Food Bank for the Heartland (84th & L)

[S.O.Boy]

https://www.wowt.com/2024/06/03/food-ba ... -facility/


https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/06/02 ... en-demand/

The move to Omaha 84th and L Streets corner is expected in 2026
BY: CINDY GONZALEZ - JUNE 2, 2024 4:50 PM


OMAHA — Rising demand for food assistance across the 93 counties it serves has pushed the Food Bank for the Heartland to extraordinary measures, including leasing refrigerated trailers to store food in the parking lot.


A ceremonial groundbreaking Sunday for a $37 million new headquarters project.
Volunteers and semitrailer truck drivers that visit the Omaha-based nonprofit often jam the road leading into its current headquarters.

Meanwhile, increased food costs and an end to many pandemic-era government assistance programs have created “disruption” that officials said they’ve not seen in the food bank’s 42-year history.

To help meet growing needs, the food bank on Sunday publicly announced a $37 million plan to build a new office and warehouse complex at a larger, 12-acre campus at the northeast corner of 84th and L Streets in Omaha.

[Coyote]

Nebraska food bank announces $37M building and relocation plan to help meet ‘unforeseen’ demand

Rising demand for food assistance across the 93 counties it serves has pushed the Food Bank for the Heartland to extraordinary measures, including leasing refrigerated trailers to store food in the parking lot. Volunteers and semitrailer truck drivers that visit the Omaha-based nonprofit often jam the road leading into its current headquarters. Meanwhile, increased food costs and an end to many pandemic-era government assistance programs have created “disruption” that officials said they’ve not seen in the food bank’s 42-year history. To help meet growing needs, the food bank on Sunday publicly announced a $37 million plan to build a new office and warehouse complex at a larger, 12-acre campus at the northeast corner of 84th and L Streets in Omaha.

[Coyote]

New Food Bank for the Heartland facility will help meet growing need, nonprofit says



Food Bank for the Heartland President and CEO Brian Barks says their current facility "undermines" the nonprofit's ability to serve its mission. The growth of the nonprofit and the community need made a new facility necessary, Barks said. The food bank distributes food to 555 partners, shelters and food pantries across 93 counties in Nebraska and western Iowa.

"We were all hoping that after the pandemic, we'd see the number of people seeking assistance drop," he said. "It's done the exact opposite. It has gone up." The facility will move from 105th and J streets to the larger facility off the intersection off the 84th and L streets. The food bank hopes it will be ready by late 2025, but it could be early 2026.

[S.O.Boy]

They aren't wasting time. Building is mostly gone.

[ChadJK]

Food Bank for the Heartland
4645 S 84th St
Omaha, NE 68127
(402) 331-1213
https://foodbankheartland.org/

I believe this place had its grand opening a few weeks ago.

[ChadJK]

Awesome new facility, but it seems like a waste of prime commercial real estate to put it at this intersection.

[BuildTaller]

Awesome new facility, but it seems like a waste of prime commercial real estate to put it at this intersection.

Agreed. I also kind of assumed they would dig down maybe 10-15 feet since it's such a big dropoff on the east side. Like a couple level office building. There would be good views.

[WiinterU]

I've been waiting for news on this project for a while. It seems like there are several developments that all decided to open specifically in 2026.