KCRag Forum

$50+ million development announced for the North Downtown neighborhood near TD Ameritrade Park. "The Yard" is a 400 space parking lot that is right across from "The Slowdown" development. It has long been bemoaned as a huge hurdle to the areas further development basically it cou...

Hudl, a Lincoln-based sports software company, opens Omaha office; will offer $10K bonuses to anyone hired in May Very happy to see them looking to add 40+ tec based employees downtown. We needed some good vibes after the MindMixer news and just the other day Pacific Life announced they are leaving...

Yeah stuff happens. They really didn't make out with much, no electronics at all. Just kind of uncomfortable to wear the same clothes for 2 days! This was the first time I went into the city in a few years. Had always been short trips either to a concert venue then right back out or out to the K and...

Well some good with some bad. Friday was awesome at the soccer game. Tons of people and a great atmosphere. Impressive outlet area as well, glad the same developer is doing our new one. Saturday started out great bar hopping Westport getting lunch and watching college football. That area was lively ...

...and the Kill Devil Club is similar with a broader spectrum of music (in the P&L) with a great rum-driven cocktail menu (they have other things also): http://www.killdevilclub.com/index.cfm?page=events Funny that the band playing there on the 12th is from Omaha. I have probably seen them a ha...

I am heading down from Omaha for a 3 day 2 night mini vacation this weekend. USA Jamaica soccer game on Friday and Chiefs game Sunday so those days are accounted for. Saturday is wide open. The two of us are staying at the DT Marriott. Anything particularly interesting happening on the 12th with in ...

The Capitol District project is in front of the City Council for their $35 million TIF request. The $200 million project includes 350 hotel rooms, 250 apartment units, 140K sq ft of office space, 100K sq ft of retail space and 750 parking spaces. It will create 1000 construction jobs during the buil...

Some solid development for Omaha right now. These 3 are in the downtown/Old Market area the two apartment buildings are directly west of the Old Market and the Hyatt Place is smack in the middle of it. 75 unit 5 floor apartment building going up. Broke ground a few weeks ago. http://i.imgur.com/seZH...

Proposed UNO hockey, basketball and volleyball arena. Supposed to hold 7500 and be built on campus.

New Gavilon Headquarters 5 floors 131,225 sq foot building.

Lerner Building, which has been vacant since 95, is going to get redone including a 3 floor addition. ~40 units with street level retail.

My son and I went to the CWS this year....stayed in a hotel at Carter Lake a min or two from downtown. Loved my experience at the stadium...walked west through downtown to the Old Market area taking in the little pond park and view of the highrises. My whole perception (where have I seen that word ...

Another Omaha project as well. 110 unit office conversion.

It's the announced development for this parking lot across from the arena and next to the awful elevated 480. This lot if you recognize it. http://capitoldistrictomaha.com/blog/wp-content/gallery/capitol-district/dsc03813.jpg 350 hotel rooms, 280 apartment units, 61,000+ retail space $176 million. I...

Also there are talks of a new low rise corporate HQ building downtown. Gavilon currently leases space on Conagra's campus, but is looking at building its own structure downtown with a large per floor sq footage in order to accommodate their trading floor operations. The mayor publicly stated that th...

Finally another crane in downtown Omaha. Up for the Hyatt Place u/c.

I couldn't image the meltdown Omaha residents would have if NFM moved it's HQ. A lot of chicken littles here.

Nice!

Recently broke ground on the new Old Market Hyatt Place. http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AFTP_BUSINESSWIRE_LIVE/ViewMedia_312274_original.jpg http://www.bradwilliamsphotography.com/images/IMG_0585.jpg Also the historic Barker Building is set to be renovated into 48 apartments and ground ret...