Aksarben Center (72 and Pine)

[iamjacobm]

Aksarben Center (72 and Pine)

The agenda mentioned a 92 room hotel, 159 unit assisted living facility and a 6800 sq foot restaurant NE of 72nd and Pine.

[Brad]

Yep, its up on those 2 empty lots, one behind Bed Bath and Beyond, and the lot south of Burger star.

Last I knew this was still in the planning stages, can you tell if they actually got commits for the hotel and the restaurant?

[iamjacobm]

The agenda was just to change the zoning.

[iamjacobm]

A lot of earth movers were moving stuff around the other day.

[Brad]

Looks like its going to be a Hampton Inn.

http://www.omaha.com/article/20130524/M ... en-village

The 106-room Hampton Inn near Aksarben is part of a larger redevelopment plan that spans about eight acres bounded by 72nd, 70th and Pine Streets and Poppleton Avenue.

Currently that area is vacant, but City Planning documents say a three-story assisted living facility would be built on the site along with the four-story Hampton Inn and about 10,000 square feet of commercial retail or restaurant space.

The retail area would rise south of the Shoppes at Aksarben, and the hotel would be south of that, said Darren Hicks of Access Commercial, one of the developers involved. He said the hotel would be completed by the summer of 2014.

[iamjacobm]

Beat me to it.

[Brad]

Haha, jinx

[nativeomahan]

This should be a nice addition to the area. Another hotel will only help the neighborhood restaurants and shops.

[Brad]

Photo Update:

1. Grading underway

[guitarguy]

I see this hotel doing big business with out of town Wal Mart shoppers..

[MadMartin8]

I see this hotel doing big business with out of town Wal Mart shoppers..

With UNO's arena on the way, it might service that in some instance.

[Coyote]

Anyone have any news on this? Drove by the other day and saw the stakes. Any schedules yet?

[Brad]

Anyone have any news on this? Drove by the other day and saw the stakes. Any schedules yet?

We finished up the plans recently. I believe they have all their permits. I am sure you will see Dicon getting to work when the ground thaws.

[Coyote]

I don't know how I missed these plans:

[Brad]

That's a little bit old. The Pad site for the "restaurant" is gone. Now its a mulit story mixed use building.

[Coyote]

That's a little bit old. The Pad site for the "restaurant" is gone. Now its a mulit story mixed use building.

Yeah, I got that from 02/13. I have been looking for updates, just wanted to post that first.

[Coyote]

I believe this is a later schema:

[justnick]

i love me some NATIONAL COFFEE

[Brad]

Coyote,

Wow, that's almost like you stole it off my desk... Where did you get that?

i love me some NATIONAL COFFEE

It couldn't be more obvious that a Starbucks is going in there. Right down to the green umbrellas.

[Coyote]

Coyote,

Wow, that's almost like you stole it off my desk... Where did you get that?

I sent in a mole, she stole it while you were at lunch.

[riceweb]

So what's the word on the townhomes that were said to be moving in? That latest rendering looks like a single building instead of individual homes.

[Brad]

So what's the word on the townhomes that were said to be moving in? That latest rendering looks like a single building instead of individual homes.

Where were the townhomes going?

[Excavator]

Anyone have any news on this? Drove by the other day and saw the stakes. Any schedules yet?

DC red tape is holding up one part of this project. There is nothing bad, only a matter of time at this point.

[Brad]

Nothing really new, but the latest from Grow Omaha this past Saturday.

The Hampton Inn is 4 stories, 102 rooms.
The Strip mall is full, Starbucks, Jersey Mikes, and a soon to be announced restaurant.
The 2nd floor office leasing is underway, no tenants announced yet.
Construction should start in February if the weather is good.

[Coyote]

Jersey Mike's? Another Sub place?
There are two in Lincoln. Anyone try them?

[Brad]

Jersey Mike's? Another Sub place?
There are two in Lincoln. Anyone try them?

Here is our thread from a while back about Jersey Mike's
http://eomahaforums.com/phpBB/viewtopic ... y+Mike%27s" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[lmdramos]

noticed this rendering on the Prism 3D website.

[PrismA3D]

noticed this rendering on the Prism 3D website.

Thanks for the plug lmdramos
Noticed this in the news this morning
Senior living facility in works for Aksarben Village area

[iamjacobm]

Sounds like a nice addition. The Aksarben area literally has about every different type of development.

[iamjacobm]

TIF request in yesterday's agenda. Also dicon's facebook showed pics of work on the land for the hotel.

[Brad]

I had a meeting out at the Hotel and Retail site today. They have part of the Assisted Living staked out and were working on staking out the Hotel when I was there. They were also working on unloading re-bar for the assisted living foundation. There are also 4 job site trailers on site. Everything should be starting actual construction any day now.

[Brad]

Water Line put in from 72nd Street over the weekend. Work going on at both the Assisted Living Site and the Hotel Site.

[Brad]

Hotel and Assisted Living under way.

1.

[Coyote]

Dicon posted the footings are completed:

[iamjacobm]

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[Brad]

Photo Update

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[Coyote]

[Brad]

The plastic came down off of the retail building now too.

[Coyote]

[skinzfan23]

Drove by last night and noticed that a restaurant is opening in one of the retail bays. Can't remember what it was but their signage is up. Anyone know what it is?