Oxworth Apartments (SE 27th and Leavenworth)

[TitosBuritoBarn]

Hmmm. I think I liked the original better and I really don’t like the concrete wall facing the street on the lower elevations.

Glad the corner lot buildings will remain though.

[Athomsfere]

Huh. Feels like the Texas doughnut is slowly invading Omaha.

194 units with 156 parking spaces vs 271 required without TOD ain’t bad though

No, it ain't bad. I was just looking at the renderings and thinking "that shape is making its way here" more than worrying about the parking.

I like the older buildings on the one corner too, vs the typical Texas Doughnut.

[Louie]

I like the older buildings on the one corner too, vs the typical Texas Doughnut.

Certainly helps break up the building a little.

[iamjacobm]

Maybe semantics, but I am pretty sure the Texas doughnut refers to units wrapped around a multi story parking garage. This looks more like a 4 or 5 over 1 type structure to me.

[iamjacobm]

The planning board doc on this project.

https://planning.cityofomaha.org/images ... uly/22.pdf

[skinzfan23]

I don't think I have seen such detailed plans for the landscape plants that they plan to use on of these before. Kinda made me laugh. Usually it just says grasses, trees or plants. They have a whole page identifying the plants.

[jjjjhskr]

This will really help the neighborhood and downtown workers. I also am looking for to the development just west of the Flatiron. Any update from anyone on this?

[Renovator2559]

To be honest this building design could have been better, this building has repeating monotonous patterns. Maybe it's just the preliminary renders but I hope they invoke a variety of layered textures. The Brickline is a great example of a nice apartment building with varying visual features and balcony designs vary, also the multilayered textures make the Brickline look classy.

Though maybe this apartment complex to be built is more lower budget, so that's a factor.

Still the most important factor is that this area is getting some much needed good density in this area.

[GenX]

I disagree. There are some nice brick treatments on this and it blends well with the brick building that will remain. Much better than some of the other recent projects.

[Omahaca]

I think this looks great. Much better than the other proposal from a few years ago.

[Renovator2559]

Well I did say maybe because of the renders but it sounds like this complex will have textures and nice brick treatments, like Eric pointed out.

Alright, I'm sold; I get the feeling that this building will look nice with the other brick buildings.

[GenX]

Well I did say maybe because of the renders but it sounds like this complex will have textures and nice brick treatments, like Eric pointed out.

Alright, I'm sold; I get the feeling that this building will look nice with the other brick buildings.

Should have a nice presence from I-480 too, even though it’ll be a block away.

[iamjacobm]

"Submitted
plans show redevelopment of the site with a four-story, 194-unit apartment
building above a partially submerged parking garage. The building would
contain 56 studio apartments, 115 one-bedroom apartments, and 23 twobedroom units. The parking garage would have 126 stalls. An additional
12 parking stalls would be located in an existing brick building on the east
side of the site, and 12 on-street parking stalls would be located along
Leavenworth and 27th Streets for a total of 150 stalls."

https://cityclerk.cityofomaha.org/wp-co ... 43993a.pdf

[iamjacobm]

Looks like this will be called Oxworth Apartments. More docs in front of the planning board next week.

[Brad]

Looks like this will be called Oxworth Apartments. More docs in front of the planning board next week.

Planning Documents:

https://planning.cityofomaha.org/images ... ber/06.pdf

[iamjacobm]

TIF in front of the city council next week so still moving forward here.

[iamjacobm]

There's an earthmover and construction barriers on site so this looks to be u/c.

[skinzfan23]

Its been awhile, glad to see some movement on this space.

[windsor]

I cant wait to see this one go vertical. This lot has needed some TLC for years.

[Omahaca]

Drove by today, fencing going up and large hole has been dug. The parking surface has been removed and work is active on site.

[TheSeventhBrat]

Huh. Feels like the Texas doughnut is slowly invading Omaha.

194 units with 156 parking spaces vs 271 required without TOD ain’t bad though

No, it ain't bad. I was just looking at the renderings and thinking "that shape is making its way here" more than worrying about the parking.

I like the older buildings on the one corner too, vs the typical Texas Doughnut.

I'm glad they're keeping the four-plex on 26th & Marcy. That was the first place my parents lived after they got married. My oldest sister and brother were born there.

[PotatoeEatsFish]

Huh. Feels like the Texas doughnut is slowly invading Omaha.

194 units with 156 parking spaces vs 271 required without TOD ain’t bad though

No, it ain't bad. I was just looking at the renderings and thinking "that shape is making its way here" more than worrying about the parking.

I like the older buildings on the one corner too, vs the typical Texas Doughnut.

I'm glad they're keeping the four-plex on 26th & Marcy. That was the first place my parents lived after they got married. My oldest sister and brother were born there.

See how this development actually preserved the buildings already there, planned ahead on parking instead of just throwing up a garage, and actually took time to blend in to the neighborhood? See we don’t hate new apartments/buildings, we just hate shitty developers who don’t do any work besides picking a rending from a set.

[iamjacobm]

https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/05/08 ... gical-dig/

Backhoes digging out a future apartment site in Omaha’s urban core unearthed some unexpected remnants of an old dairy factory that once distributed milk to doorsteps via horse-drawn wagons.

Among the surprises: mysterious tunnels; intact ice cream bottle lids that spilled out when a vault was struck and an entire foundation of a brick building.

“We knew there’d be debris, but not to this degree,” said Tom McLeay of Clarity Real Estate Companies, a co-developer of the 194-unit Oxworth apartment complex that will span an entire city block. “It’s almost like we’re amateur archeologists, discovering this century-old dairy foundation that hasn’t seen the light of day for 40 years.”

[iamjacobm]

Wood framing is started so as usual the progress will be more noticeable the next few months.

[Brad]

Photo Update:

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[iamjacobm]

This is pretty much framed up now. Noticeable presence from 480 and will obviously help the look of that stretch of Leavenworth.

[ita]

This was earlier this week. I wish they had planned some ground floor commercial space along Leavenworth. Otherwise, nice in-fill project for the area.

[nebport5]

This was earlier this week. I wish they had planned some ground floor commercial space along Leavenworth. Otherwise, nice in-fill project for the area.

Yes, on the other hand, maybe some of the surrounding underutilized buildings could be rehabbed towards that end. I think there are a number of buildings in this Leavenworth corridor that are being used yet for storage/light industrial use but as this area continues to transform with more multifamily housing I'd expect more commercial demand to follow. Down the street I believe the former Leavenworth Cafe still sits empty and Vintage Oasis has also shuttered.

[Brad]

Photo Update:

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[skinzfan23]

Nice update, Brad. I must have been downtown around the same time as you last night. I was thinking of taking a quick pic of this project, but yours is obviously much higher quality than mine would be.

[Brad]

Nice update, Brad. I must have been downtown around the same time as you last night. I was thinking of taking a quick pic of this project, but yours is obviously much higher quality than mine would be.

I saw it Monday when I was heading down but wanted to come back when the light was better so I go there about 8pm last night. Then my plan was to stay through dark but the clouds got too thick so I headed home.

[BIGO88]

I wonder how much life the Midwest Mattress Showroom has left in it.