Conagra Campus Residential

skip · Post by **skip** » Wed Feb 22, 2023 12:11 pm

ita wrote: Wed Feb 22, 2023 9:29 am I was wondering last night if you would double down or if we'd never hear from you again. Doubling down? Shoot, I am with you on this rumor. Ride or die.

doubling down like a real g #TeamNpdodger12

PWL73316 · Post by **PWL73316** » Wed Feb 22, 2023 10:26 pm

TitosBuritoBarn wrote: Thu Jan 26, 2023 10:18 amIt's like the sort of bar you'd find in the Capitol District but the only people who go there are people who would drive a lifted truck.

... Those are all the bars in the Capitol District.

Garrett · Post by **Garrett** » Sun Mar 12, 2023 7:26 pm

Soooo.... in theory this would basically be the week, right?

thenewguy · Post by **thenewguy** » Sun Mar 12, 2023 8:42 pm

Ya know I was just thinking that

djc311 · Post by **djc311** » Sun Mar 12, 2023 9:27 pm

Still haven’t seen anything legit yet…

ita · Post by **ita** » Sun Mar 12, 2023 10:37 pm

I've got next Friday, the 24th, as the last day I keep believing. That's the last Monday of the 3rd full week of March.

Imdrunk · Post by **Imdrunk** » Mon Mar 13, 2023 8:33 pm

ita wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 10:37 pm I've got next Friday, the 24th, as the last day I keep believing. That's the last Monday of the 3rd full week of March.

Clearly we just have to loot every real estate office to figure this out once and for all

nebport5 · Post by **nebport5** » Mon Mar 13, 2023 9:11 pm

Beware the Ides of March

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Tue Mar 14, 2023 9:04 am

ita · Post by **ita** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 3:27 pm

Npdodger, if you're still out there, let me know if the announcement is delayed or if I should hold out hope it's coming this week. Thanks.

djc311 · Post by **djc311** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 5:22 pm

It’s delayed - forever.

NEDodger · Post by **NEDodger** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 7:20 pm

djc311 wrote: Sun Mar 19, 2023 5:22 pm It’s delayed - forever.

No, no - he swears! It’ll have all of the chain places that aren’t in the city yet! Things like:

“I can’t state what it is or I will be in trouble, but……I Key Every Air….”

Bob from Omaha · Post by **Bob from Omaha** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 8:18 pm

Jeez I miss the original Chamber Forum and then Stargazer's Eomaha.com forum.

I'm old and usually cranky. Tonite I'm cranky.

nebport5 · Post by **nebport5** » Mon Mar 20, 2023 10:36 am

announcement coming April 1st.

thenewguy · Post by **thenewguy** » Mon Mar 20, 2023 8:28 pm

nebport5 wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 10:36 am announcement coming April 1st.

For realz this time?

NEDodger · Post by **NEDodger** » Mon Mar 20, 2023 9:05 pm

thenewguy wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 8:28 pm
nebport5 wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 10:36 am announcement coming April 1st.
For realz this time?

themayor · Post by **themayor** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 8:57 am

From some people at the mayors office there is something in the works for this area that is going to be pretty impressive. was specifically told Heartland of America Park.

so i would say there is some serious smoke around this.

djc311 · Post by **djc311** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 9:59 am

themayor wrote: Tue Mar 21, 2023 8:57 am From some people at the mayors office there is something in the works for this area that is going to be pretty impressive. was specifically told Heartland of America Park.

so i would say there is some serious smoke around this.

Smoke and mirrors... it does feel a lot like a magic show, doesn't it? Nothing appears to be as it should.

nebport5 · Post by **nebport5** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 10:38 am

djc311 wrote: Tue Mar 21, 2023 9:59 am
themayor wrote: Tue Mar 21, 2023 8:57 am From some people at the mayors office there is something in the works for this area that is going to be pretty impressive. was specifically told Heartland of America Park.

so i would say there is some serious smoke around this.
Smoke and mirrors... it does feel a lot like a magic show, doesn't it? Nothing appears to be as it should.

On the other hand, that does fit with the master plan.

skip · Post by **skip** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 1:30 pm

themayor wrote: Tue Mar 21, 2023 8:57 am From some people at the mayors office there is something in the works for this area that is going to be pretty impressive. was specifically told Heartland of America Park.

so i would say there is some serious smoke around this.

Since we are on the rumor page, I feel obligated to throw this out there. Heard from a local developer and a Conagra employee that Conagra is looking into options of moving the global headquarters back to Omaha. Assuming they would be looking into their current location here and some additional office space in one of the rumored office towers in this redevelopment.

Would love to see if anyone else has heard anything around Conagra moving back because that would be.... ahhhmazing.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 1:40 pm

That would be amazing....can't imagine rent in Chicago being very cheap.

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 2:55 pm

If they want to come back, by all means, but the city shouldn't offer any sort of help in doing so.

djc311 · Post by **djc311** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 3:11 pm

Louie wrote: Tue Mar 21, 2023 2:55 pm If they want to come back, by all means, but the city shouldn't offer any sort of help in doing so.

I completely concur. They lost any perks they should ever receive by walking out the door of Omaha. That entire campus was basically built by them and more or less abandoned. Even if they have 1000 ppl still in Omaha it's peanuts compared to what they had at one time.

They up and left simply because of the new

CEO that came onboard. What a joke. I can't imagine being that powerful at a company that you can relocate their headquarters. So whenever Tim Cook is out at Apple does the next person come in and shut down the spaceship because they want to be based in Phoenix? Give me a break.

As far as I'm concerned they should have to pay a tax on relocating back to Omaha if that ever happened. I'd say this whole topic is rumor/joke but April 1st is still over a week away. LOL

CBJason · Post by **CBJason** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 3:55 pm

I’ve been thinking about this lately. I’ve wondered if they could ever be convinced to come back now with everything going on downtown. If so, I’ve wondered if they could buy the block the state building is on for a new high rise.

ricko · Post by **ricko** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 4:06 pm

djc311 wrote: Tue Mar 21, 2023 3:11 pm
Louie wrote: Tue Mar 21, 2023 2:55 pm If they want to come back, by all means, but the city shouldn't offer any sort of help in doing so.
I completely concur. They lost any perks they should ever receive by walking out the door of Omaha. That entire campus was basically built by them and more or less abandoned. Even if they have 1000 ppl still in Omaha it's peanuts compared to what they had at one time.

They up and left simply because of the new CEO that came onboard. What a joke. I can't imagine being that powerful at a company that you can relocate their headquarters. So whenever Tim Cook is out at Apple does the next person come in and shut down the spaceship because they want to be based in Phoenix? Give me a break.

As far as I'm concerned they should have to pay a tax on relocating back to Omaha if that ever happened. I'd say this whole topic is rumor/joke but April 1st is still over a week away. LOL

Yes, many CEO’s have that kind of power; and yes, some are that callous. I have a good friend who worked for a Fortune 500 company that moved its HQ across the country. He’s convinced it was motivated by a desire to move back to his hometown and aging parents. It upended the lives of hundreds of employees, many of whom had a hard time selling their homes in the middle of the last recession.

ita · Post by **ita** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 4:34 pm

Skip, another interesting rumor! If Conagra came back, theoretically, how many jobs would be added to their current Omaha cohort?

Garrett · Post by **Garrett** » Tue Mar 21, 2023 6:17 pm

ita wrote: Tue Mar 21, 2023 4:34 pm Skip, another interesting rumor! If Conagra came back, theoretically, how many jobs would be added to their current Omaha cohort?

I think they have 700 employees in Chicago, and 300-400 of those were added in the move. Sean Connolly is also still the CEO so I have a hard time imagining the motivation to move back.

Doctor Fate · Post by **Doctor Fate** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 10:37 am

ita wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 10:37 pm I've got next Friday, the 24th, as the last day I keep believing. That's the last Monday of the 3rd full week of March.

2 days...

ita · Post by **ita** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 11:37 am

Doctor Fate wrote: Wed Mar 22, 2023 10:37 am
ita wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 10:37 pm I've got next Friday, the 24th, as the last day I keep believing. That's the last Monday of the 3rd full week of March.
2 days...

Don't remind me! NPDODGER WHERE ART THOU!?

Doctor Fate · Post by **Doctor Fate** » Fri Mar 24, 2023 11:07 am

ita wrote: Wed Mar 22, 2023 11:37 am
Doctor Fate wrote: Wed Mar 22, 2023 10:37 am
ita wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 10:37 pm I've got next Friday, the 24th, as the last day I keep believing. That's the last Monday of the 3rd full week of March.
2 days...
Don't remind me! NPDODGER WHERE ART THOU!?

Well, are your hopes and dreams crushed now?

ita · Post by **ita** » Fri Mar 24, 2023 11:42 am

Doctor Fate wrote: Fri Mar 24, 2023 11:07 am
ita wrote: Wed Mar 22, 2023 11:37 am
Doctor Fate wrote: Wed Mar 22, 2023 10:37 am
ita wrote: Sun Mar 12, 2023 10:37 pm I've got next Friday, the 24th, as the last day I keep believing. That's the last Monday of the 3rd full week of March.
2 days...
Don't remind me! NPDODGER WHERE ART THOU!?
Well, are your hopes and dreams crushed now?

I'll call it at 5 PM CST.

Garrett · Post by **Garrett** » Tue Mar 28, 2023 5:21 pm

*wet fart noises*

djc311 · Post by **djc311** » Tue Mar 28, 2023 7:52 pm

Do you think they got a pant rise out of jerking ppl around with their stories?

Bob from Omaha · Post by **Bob from Omaha** » Tue Mar 28, 2023 8:47 pm

Meanwhile, another downtown Detroit redevelopment/new construction project is moving forward.

The $1.5 Billion District Detroit project, near the Little Caesars Arena calls for 10 new and rehabilitated buildings for 1.2 million square feet of office space, 695 apartments, retail spaces and two new hotels: a 14-story, 290-room hotel adjacent to Little Caesars Arena and an adaptive reuse of the 10-story Fox Theatre office building, 2211 Woodward, as the 177-room Fox Hotel.

There are already other buildings in the area, and some pretty notable names are tenants, such as Google. Not a data center but media sales and tech support, among others.

Maybe something like that can happen at the Civic site or elsewhere downtown. Then again, maybe not

ita · Post by **ita** » Wed Mar 29, 2023 10:32 am

Bob from Omaha wrote: Tue Mar 28, 2023 8:47 pm Meanwhile, another downtown Detroit redevelopment/new construction project is moving forward.

The $1.5 Billion District Detroit project, near the Little Caesars Arena calls for 10 new and rehabilitated buildings for 1.2 million square feet of office space, 695 apartments, retail spaces and two new hotels: a 14-story, 290-room hotel adjacent to Little Caesars Arena and an adaptive reuse of the 10-story Fox Theatre office building, 2211 Woodward, as the 177-room Fox Hotel.

There are already other buildings in the area, and some pretty notable names are tenants, such as Google. Not a data center but media sales and tech support, among others.

Maybe something like that can happen at the Civic site or elsewhere downtown. Then again, maybe not

Thanks for sharing. Here's the city website: https://detroitmi.gov/departments/plann ... ct-detroit

If you scroll down, there is a list of each of the addresses for renovated and new building sites. Looks like 6 new high rises, based on the renderings. Bob, does this project include a highway cap park? Anyway, interesting development, though $800 million in tax incentives seems like a crazy amount. Do you know what kind of incentives are being implemented here?

Unsurprisingly, it is in proximity of a streetcar station along Detroit's QLine.

PWL73316 · Post by **PWL73316** » Wed Apr 05, 2023 8:59 am

Conagra currently has its cake and eats it too. Most employees are still in Omaha, earning lower wages than they would in Chicago, in very nice buildings that Conagra still controls under the original sweetheart deals. Some functions and teams are in Chicago and the senior execs who want to live there, can. They have a presence in downtown Chicago and have invested heavily there around sales, marketing, and research.

Barring a change in senior management I don't think Conagra would move its headquarters back here, unfortunately.

djc311 · Post by **djc311** » Wed Apr 05, 2023 4:43 pm

I have insider NPDodger knowledge with exclusive intel saying there will be a 242 story residential tower built on the old ConAgra campus - and they'll have an entire shopping mall inside the building 1/2 way up. This way the top 121 story residents can simply go down only half way to buy groceries and have their cat groomed.

It's all 100% legit

Userv · Post by **Userv** » Wed Apr 05, 2023 7:38 pm

djc311 wrote: Wed Apr 05, 2023 4:43 pm I have insider NPDodger knowledge with exclusive intel saying there will be a 242 story residential tower built on the old ConAgra campus - and they'll have an entire shopping mall inside the building 1/2 way up. This way the top 121 story residents can simply go down only half way to buy groceries and have their cat groomed.

It's all 100% legit

Doesn’t seem large enough to be real

Npdodger12 · Post by **Npdodger12** » Wed Apr 05, 2023 8:01 pm

This development is still going to happen. The project is still evolving. One office tenant has pulled out, and two other office tenants will be taking their place, with additional office space required to meet their needs. An announcement probably won’t come until summer.

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Wed Apr 05, 2023 10:12 pm

But what about the mall halfway up??