Energy Plaza (16th & Harney)

[jomaha9]

Hopefully they can incorporate some ground level retail in this building (similar to Blackstone Plaza). This building creates a dead zone right across the street from The Orpheum.

[Garrett]

This will probably produce upwards of 350 apartments. Great additional project.

[Louie]

Good to see UV back with a new project that’s east of 72nd street

They were so visible in their urban core developments 10 years ago. They had

[meliketrains]

Nice! This is awesome news. Great big windows on some of those floors, and a new renovation inside will probably be pretty nice. Seconding the hope for some ground level retail/office space, but even if that doesn't occur, the density will be great.

[Dark Eyes]

This will probably produce upwards of 350 apartments. Great additional project.

East building had 10 floors of office space, and the sf of the upper floors gets smaller as you go up.
Plus the central part of the complex is a very large atrium.
Might be tough to squeeze 350 apartments in there.

[Cermak]

Wow, I remember when this building was new (the taller one) It was a surface parking lot before, so this building was an improvement over the parking lot.

[Garrett]

This will probably produce upwards of 350 apartments. Great additional project.

East building had 10 floors of office space, and the sf of the upper floors gets smaller as you go up.
Plus the central part of the complex is a very large atrium.
Might be tough to squeeze 350 apartments in there.

Grow Omaha quotes the square footage of the two buildings totaling to about 380,000 sqft. Looking at First National Center conversion, they got 294 apartments out of around 350k sqft, so maybe more around 300.

https://growomaha.com/oppd-board-approv ... developer/

[Cermak]

Between this and CPP (Duo) I’m kinda surprised Omaha can support this many new apartments Downtown. When house prices here are relatively affordable compared to other Metro’s.

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Between this and CPP (Duo) I’m kinda surprised Omaha can support this many new apartments Downtown. When house prices here are relatively affordable compared to other Metro’s.

because first time homebuyer age has a median age of 40 lmao

[nativeomahan]

So, where is OPPD moving their headquarters operation to? And when?

[iamjacobm]

So, where is OPPD moving their headquarters operation to? And when?

They took some space in the BCBS building in Aksarben maybe a year ago.

[Cermak]

So, where is OPPD moving their headquarters operation to? And when?

They took some space in the BCBS building in Aksarben maybe a year ago.

And MUD is in the old Conagra building at 72nd and I-680.

[OverlookedFarm]

This will probably produce upwards of 350 apartments. Great additional project.

They can call it "The Zap"

[Hawkeye]

This will probably produce upwards of 350 apartments. Great additional project.

They can call it "The Zap"

[ItsAllAboutMe]

I'm partial to calling it "Energy Palace"

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I'm partial to calling it "Energy Palace"

energy spot

[nebport5]

Electric Avenue?

I was thinking about the history here and most of those names associated with this block probably don't sound too appealing to from a modern residential marketing perspective.

Some of the early retailers included; The Bennett Company, Orkin Brothers and The Burgess-Nash Company. Next door was The Boyd Theatre, which adjoined to The Burgess-Nash's "Cricket Room", a "refreshment station" on the first floor.

Perhaps, something like The Burgess Block or The Boyd?

I wouldn't be surprised if they went with something short and more generic like "The Block", "Power 16" or "The Volt".


If there ends up being a bar/restaurant for part of the retail components, The Cricket would be a nice homage.

[BRoss]

I'm partial to calling it "Energy Palace"

energy spot

Electric Boogaloo

[halgy]

I'm partial to calling it "Energy Palace"

energy spot

Electric Boogaloo

That's for when they add on.

[GenX]

I'm partial to calling it "Energy Palace"

energy spot

Electric Boogaloo

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