I have seen developers in Kansas City ask the FAA for very generous height permissions compared to what is actually planned.Nebraska>Iowa wrote: Tue Jul 21, 2026 9:07 pmI suspect this is real. When permits and such are being contemplated, that's a good sign.Huskerbum wrote: Tue Jul 21, 2026 7:46 pm I sure hope this is real because the last rendering they released definitely didn’t show a 400’ tower.![]()
That being said, maybe they include and extra few feet. I cannot remember what the permits were for the Mutual Tower building & crane, but that should give us a definitive answer.
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I used this:Nebraska>Iowa wrote: Tue Jul 21, 2026 9:07 pmI suspect this is real. When permits and such are being contemplated, that's a good sign.Huskerbum wrote: Tue Jul 21, 2026 7:46 pm I sure hope this is real because the last rendering they released definitely didn’t show a 400’ tower.![]()
That being said, maybe they include an extra few feet. I cannot remember what the permits were for the Mutual Tower building & crane, but that should give us a definitive answer.
https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/oe3a/main/#/download
Searching region ACE (Central) for 2023, I found that there appear to have been two sets of permits filed for the Mutual Tower, though not the crane. The first set, filed 9/14/2023, lists the building height as the announced 677 ft. The second set, filed 11/13/2023, makes an addendum to say that a maintenance facility on top of the previously submitted permits will actually bring the height to 688 ft. So it looks like the Mutual tower may actually be a few feet taller than we expected!
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that's fascinating. i didn't realize they needed to notify them even when building apartmentsGarrett wrote: Wed Jul 22, 2026 8:02 amI used this:Nebraska>Iowa wrote: Tue Jul 21, 2026 9:07 pmI suspect this is real. When permits and such are being contemplated, that's a good sign.Huskerbum wrote: Tue Jul 21, 2026 7:46 pm I sure hope this is real because the last rendering they released definitely didn’t show a 400’ tower.![]()
That being said, maybe they include an extra few feet. I cannot remember what the permits were for the Mutual Tower building & crane, but that should give us a definitive answer.
https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/oe3a/main/#/download
Searching region ACE (Central) for 2023, I found that there appear to have been two sets of permits filed for the Mutual Tower, though not the crane. The first set, filed 9/14/2023, lists the building height as the announced 677 ft. The second set, filed 11/13/2023, makes an addendum to say that a maintenance facility on top of the previously submitted permits will actually bring the height to 688 ft. So it looks like the Mutual tower may actually be a few feet taller than we expected!
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I like the looks of it while one would be riding up Farnam on the streetcar, to have perhaps a shadow-producing tower hovering over the streetscape, and also provide a sort of bookend to the towers downtown that would be flanking the line at both ends, sort of.
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Weren't those concrete foundation walls built? Doesn't that take time?
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Yep, there has been a ton of movement at the foundation level.Renovator2559 wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2026 4:05 pm Weren't those concrete foundation walls built? Doesn't that take time?
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While we continue to wait for official height numbers on project health, Northwestern in Chicago is building a new 1.2 million sqft, 24 story, 427 ft tall tower for comparison




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Is that the same architect? The design looks remarkably similar.
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Especially the skywalk part!nebport5 wrote: Wed Aug 19, 2026 1:14 pm Is that the same architect? The design looks remarkable similar.
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Article today in the Nebraska Examiner says the new hospital tower will be 14 floors. Did we lose a couple more floors?
Regents OK shared governance of Nebraska Medicine with Omaha Community Foundation
Regents OK shared governance of Nebraska Medicine with Omaha Community Foundation
Fred Knapp / Nebraska Examiner wrote: The University of Nebraska Board of Regents gave the final go-ahead Tuesday to share governance of the Nebraska Medicine healthcare system with Omaha philanthropists and bring in money to expand facilities.
The new board governing Nebraska Medicine will include four regents and four members from the Omaha Community Foundation, which will contribute an initial $300 million, said Regent Chairman Paul Kenney. Neither the regents nor the foundation representatives have yet been named publicly.
The money will go toward a more than $2 billion development in Omaha called Project Health, which will replace the 70-year old Clarkson Hospital with a new, 14-story, 1.5 million-square-foot teaching hospital.
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More than a couple I reckon.BRoss wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2026 5:44 pm Article today in the Nebraska Examiner says the new hospital tower will be 14 floors. Did we lose a couple more floors?
Regents OK shared governance of Nebraska Medicine with Omaha Community Foundation
Fred Knapp / Nebraska Examiner wrote: The University of Nebraska Board of Regents gave the final go-ahead Tuesday to share governance of the Nebraska Medicine healthcare system with Omaha philanthropists and bring in money to expand facilities.
The new board governing Nebraska Medicine will include four regents and four members from the Omaha Community Foundation, which will contribute an initial $300 million, said Regent Chairman Paul Kenney. Neither the regents nor the foundation representatives have yet been named publicly.
The money will go toward a more than $2 billion development in Omaha called Project Health, which will replace the 70-year old Clarkson Hospital with a new, 14-story, 1.5 million-square-foot teaching hospital.
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Original release said if would be 15 floors and 1.5 million square feet. So, we lose one floor but footage remains the same. Hopefully it tops 300 feet at least?
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I hope you all realize that, however many floors the building will have, the first 4 or 5 levels will sit below the hill immediately to the south of the project site. I guess unless there are several uncounted levels of parking structure directly underneath the hospital.
One way or another it will be good to move this project off the drawing board.
One way or another it will be good to move this project off the drawing board.

