Official: Saddle Creek 'Slowdown'/Bluestone /Film Streams

projectman · Post by **projectman** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:41 pm

Omaha Chef I wanted to thank you and mention the Mexican wrap was excellent.

StreetsOfOmaha · Post by **StreetsOfOmaha** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:43 pm

Wow, that seems like a great website. And I do agree with Bob.

OmahaChef · Post by **OmahaChef** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 11:02 pm

Thanks projectman!! Great article Tim, and I like the look of it. The project has a great feel at street level.

OmahaChef · Post by **OmahaChef** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 9:55 pm

Sometime yesterday a Lund-Ross construction trailer was parked on this site. Looks like things are going to get started with the Saddle Creek/Slowdown project.

Swift · Post by **Swift** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 4:46 pm

awesome.

omahastylee459 · Post by **omahastylee459** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:49 pm

looks like the city council approved the project, green light means go!

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=1636&u_sid=2047553

StreetsOfOmaha · Post by **StreetsOfOmaha** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 1:23 am

Fabulous!!!

OmahaChef · Post by **OmahaChef** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 12:19 am

Well, there are two pieces of earthmoving equipment on this site and apparently some degree of grading occurred Friday or Saturday. Construction is underway!

Raraavis · Post by **Raraavis** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 8:40 pm

Do we have any idea on when construction will begin on this project?

OmahaChef · Post by **OmahaChef** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 10:33 am

Construction is definitely underway. They have been grading and hauling away dirt, putting up a temporary fence, etc.

eomaha · Post by **eomaha** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 1:20 pm

Nice. Thanks for the update.

Post by **Brad** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 6:00 pm

Sunday 2/26/2006

OmahaChef · Post by **OmahaChef** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:42 am

Well, after all grading was completed, everything was marked off, and nothing has happened since. But I did see a plot layout last week, and it looks pretty good. The largest of the retail bays has also been leased.

StreetsOfOmaha · Post by **StreetsOfOmaha** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:43 am

Leased to who....????

Swift · Post by **Swift** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:40 am

YiaYia's?

OmahaChef · Post by **OmahaChef** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:00 pm

Ding! Ding! Ding! 25 points to Swift for the correct answer!

Swift · Post by **Swift** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:13 pm

http://www.eomaha.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=41073#41073

I wonder why they haven't started construction yet.

StreetsOfOmaha · Post by **StreetsOfOmaha** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:29 pm

Me too. Still exciting.

ItsAllAboutMe · Post by **ItsAllAboutMe** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:24 pm

After months of nothing happening I noticed more site work had begun this morning. It could be that they had to wait for soil compaction.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 5:24 pm

ItsAllAboutMe wrote: It could be that they had to wait for soil compaction.

Good point!..

..Ciao..LiO....Peace

Post by **Brad** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:26 pm

ItsAllAboutMe wrote:After months of nothing happening I noticed more site work had begun this morning. It could be that they had to wait for soil compaction.

I don't understand, did they stop for a while. I took that picture a month ago and it looked like they were working then.

OmahaChef · Post by **OmahaChef** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 3:55 am

Brad and all....

Lots of grading, and other work did take place, stakes were placed, and rebar forms were sat about, then suddenly everything stopped. No work for about a month. Two days ago, suddenly lots of activity and construction is again underway. Looks like they are getting prepped to do footers, forms, etc. Yay!

eomaha · Post by **eomaha** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:44 pm

Six months later... it does look like the foundation/plumbing is finally complete. Perhaps we'll be seeing walls go up shortly.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 10:18 pm

Makes me wonder if there was a time clause in the contract.

Post by **Brad** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 10:45 pm

Jeff, you must have had the same idea on the way to the qwerst center.

Sunday 9-10-2006

the1wags · Post by **the1wags** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:28 am

Yeah alot of the pvc put in the other day was electrical conduit, hopefully Slowdown will now speed up.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 7:44 am

Earth moving gradually I see..

..Ciao..LiO....Peace

midtown charlie · Post by **midtown charlie** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 5:59 pm

Did a lot of soil remediation have to take place before they could start actually working on the building?

jat · Post by **jat** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:22 pm

Be looking for steel and precast concrete wall panels in next week or two.

OmahaChef · Post by **OmahaChef** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 2:53 am

I've been looking for any signs of an actual building structure for a year! In two years or so, Omaha saw a 40+ story office building go up. One year, and what do we have. Part of a parking lot, weeds growing around footers laid 8 months ago, a lonely steel beam that's rusting, a rectangle of cinder block, a poorly laid parking lot that resembles a kiddy roller coaster, etc., etc., etc. I've seen suburban strip malls go up in less time. The last I heard was February of next year for completion. I'm not holding my breath, and it isn't even a difficult structure to build!

And no, this project did not require compaction of soil. If fact, they had to haul excess dirt away. Thank gawd other North Downtown projects seem to be on a faster track to completion!

jat · Post by **jat** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 12:47 pm

The project was had 2 major delays from the beginning. The first had was due to contaminated soil and political red tape between the City and Union Pacific regarding residential portions of the project and liabilities associated. The second had to due to design changes to accomodate a new retailer coming to the area and Omaha. This retailer is in addition to the Yia-Yia's previously announced.

ItsAllAboutMe · Post by **ItsAllAboutMe** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 8:45 pm

Cranes are onsite and so is some steel.

finally!!!!!

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 8:47 pm

The slowdown to speedup...

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 11:21 pm

ItsAllAboutMe wrote:Cranes are onsite and so is some steel. finally!!!!!

Great News! Cranes back Downtown!

adam186 · Post by **adam186** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 2:48 am

MTO wrote:The slowdown to speedup...

What a great post Jake, great point.

I can only imagine what this project will bring to the area.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:41 am

The news of this makes me happy..

Finally..

..Ciao..LiO....Peace

StreetsOfOmaha · Post by **StreetsOfOmaha** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:50 am

Me too!

Can anyone snap some quick photos? I've got a busy week and probably won't be able to make it downtown for a self-update.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:47 pm

eomaha · Post by **eomaha** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 11:19 pm

Very cool!

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 11:23 pm

Yeah, but the truck traffic going in and out of the hotel construction north across the street made this place look deserted. When I swung by there must have been at least a dozen or so - actively preparing the soil - kicking up a ton of dust. Inplay looked like the were in the middle of a dust bowl.