Flatiron project 180 units

[Big E]

https://omaha.com/business/local/more-a ... the-latest

[Omaha Cowboy]

Sounds like a great proposed development..

From the W-H piece link that Big E posted-

“A 180-unit apartment complex appears headed to the emerging Flatiron District in the downtown area.

Omaha developer Neeraj Agarwal, under 18HowardOwner LLC, has asked the city to rezone the project site at 19th Street and St. Mary's Avenue.

City records describe it as three parcels: 508 S. 19th St. (a two-story garage and surface parking); 1810 St. Mary's Ave. and 1819 Howard St., both surface parking lots.”...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

[Big E]

Hopefully we can get another gas-free gas station over in that part of downtown finally.

[Omaha Cowboy]

Hopefully we can get another gas-free gas station over in that part of downtown finally.

Perhaps a Cubby’s Express ...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

[ita]

Sounds like a great proposed development..

From the W-H piece link that Big E posted-

“A 180-unit apartment complex appears headed to the emerging Flatiron District in the downtown area.

Omaha developer Neeraj Agarwal, under 18HowardOwner LLC, has asked the city to rezone the project site at 19th Street and St. Mary's Avenue.

City records describe it as three parcels: 508 S. 19th St. (a two-story garage and surface parking); 1810 St. Mary's Ave. and 1819 Howard St., both surface parking lots.”...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

This is one of the most exciting aspects of this district; the developers are utilizing surface parking for a higher value use. I am looking forward to the renderings. There was also a proposal floating around for a residential/commercial building that would connect to the Law Building at 500 S 18th St. I wonder what is happening with that one.

[Omaha Cowboy]

Sounds like a great proposed development..

From the W-H piece link that Big E posted-

“A 180-unit apartment complex appears headed to the emerging Flatiron District in the downtown area.

Omaha developer Neeraj Agarwal, under 18HowardOwner LLC, has asked the city to rezone the project site at 19th Street and St. Mary's Avenue.

City records describe it as three parcels: 508 S. 19th St. (a two-story garage and surface parking); 1810 St. Mary's Ave. and 1819 Howard St., both surface parking lots.”...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

I am looking forward to the renderings.

I am as well.. This is another great enclave area within the core that with the right mix of elements, will eventually lead to more exciting developments down the line..

Like the potential for a full service grocery store etc...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

[Doctor Fate]

Sounds like a great proposed development..

From the W-H piece link that Big E posted-

“A 180-unit apartment complex appears headed to the emerging Flatiron District in the downtown area.

Omaha developer Neeraj Agarwal, under 18HowardOwner LLC, has asked the city to rezone the project site at 19th Street and St. Mary's Avenue.

City records describe it as three parcels: 508 S. 19th St. (a two-story garage and surface parking); 1810 St. Mary's Ave. and 1819 Howard St., both surface parking lots.”...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

I am looking forward to the renderings.

I am as well.. This is another great enclave area within the core that with the right mix of elements, will eventually lead to more exciting developments down the line..

Like the potential for a full service grocery store etc...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

I think that area of downtown has a ton of potential that can be unlocked as things like this pop up.

[Brad]

Here are a few Renderings. Several More on the Grow Omaha Facebook Page.

[Omaha Cowboy]

This is definitely a significant looking development which could spur additional amenity development in the DT core. The more people move into downtown, the more those service needs arise.. As I stated a couple months back- Think full service grocery store etc etc...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

[skinzfan23]

Awesome, great to see this infill.

[ita]

There are several things I love about these renderings. Foremost, no more surface parking! Relatedly, any garage parking is hidden. Cool courtyard that cuts through the block. Lastly, I love the park and plaza they have incorporated. I am really impressed! I hope this gets built up fast and I hope it prompts further investment. The Flatiron district can be a really interesting residential district with nice older buildings anchoring the district and a lot of surface parking lots to develop.

[Louie]

Developing this swath of land is so vital to making downtown a real livable core.

[iamjacobm]

$3.5 million TIF request for 120-124 units. 76 will be set aside for below median income tenants as this project includes LIHTC funding. Also includes a 20k sf "high end commercial space and no on site parking, 80 off site stalls.

https://planning.cityofomaha.org/images ... ril/10.pdf

[jjjjhskr]

So glad to see there will be more below market priced units in this project.

[ita]

So glad to see there will be more below market priced units in this project.

I agree, that was a pleasant surprise. Also, 20,000 sq. ft. of commercial/retail is a lot. So, parking is leased from the garage attached to the Redfield? In the renderings posted on the Grow Omaha Twitter, that building is eyed for redevelopment as well. I wonder how they address parking.

[Omaha Cowboy]

Additional confirmation more residential coming to the downtown core. From the W-H-

“Another piece of the emerging Flatiron District is coming together as a developer seeks city assistance for a new $41 million project that is to house renters of mixed incomes.

The five-story structure would include about 120 apartments and rise on what currently is paved parking (1819 Howard St. and 1810 St. Mary's Ave.).

On its street level would be a fitness center and three restaurants focused on healthy eating, says Neeraj Agarwal of 18HowardOwner LLC ownership group.

Agarwal said the project would be the first newly constructed apartment structure in downtown Omaha to cater to residents of mixed incomes.“..

The Complete W-H story link:

https://omaha.com/business/local/the-fl ... 70c52.html

The more these type of residential developments fill in the core, it’s the inevitable next step that things like a full service grocery store will follow...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

[ita]

Here are the renderings from the article, which have a bit more detail and color compared to ones Grow Omaha posted previously.





Again, this is one of my favorite projects right now. I like the current renderings, the pocket park and courtyard. I love what it is bringing to the Flatiron district.

On another note, the potential rents were reported as follows:

More affordable rents, Agarwal said, would run between $700 and $800 for studios and one-bedroom units, compared to the market-rate units, whose rents will range from $900 and $1,200.

[Brad]

Interview with the developer:

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[buildomaha]

This is one of the most exciting developments in the city right now IMO. It’s exactly the type of smaller-mid scale infill projects that consider equity that Omaha will need to catch up to other cities around the country.

[Omaha Cowboy]

I agree with the excitement factor with this, and other potential developments within the downtown core..especially what can spring up as a compliment to the Riverfront Redevelopment Plan..

All arrows look to be pointing up.. Now if we could just figure out the old Union Pacific/Lanoha parcel, That’d be great...

Ciao..LiO...Peace

[ita]

'There should be activity': Developers plan nearly $100 million in investment near Omaha City Hall

Alexandra Stone
Inside the Redfield building at 19th and Howard, visitors will find much of its historic beauty preserved.

The grandiose tile flooring was saved.

There's a vintage car on display; a nod to the lobby's past as a Buick showroom.

Elevator shafts have been turned conference rooms.

"We have just a great historic space, so let it do most of the work and then just kind of add little touches here and there," said Neeraj Agarwal, a developer on the project.

On the second and third floors of the Redfield, history and progress combine, to create the MODUS co-working space.

Desks at MODUS rent for $20 a day and conference rooms for $10 an hour. Membership is not required to reserve the conference spaces.

The goal: providing flexible, affordable workspace, aimed at minority and women-owned businesses.

"Really the focus is on empowering and facilitating the success of these minority and women-owned businesses that have just been overlooked for too long," Agarwal said.

Agarwal is both a developer with Omaha company Clarity and also the founder and CEO of MODUS.

The newly refurbished Redfield building is the first piece of a much larger plan that will bring around $100 million in investment within blocks of Omaha's city hall.
...
Eventually, seven properties will be transformed, with expected completion by 2024. They include a mix of historic rehabilitation and ground-up construction, converting parking lots into multi-level buildings.

The projects include several properties east of the Redfield between 18th and 19th streets and a building near 15th and Howard.

Agarwal said, among all the buildings, there are plans for a neighborhood grocery store, a fitness center, a mix of high-end and food truck style restaurants and nearly 300 apartments total.

[Athomsfere]

'There should be activity': Developers plan nearly $100 million in investment near Omaha City Hall

Alexandra Stone
Inside the Redfield building at 19th and Howard, visitors will find much of its historic beauty preserved.

The grandiose tile flooring was saved.

There's a vintage car on display; a nod to the lobby's past as a Buick showroom.

Elevator shafts have been turned conference rooms.

"We have just a great historic space, so let it do most of the work and then just kind of add little touches here and there," said Neeraj Agarwal, a developer on the project.

On the second and third floors of the Redfield, history and progress combine, to create the MODUS co-working space.

Desks at MODUS rent for $20 a day and conference rooms for $10 an hour. Membership is not required to reserve the conference spaces.

The goal: providing flexible, affordable workspace, aimed at minority and women-owned businesses.

"Really the focus is on empowering and facilitating the success of these minority and women-owned businesses that have just been overlooked for too long," Agarwal said.

Agarwal is both a developer with Omaha company Clarity and also the founder and CEO of MODUS.

The newly refurbished Redfield building is the first piece of a much larger plan that will bring around $100 million in investment within blocks of Omaha's city hall.
...
Eventually, seven properties will be transformed, with expected completion by 2024. They include a mix of historic rehabilitation and ground-up construction, converting parking lots into multi-level buildings.

The projects include several properties east of the Redfield between 18th and 19th streets and a building near 15th and Howard.

Agarwal said, among all the buildings, there are plans for a neighborhood grocery store, a fitness center, a mix of high-end and food truck style restaurants and nearly 300 apartments total.

All of this sounds great. The video actually had better organization / more info.

But a neighborhood grocery, 300 apartments, "food truck style restaurants". It sounds like great plans!

[Garrett]

300 affordable apartments and a call for specifically a bodega style store is great

[Louie]

Kind of a weird title with the 'there should be activity' line pulled out of context. Anywho, here is the context -

""This seemed to be one of those areas that, it's in a central part of downtown, right by city hall, right by the courthouse, so just logically speaking seemed like an area where there should be activity," Agarwal said, "It was just a matter of figuring out what makes sense here.""

Glad to see things in motion here and it sounds like it should be active construction zone for about the next two and a half years.

[U R my Helix]

Renderings are always a mental challenge for me to visualize how a project would look in its "native habitat" so I popped it into a Google Street view. I think it will finish the corner nicely.

[Louie]

Renderings are always a mental challenge for me to visualize how a project would look in its "native habitat" so I popped it into a Google Street view. I think it will finish the corner nicely.

I'm 95% sure that's the wrong corner. The intersection at the foreground should be 19th and Howard facing Southeast.

[U R my Helix]

See I am challenged. I could not tell what one went on what side.

I'm 95% sure that's the wrong corner
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[Busguy2010]

That's pretty ugly. I like the attempt on the end of the building, but the rest of it is grossly uninspiring.

Edit, scratch that. That is an existing building.

Aesthetically this gets a 0 from me.

[Busguy2010]

Renderings are always a mental challenge for me to visualize how a project would look in its "native habitat" so I popped it into a Google Street view. I think it will finish the corner nicely.

I'm 95% sure that's the wrong corner. The intersection at the foreground should be 19th and Howard facing Southeast.

That's the correct block. If you were to stand on that corner, you'd have to rotate the project as you show it 90 degrees, so you'd be seeing the backside from that corner.

Louie is correct, you'd want 19th and Howard facing southeast for that rendering. But correct block.

[daveoma]

Renderings are always a mental challenge for me to visualize how a project would look in its "native habitat" so I popped it into a Google Street view. I think it will finish the corner nicely.

I love that they included balconies I feel like balconies help a neighborhood feel like a community.

[iamjacobm]

Looks like this might end up being called Bauhaus.

[Athomsfere]

Any other updates? Like start / finish?

[ita]

Any other updates? Like start / finish?

https://planning.cityofomaha.org/images ... ary/14.pdf

Part of the project is turning the Standard Oil building to 40 residential units, studios and 1 beds.

[skinzfan23]

Its been nearly a year, any other updates on this project?

[ita]

Its been nearly a year, any other updates on this project?

I have heard they are still working on financing. Likely won't see anything till early spring.

[mcarch]

This needs to look exactly like the renderings.

[BIGO88]

I came across this website that is saying this project should start construction in August 2023. This project has been taking its sweet time but good to know it’s still in the works.

https://lifestruepurpose.com/18th-and-h ... elopment#/

[Flyer14]

The company, True Purpose, has an interesting background and good starting story in Omaha. Hopefully they can continue to grow here in Omaha. The couple projects they have listed on their website now seem great for the city!

[Athomsfere]

Man, how long have we been talking about this? It's fallen off the radar and come back from the dead more times than ____insert husker joke _____

*wait for laughter to subside

I am glad this is still moving though

[iamjacobm]

Man, how long have we been talking about this? It's fallen off the radar and come back from the dead more times than ____insert husker joke _____

*wait for laughter to subside

I am glad this is still moving though

Low Income Housing Tax Credits can be a very slow process.