Borders Closing

Fromaha · Post by **Fromaha** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:19 am

http://www.omaha.com/article/20110719/M ... st-chapter

Now that Borders will be closing all its remaining 399 stores, I can't help but wonder what will take its place, especially at the 72nd and Dodge Street location. That is such a prime location, but I wonder what kind of business, if any, would fit in that building. Maybe some of the development from University Village will help.

riceweb · Post by **riceweb** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:34 am

Omaha By Design's rendering had a mid-rise apartment/condo building going there. Not sure if any residential developers would be interested in the space.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:39 am

riceweb wrote:Omaha By Design's rendering had a mid-rise apartment/condo building going there. Not sure if any residential developers would be interested in the space.

The area is "blighted" now. Developers can get TIF funding much easier so I wouldn't be surprised if a developer looks at redeveloping that corner in the intermediate future.

Fromaha · Post by **Fromaha** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:41 am

Sounds good. Maybe with a skywalk across Dodge to another new building on the northwest corner. Seems like the perfect time to redevelop that whole area.

Melissa · Post by **Melissa** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:48 am

I wonder how receptive some of the businesses in that area would be to moving across the street to a re-developed Crossroads (Verizon, Pearl Vision, Pier 1, Five Guys, etc.)? This could be a great opportunity to re-grade and redevelop several blocks in that area.

Jaybird · Post by **Jaybird** » Thu May 31, 2012 1:34 pm

Well, that's a relief. I'd heard a few months ago from someone who works at Trader Joe's that TJs was looking seriously at that space, but God knows there's such a gaping, yawning WalMart void between 99th & Military and 156th & Maple that we desperately need another WalMart in there instead. In fact, I'm not sure one WalMart's enough to fill that six-mile WalMart-less corridor, especially since there's no place to buy groceries around there--unless you count two Hy Vees, two Bakers, a Bag n Save, and Super Target.

Sorry my virgin post is so snarky but I'm bummed that Trader Joe's isn't moving in there and, man, I hate Wal Mart and how they're taking over Omaha, along with CVS.

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Thu May 31, 2012 1:56 pm

I see that there's still bitterness over the 49er being torn down.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Thu May 31, 2012 6:56 pm

jessep28 wrote:I see that there's still bitterness over the 49er being torn down.

Yeah, but if they would have built a Trader Joe's instead of another crappy CVS, I'll bet there would be a lot less frustration.