Can’t find the ones where we were posting in. So here is this weeks grow Omaha updates.
Williamsburg Pizza, a traditional New York pizzeria has chosen Omaha for its first location outside New York. The award-winning restaurant currently has five New York City locations. The first Omaha store will be in a 1,600 sq. ft. space next door to an existing Jimmy John’s southwest of 168th & Harrison Street. The local franchisee eventually plans to open two or three additional Omaha stores plus locations in other markets.
Hawaiian Bros. Island Grill is expected to open its first Omaha location by the end of the year southwest of Interstate 80 & Highway 370 in Gretna. The local franchisee, DKPM Investments, eventually plans to open four Omaha locations and several others throughout Nebraska and western Iowa. Kansas City-based Hawaiian Bros. has more than 35 locations in seven states and serves “island inspired plate lunches, sides and salads.”
Netties Fine Mexican Food is going to rebuild after a December fire burned the popular restaurant to the ground, according to the Bellevue Times. The new building will be constructed on the original site at 7110 Railroad Avenue in Bellevue. A planned opening date has not yet been determined.
Jim’s Rib Haven at 3801 Ames Avenue was damaged by a fire in late March. Just like Nettie’s, this locally owned barbeque restaurant is making a come-back, according to WOWT. Refurbishing efforts are now underway inside the building.
Kaiyo Sushi is taking over the 2,700 sq. ft. former Beijing Tokyo space at 3503 Samson Way in Bellevue. Opening is planned in June.
Doozies Homemade Ice Cream & Burgers is moving into the former Jimmy’s All-American Malt Shop & Grill building at 4105 South 11th Street in Council Bluffs.
A Starbucks Coffee building is under construction at 18414 Evans Street, which is along the south side of Maple. The building sits in front of the future Fleet Farm store planned for that development.
Construction has started on a PepperJax Grill location at 204th & Laramie Road, a few blocks north of West Maple Road in the Elkhorn area.
Frank’s Pizzeria officially opened its Capitol District location earlier this week. Frank’s occupies the former Lighthouse Pizza space at 1170 Capitol Avenue.
Wonton Jon’s is getting closer to opening at 2740 North 61st Street in Benson. Interior build-out is mostly complete. It will be the first bricks-and-mortar location for this popular food truck company.
We have an official opening date for Muchachos’ new Omaha location – It’s tomorrow, Friday, May 5th. The popular New Mexican barbeque restaurant from Lincoln is located at 1258 South 13th Street in Little Bohemia.
Christian Brothers Automotive plans to build a store on a 1.024-acre site northeast of 114th & Highway 370 in Papillion’s Granite Falls development, according to Bryan Hartmann of NAI NP Dodge, who represented the seller of the land. Christian Brothers has an existing location at 173rd & West Maple Road.
Central Perch Vintage & Modern Market is holding a ribbon cutting today for its store at 105 Pearl Street in downtown Council Bluffs. The retailer sells home décor and furniture.
Over Easy, a locally owned breakfast-and-lunch restaurant at 16859 Q Street, is closing permanently on June 4th
Heartwood Preserve
The massive Applied Underwriters Headquarters is nearing completion on the south side of Heartwood Preserve (south of Pacific Street). The 4-story building will have more than 1,000 underground parking stalls. We are eagerly anticipating what the landscaping will look like when it is installed around this Class-A building.
Part of the Ovation senior living apartments on the northern portion of Heartwood Preserve was destroyed by fire last year just after it was completed. Rebuilding is about to begin.
In the northeast corner of Heartwood Preserve, closer to 144th & West Dodge Road, Gunderson’s Jewelers is building a 2-story flagship store. Just behind it will be an upscale cigar bar. To the east of Gunderson’s, construction is coming along on a Charleston’s Restaurant and A Mahogany Prime Steakhouse. These restaurants are relocating from 137th & West Dodge Road. The land right along 144th Street in front of these restaurants will include a free-standing Starbuck’s and a strip center with a Little King Deli Subs.
Lakeside Hills
The Lakeside retail development has three new projects underway. Chase Bank is under construction in front of Baker’s Supermarket. To the east, Rocket Carwash is expected to replace a former Arby’s building. A new indoor entertainment and recreation venue known as Sparetime Entertainment is taking over the 50,000 sq. ft. former Gordman’s store.
204th Street Corridor
Coventry Pointe is a mixed-use development at 6249 Coventry Drive and is very similar to the Prairie Queen development in Papillion. The Rows of Coventry at 207th & West Q Road is a large multi-family development in the far northwest corner of the mile-long Coventry development. On the south side of Coventry, utility work is underway for a Children’s Hospital & Medical Center clinic to be built near 205th & Harrison Street.
The North Streams mixed-use development, is going up northeast of 204th & Q Street. Plans call for up to 500 apartment units on the site plus single-family houses.
The Lueder Construction Project of the Month
The View on 39th is being built on a long-vacant site on the northwest corner of 39th & Dodge Street. The project will have two floors of underground parking with four floors of apartments on top. It will have 136 apartment units and 88 underground parking stalls. Building amenities will include a courtyard, community room and rooftop pool.
Northwest Omaha Development
Construction has gone vertical on a Burger Detour restaurant at 182nd & West Maple Road. On the northwest corner of 168th & Fort Street, The Westline at Flanagan Lake is a 237-unit apartment complex with great views of the lake.
A Guatemalan Consulate is set to open in Omaha soon, according to WOWT. Once it does, it will be Omaha’s second new Latin American consulate to open this year. El Salvador opened a consulate in March at 11422 Miracle Hills Drive. Mexico has had an Omaha consulate for many years. The number of Guatemalans in Omaha increased 50 percent between 2010 and 2020. The closest existing Guatemalan consulates are in Chicago and Denver.
The Omaha Public Library’s new downtown branch at 1401 Jones Street will officially open to the public on May 21st.
A developer is planning to tear down an outdated, 48,000 sq. ft. office building at 7101 Mercy Road and replace it with a 4-story, 200-unit, market-rate apartment building. A new, 5-story parking structure would also be built on the 3.15-acre site. Construction is expected to begin March 2024 with completion September 2025.
NewStreet Properties and Darland Construction recently broke ground on a 400,000 sq. ft. warehouse in the new Gretna Logistics Park southeast of Interstate 80 & Highway 31. The building will have 36-foot ceilings, precast walls and a cross-docking system. When completed, the 170-acre development will be Omaha’s largest contiguous industrial park with more than 2 million sq. ft. under roof. The first building should be competed March 2024.
Tommy’s Express Car Wash plans to build a location southeast of 180th & Harrison Street. Construction is already coming along on a Tommy’s between Panera and Costco near 124th & West Dodge Road.
An urban infill project is planned for the northwest corner of 13th & Pine Street in Little Bohemia. The site is comprised of three parcels totaling half an acre and includes the former Ethnic Sandwich Shop, which would be demolished. Plans call for 5-story building with 59 apartment units and 5,400 sq. ft. of ground-level commercial space.
Last year was a record breaker for Tax Increment Financing loans, according to the Omaha World-Herald. The City of Omaha approved $159 million in TIF, a financing tool used to encourage private investment in areas needing housing and revitalization. Over the previous seven years, TIF averaged $42.3 million per year. Two projects – Mutual of Omaha’s 44-story office building and Warhorse Gaming’s planned casino – accounted for 54 percent of the total 2022 TIF money.
Sign of the Times – Crews started installing “Charles Schwab” signage this week on the 12-story, former TD Ameritrade building in Old Mill. Schwab acquired Omaha-based TD Ameritrade in 2020.
Berkshire Hathaway’s first quarter earnings release will be posted online Saturday at 7:00 a.m. Prior to Berkshire’s annual shareholders meeting Saturday in Omaha, Warren Buffett, Berkshire’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Charlie Munger, Berkshire’s Vice Chairman, Greg Abel, Vice Chairman Non-Insurance Operations and Ajit Jain, Vice Chairman Insurance Operations, will hold a question-and-answer session, which will be broadcast on CNBC beginning at 9:00 a.m.
For a third straight month, the Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, a leading economic indicator for the nine-state region stretching from Minnesota to Arkansas, expanded above growth neutral in April. The index, which ranges from 0 to 100 (with 50.0 representing growth neutral), climbed to 54.8 from 50.8 in March.
King’s Home Kreations has opened a showroom at 20330 Veteran’s Drive. The locally owned “resurfacing” business specializes in kitchen and bathroom “face lifts.”
Green Plains Inc. has announced financial results for the first quarter of 2023. Net loss attributable to the company was $70.3 million, or ($1.20) per basic and diluted share compared to net loss attributable to the company of $61.5 million or ($1.16) per basic and diluted share, for the same period in 2022. Revenues were $832.9 million for the first quarter of 2023 compared with $781.4 million for the same period last year. EBITDA of ($27.7) million compared to ($27.8) million for the same period in the prior year.
Union Pacific Railroad, CN and GMXT have teamed up to create Falcon Premium intermodal service, a “best-in-class Mexico-US-Canada service with a seamless rail connection in Chicago.” It will directly connect all CN origin points within Canada and Detroit to GMXT terminals in Mexico: Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, and Silao, Guanajuato. “This service will directly benefit intermodal customers shipping automotive parts, food, FAK (freight all kinds), home appliances, and temperature-controlled products.”
Integrated Windows will open a gallery showroom at 12434 Westport Parkway in La Vista’s Southport West area in June. The Omaha-based company offers a full suite of Hunter Douglas window treatments.
Engineering News-Record has ranked Omaha-based HDR #6 among top design firms. It’s the ninth straight year, HDR has been ranked in the top 10. Standings are based on company annual revenue. HDR’s 2022 design revenue was $2.8 billion.
Werner Enterprises, Inc. has reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023. Total revenues for the quarter were $832.7 million, an increase of $68.1 million compared to the prior year quarter, due to Truckload Transportation Services revenue growth of $29.9 million and Logistics revenue growth of $39.7 million.
McArthur Company leased 30,000 sq. ft. of industrial space at 4444 South 94th Street. In business since 1913, McArthur Company is a building materials supplier. John Meyer and Ed Petsche of NAI NP Dodge represented the landlord.
Williamsburg Pizza, a traditional New York pizzeria has chosen Omaha for its first location outside New York. The award-winning restaurant currently has five New York City locations. The first Omaha store will be in a 1,600 sq. ft. space next door to an existing Jimmy John’s southwest of 168th & Harrison Street. The local franchisee eventually plans to open two or three additional Omaha stores plus locations in other markets.
Hawaiian Bros. Island Grill is expected to open its first Omaha location by the end of the year southwest of Interstate 80 & Highway 370 in Gretna. The local franchisee, DKPM Investments, eventually plans to open four Omaha locations and several others throughout Nebraska and western Iowa. Kansas City-based Hawaiian Bros. has more than 35 locations in seven states and serves “island inspired plate lunches, sides and salads.”
Netties Fine Mexican Food is going to rebuild after a December fire burned the popular restaurant to the ground, according to the Bellevue Times. The new building will be constructed on the original site at 7110 Railroad Avenue in Bellevue. A planned opening date has not yet been determined.
Jim’s Rib Haven at 3801 Ames Avenue was damaged by a fire in late March. Just like Nettie’s, this locally owned barbeque restaurant is making a come-back, according to WOWT. Refurbishing efforts are now underway inside the building.
Kaiyo Sushi is taking over the 2,700 sq. ft. former Beijing Tokyo space at 3503 Samson Way in Bellevue. Opening is planned in June.
Doozies Homemade Ice Cream & Burgers is moving into the former Jimmy’s All-American Malt Shop & Grill building at 4105 South 11th Street in Council Bluffs.
A Starbucks Coffee building is under construction at 18414 Evans Street, which is along the south side of Maple. The building sits in front of the future Fleet Farm store planned for that development.
Construction has started on a PepperJax Grill location at 204th & Laramie Road, a few blocks north of West Maple Road in the Elkhorn area.
Frank’s Pizzeria officially opened its Capitol District location earlier this week. Frank’s occupies the former Lighthouse Pizza space at 1170 Capitol Avenue.
Wonton Jon’s is getting closer to opening at 2740 North 61st Street in Benson. Interior build-out is mostly complete. It will be the first bricks-and-mortar location for this popular food truck company.
We have an official opening date for Muchachos’ new Omaha location – It’s tomorrow, Friday, May 5th. The popular New Mexican barbeque restaurant from Lincoln is located at 1258 South 13th Street in Little Bohemia.
Christian Brothers Automotive plans to build a store on a 1.024-acre site northeast of 114th & Highway 370 in Papillion’s Granite Falls development, according to Bryan Hartmann of NAI NP Dodge, who represented the seller of the land. Christian Brothers has an existing location at 173rd & West Maple Road.
Central Perch Vintage & Modern Market is holding a ribbon cutting today for its store at 105 Pearl Street in downtown Council Bluffs. The retailer sells home décor and furniture.
Over Easy, a locally owned breakfast-and-lunch restaurant at 16859 Q Street, is closing permanently on June 4th
Heartwood Preserve
The massive Applied Underwriters Headquarters is nearing completion on the south side of Heartwood Preserve (south of Pacific Street). The 4-story building will have more than 1,000 underground parking stalls. We are eagerly anticipating what the landscaping will look like when it is installed around this Class-A building.
Part of the Ovation senior living apartments on the northern portion of Heartwood Preserve was destroyed by fire last year just after it was completed. Rebuilding is about to begin.
In the northeast corner of Heartwood Preserve, closer to 144th & West Dodge Road, Gunderson’s Jewelers is building a 2-story flagship store. Just behind it will be an upscale cigar bar. To the east of Gunderson’s, construction is coming along on a Charleston’s Restaurant and A Mahogany Prime Steakhouse. These restaurants are relocating from 137th & West Dodge Road. The land right along 144th Street in front of these restaurants will include a free-standing Starbuck’s and a strip center with a Little King Deli Subs.
Lakeside Hills
The Lakeside retail development has three new projects underway. Chase Bank is under construction in front of Baker’s Supermarket. To the east, Rocket Carwash is expected to replace a former Arby’s building. A new indoor entertainment and recreation venue known as Sparetime Entertainment is taking over the 50,000 sq. ft. former Gordman’s store.
204th Street Corridor
Coventry Pointe is a mixed-use development at 6249 Coventry Drive and is very similar to the Prairie Queen development in Papillion. The Rows of Coventry at 207th & West Q Road is a large multi-family development in the far northwest corner of the mile-long Coventry development. On the south side of Coventry, utility work is underway for a Children’s Hospital & Medical Center clinic to be built near 205th & Harrison Street.
The North Streams mixed-use development, is going up northeast of 204th & Q Street. Plans call for up to 500 apartment units on the site plus single-family houses.
The Lueder Construction Project of the Month
The View on 39th is being built on a long-vacant site on the northwest corner of 39th & Dodge Street. The project will have two floors of underground parking with four floors of apartments on top. It will have 136 apartment units and 88 underground parking stalls. Building amenities will include a courtyard, community room and rooftop pool.
Northwest Omaha Development
Construction has gone vertical on a Burger Detour restaurant at 182nd & West Maple Road. On the northwest corner of 168th & Fort Street, The Westline at Flanagan Lake is a 237-unit apartment complex with great views of the lake.
A Guatemalan Consulate is set to open in Omaha soon, according to WOWT. Once it does, it will be Omaha’s second new Latin American consulate to open this year. El Salvador opened a consulate in March at 11422 Miracle Hills Drive. Mexico has had an Omaha consulate for many years. The number of Guatemalans in Omaha increased 50 percent between 2010 and 2020. The closest existing Guatemalan consulates are in Chicago and Denver.
The Omaha Public Library’s new downtown branch at 1401 Jones Street will officially open to the public on May 21st.
A developer is planning to tear down an outdated, 48,000 sq. ft. office building at 7101 Mercy Road and replace it with a 4-story, 200-unit, market-rate apartment building. A new, 5-story parking structure would also be built on the 3.15-acre site. Construction is expected to begin March 2024 with completion September 2025.
NewStreet Properties and Darland Construction recently broke ground on a 400,000 sq. ft. warehouse in the new Gretna Logistics Park southeast of Interstate 80 & Highway 31. The building will have 36-foot ceilings, precast walls and a cross-docking system. When completed, the 170-acre development will be Omaha’s largest contiguous industrial park with more than 2 million sq. ft. under roof. The first building should be competed March 2024.
Tommy’s Express Car Wash plans to build a location southeast of 180th & Harrison Street. Construction is already coming along on a Tommy’s between Panera and Costco near 124th & West Dodge Road.
An urban infill project is planned for the northwest corner of 13th & Pine Street in Little Bohemia. The site is comprised of three parcels totaling half an acre and includes the former Ethnic Sandwich Shop, which would be demolished. Plans call for 5-story building with 59 apartment units and 5,400 sq. ft. of ground-level commercial space.
Last year was a record breaker for Tax Increment Financing loans, according to the Omaha World-Herald. The City of Omaha approved $159 million in TIF, a financing tool used to encourage private investment in areas needing housing and revitalization. Over the previous seven years, TIF averaged $42.3 million per year. Two projects – Mutual of Omaha’s 44-story office building and Warhorse Gaming’s planned casino – accounted for 54 percent of the total 2022 TIF money.
Sign of the Times – Crews started installing “Charles Schwab” signage this week on the 12-story, former TD Ameritrade building in Old Mill. Schwab acquired Omaha-based TD Ameritrade in 2020.
Berkshire Hathaway’s first quarter earnings release will be posted online Saturday at 7:00 a.m. Prior to Berkshire’s annual shareholders meeting Saturday in Omaha, Warren Buffett, Berkshire’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Charlie Munger, Berkshire’s Vice Chairman, Greg Abel, Vice Chairman Non-Insurance Operations and Ajit Jain, Vice Chairman Insurance Operations, will hold a question-and-answer session, which will be broadcast on CNBC beginning at 9:00 a.m.
For a third straight month, the Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, a leading economic indicator for the nine-state region stretching from Minnesota to Arkansas, expanded above growth neutral in April. The index, which ranges from 0 to 100 (with 50.0 representing growth neutral), climbed to 54.8 from 50.8 in March.
King’s Home Kreations has opened a showroom at 20330 Veteran’s Drive. The locally owned “resurfacing” business specializes in kitchen and bathroom “face lifts.”
Green Plains Inc. has announced financial results for the first quarter of 2023. Net loss attributable to the company was $70.3 million, or ($1.20) per basic and diluted share compared to net loss attributable to the company of $61.5 million or ($1.16) per basic and diluted share, for the same period in 2022. Revenues were $832.9 million for the first quarter of 2023 compared with $781.4 million for the same period last year. EBITDA of ($27.7) million compared to ($27.8) million for the same period in the prior year.
Union Pacific Railroad, CN and GMXT have teamed up to create Falcon Premium intermodal service, a “best-in-class Mexico-US-Canada service with a seamless rail connection in Chicago.” It will directly connect all CN origin points within Canada and Detroit to GMXT terminals in Mexico: Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, and Silao, Guanajuato. “This service will directly benefit intermodal customers shipping automotive parts, food, FAK (freight all kinds), home appliances, and temperature-controlled products.”
Integrated Windows will open a gallery showroom at 12434 Westport Parkway in La Vista’s Southport West area in June. The Omaha-based company offers a full suite of Hunter Douglas window treatments.
Engineering News-Record has ranked Omaha-based HDR #6 among top design firms. It’s the ninth straight year, HDR has been ranked in the top 10. Standings are based on company annual revenue. HDR’s 2022 design revenue was $2.8 billion.
Werner Enterprises, Inc. has reported results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023. Total revenues for the quarter were $832.7 million, an increase of $68.1 million compared to the prior year quarter, due to Truckload Transportation Services revenue growth of $29.9 million and Logistics revenue growth of $39.7 million.
McArthur Company leased 30,000 sq. ft. of industrial space at 4444 South 94th Street. In business since 1913, McArthur Company is a building materials supplier. John Meyer and Ed Petsche of NAI NP Dodge represented the landlord.
