...with the lighting. The front doesn't appear to light up as much as the back does.

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:02 pm

I still don't think that the windows look like ticker tape.

nativeomahan · Post by **nativeomahan** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:34 pm

I just noticed the building all lit up tonight. And I must say that for the very first time I found something to like about this piece of architecture.

Post by **Brad** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:06 pm

New lights and an awesome sunrise this morning (Thursday 1/24/2012)

Wish I had time to set up the tripod...

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 7:02 pm

Crazy how much of a difference the lighting makes.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 7:13 pm

Amazing how close that looks to the rendering.

Post by **Brad** » Fri Feb 01, 2013 1:44 pm

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Fairmount · Post by **Fairmount** » Fri Feb 01, 2013 3:56 pm

TD Ameritrade building looks weird at night.

windsor · Post by **windsor** » Tue Feb 12, 2013 11:26 am

While the TD Ameritrade building is not my favorite building in the world, I certainly respect them for using environmentally friendly glass even though its not the most popular color out there. I also like how they tried the ticker tape pattern so we don't have just another green box. I do like how it looks at night. The next big test will be the traffic when they all start to move in over the next couple months.

charlie123 · Post by **charlie123** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 11:35 am

Any idea when they start moving employees into the new building?

Post by **nebugeater** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 12:29 pm

Based on the interview that took place duiring one of the Husker basball games this last weekend (they were the game sponser) they have already started to move some people in, as I understood what they said. It will be a phased move in over the next couple of months before completed.

charlie123 wrote:Any idea when they start moving employees into the new building?

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Tue Apr 16, 2013 1:03 pm

I have a brother who works for Ameritrade and he says that they have a test group or something in there already.

Post by **BRoss** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 4:56 pm

All four news stations were here today and are going to be doing a story tonight. The OWH is doing an article in the morning on the progress of the building.

Post by **Brad** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 12:47 pm

Last night on the news, they said that the first employees start working at the building on Monday.

Post by **BRoss** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 1:42 pm

Brad wrote:Last night on the news, they said that the first employees start working at the building on Monday.

Actually, the first employees moved in like a month ago. And the sys admins moved in last Thursday. Southroads is going to start moving today and should be finished up by Monday. The rest of the T2 team are still a few weeks away.

Post by **BRoss** » Tue May 14, 2013 7:42 pm

A blurry cell phone pic I took of the 7th floor:

Post by **BRoss** » Thu May 23, 2013 11:02 am

Open house Saturday June 15th for associates to show people the new building. Anyone here want to check it out?

S33 · Post by **S33** » Thu May 23, 2013 5:12 pm

Finally saw TD illuminated at night, looks pretty good. Think I've changed my mind on this one.

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Thu May 23, 2013 5:25 pm

S33 wrote:Finally saw TD illuminated at night, looks pretty good. Think I've changed my mind on this one.

It really is better looking at night. I honestly think if it wasn't light seafoam/pea green, and instead was the white color (I could be colorblind?) it looks like at night, it would be pretty cool.

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Thu May 23, 2013 5:27 pm

S33 wrote:Finally saw TD illuminated at night, looks pretty good. Think I've changed my mind on this one.

Yeah, I haven't done a complete 180 but it does look pretty good.

charlie123 · Post by **charlie123** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 12:24 pm

I heard that TD Ameritrade got approval from the City Council to have a bridge built over the Papio creek to the West of their new tower in order to have an "Emergency Exit" out of their campus...... Any truth to this? This would be somewhere around their parking lot possible then in the direction of the baseball fields to the west