2022 Development Wishlist

[GetUrban]

Wish lists are fine and all, but there is so much stuff happening now that I’m mostly content just sitting back and watching it happen.

[Louie]

Wish lists are fine and all, but there is so much stuff happening now that I’m mostly content just sitting back and watching it happen.

Sit back and wait for the dust to settle, then come up with new wish list items ha

[ita]

Of course it's no less likely (ie just as much of a fantasy) than blackrock's removal of I-480.. I'd rather see a tunnel like that of Phoenix's Deck Park Tunnel to allow for development between Midtown and East Park (or whatever they're calling it now).

You could probably do a cap from Harney to Dodge.

I don't a lot about highway caps (but I just started down a rabbit hole about them, thanks to your posts). I like this idea a lot though. Projects I have briefly looked utilize the caps for both development or public space. Public space would be the easier/cheaper option, but if you had the choice, how would you have these caps used? What kind of development would be appropriate for the area? Capping I-480 from Dodge to Harney would essentially create 3-4 city blocks worth of usable land; that's about 4-6 acres of land. There could be a little bit of both with that much land.

I mean given we're speaking in wild hypotheticals, I would want some form of public space. It would be the intersection of midtown and downtown. A new central library, some form of museum, perhaps a museum like one dedicated to Omaha/Nebraskan history more so than the more broad themes of the Durham. Don't know if I'd want residential since it is still above a highway and there are health effects there.

Yes, everything is hypothetical in this thread. Public space for sure would be nice. Turner Park is only a couple blocks away, but the west part of downtown is devoid of public space. It would be a really nice amenity for the area.

Wow, I like the central/main library suggestion. Too bad all arrows are pointing to 72nd and Dodge. Could the OPD and/or OFD HQ's be located here? I would stick them next to Dino's Storage between Dodge and Douglas. I don't know how that would work with S 28th Street being a one way. You would need the campus to span north to south so there is access to both Dodge and Douglas.

Garrett, were you in on this urban core committee strategy?

The north-south leg of I-480 is depressed where it runs between Downtown/Farnam Hill and Turner Park East/ Midtown Crossing. As such, it acts as a barrier between the adjacent neighborhoods – limiting bicycle and pedestrian crossings and negatively impacting development potential. Before streetcar tracks are installed on the Farnam Street and Harney Street bridges, the time is right to consider the construction of a LID, similar to the one proposed over Saddle Creek Road at the medical center. The east-west and northsouth street network could be reconnected, and public open space could be developed over the interstate, allowing the reconnection across the interstate to be made and adding public amenity value, which has been shown to act as a significant catalyst for redevelopment, property values, and tax revenue.

[Louie]

Its almost like Garrett is formally educated in this stuff...

[Garrett]

Garrett, were you in on this urban core committee strategy?

The north-south leg of I-480 is depressed where it runs between Downtown/Farnam Hill and Turner Park East/ Midtown Crossing. As such, it acts as a barrier between the adjacent neighborhoods – limiting bicycle and pedestrian crossings and negatively impacting development potential. Before streetcar tracks are installed on the Farnam Street and Harney Street bridges, the time is right to consider the construction of a LID, similar to the one proposed over Saddle Creek Road at the medical center. The east-west and northsouth street network could be reconnected, and public open space could be developed over the interstate, allowing the reconnection across the interstate to be made and adding public amenity value, which has been shown to act as a significant catalyst for redevelopment, property values, and tax revenue.

Hah! I was trying to remember where we discussed this

[iamjacobm]

1. GLM opens on time. A couple of months delayed but basically check.

2. Break ground on the garage and apts just west of the Cottonwood Hotel. Check

3. Get Phase 2 of the Mercantile announced. Check

4. At least one of the tower rumors shakes out. Check in a big way

5. Crossroads goes vertical. Nope

6. Lanoha's portion of Heartwood breaks ground. Nope

7. Avenue One moves from infrastructure to ground up development. Check

8. Plans announced for the land by TopGolf at Westroads. Nope

9. White Lotus gets ground broken on their hundreds of mixed-income housing scattered throughout DT and get a clearer picture of their Civic plans. Nope

10. Lots more infill announced, build baby build. Check, this was kind of an easy on though.

11. 40th and Hamilton next commercial corridor to see fresh investment. Check I guess, there is that senior affordable going in around here.

12. More detail on the 24th and Lake mixed-use development. Check

Basically hit 8/12, not bad.