Plans that would have seen 100 rowhouse-style homes built in Omaha have been downsized.
The Omaha Planning Board unanimously approved plans to downsize the Uptown District, which would redevelop multiple sites across the city.
The original plan was approved in 2015, with revisions made in 2017. The revised plan approved Wednesday by the Planning Board would eliminate six parcels. Documents sent to the board said that changes in market conditions no longer favor for-sale town-home units in the area.
Two of the six parcels being removed from the plan are being redeveloped as a separate project dubbed The Digs. The project would see an apartment building built at 522 S. 31st St. and 522 S. Park Ave.
Two other parcels would be donated to the nonprofit inCOMMON.
The board also recommended approval of two other developments that sought tax-increment financing. Those projects are:
» A four-story apartment building that would be built at the corner of 30th and Leavenworth Streets after the existing building there is demolished.
The apartment building would have 73 units for rent. Prices would start at $1,188 for a studio and go up to $1,973 for a two-bedroom unit.
The building would include a fitness studio, yoga room, bicycle storage, coffee bar and common gathering areas.
Developers expect to start construction in April 2023, wrapping up by July 2024.
Developers are asking for $1.8 million in tax-increment financing for the $18 million project.
» A building near 24th and Laird Streets would undergo extensive rehabilitation and construction of a small addition.
The building would have three apartments — one one-bedroom and two two-bedroom units — on the second floor. A commercial kitchen, office space and community event space would be on the first floor.
Officials expect to start construction in October, with the project complete by July 2023.
Developers are asking for $203,000 in tax-increment financing for the nearly $2.2 million project.
All the projects now go to the Omaha City Council for final approval.
Our best Omaha staff photos & videos of October 2022
A team from the Midwest Archaeological Center uses ground penetrating radar and other equipment to determine if human remains are buried where detection dogs previously signaled the site of a potential burial ground for children who died while at the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Photographed near the site of the school, bordering the Loup River Power Canal in Genoa, Neb., on Thursday.
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Cooper Driever, 10, of Plattsmouth, watches the Illinois vs. Nebraska football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Saturday. Illinois won the game 26-9.
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Nebraska's Casey Thompson (11) is hit during their game on Saturday in Lincoln. Thompson was taken out of the game for an injury to his right arm after the play.
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Blaine Beckmann with Seal-Rite, uses spray foam to insulate a home in Elkhorn on Wednesday.
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Work continues on Heartland of America Park and Lewis & Clark Landing, with the skate ribbon visible on the bottom right, on Thursday.
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Marian's Maddia Groff (3) celebrates scoring the winning run during the Class A State Softball Championship game against Gretna on Friday.
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A sculpture and amphitheater of the newly renovated Gene Leahy Mall is visible through the partially demolished W. Dale Clark Library, located, 215 S 15th St, on Thursday.
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Kearney’s Asher Saulsbury reacts after conceding a point during his championship match against Lincoln East’s Hunter Nelson at Koch Tennis Center in Omaha on Friday.
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Ice coats blades of grass at Memorial Park early Tuesday morning as Omaha set a new record low of 19 degrees according to the National Weather Service.
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Lincoln East’s Hunter Nelson returns the ball during his championship match against Kearney Asher Saulsbury at Koch Tennis Center in Omaha on Friday.
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Millard South’s Grant Renken (left) tries to catch a pass while pressured by Omaha Westside’s Nick Anglim (center) and Teddy Rezac during overtime in their game at Westside High School in Omaha on Thursday.
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Breyan Lovejoy (left) and Kaleb Sheridan sing and drum with other members of the White Eagle Club during the Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration at Josyln Castle & Gardens in Omaha on Monday.
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Kane Sheridan, of the White Eagle Club Dancers, dances during the Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration at Josyln Castle & Gardens in Omaha on Monday.
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Members of the White Eagle Club Dancers perform during the Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration at Josyln Castle & Gardens in Omaha on Monday.
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Nebraska's Trey Palmer (3) celebrates with teammates after his touchdown during their game on Friday in Piscataway.
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Nebraska's Casey Thompson (11) warms up ahead of the Nebraska vs. Rutgers football game in Piscataway on Friday.
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Papio South’s Kenzie Dyrstad dives for the ball during their match against Skyview Idaho during the Girls Volleyball Invitational at Papillion-La Vista South High School on Friday.
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Marion Burse sings along to “Lift Every Voice and Sing” at the ceremony.
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Sarah Walker, Creighton University Vice President for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, speaks during Friday's ceremony.
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Owner Angie Norman in the garden at Dahlia House, her Airbnb in Benson. “It’s like you are watching a show,” Norman said. “It’s just full of life.”
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Creighton Head Coach Jim Flanery watches his team practice at Sokol Arena on Tuesday.
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Creighton's Kennedy Townsend poses for a portrait at Creighton's Championship Center on Tuesday.
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Creighton's Arthur Kaluma poses for a portrait at Creighton's Championship Center on Tuesday.
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Nebraska's Ty Robinson (99) celebrates a sack of Indiana's Connor Bazelak (9) in the Indiana vs. Nebraska football game in Lincoln on Saturday. Nebraska won the game 35-21.
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Nebraska's Nick Henrich tackles Indiana's Javon Swinton during their game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
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Nebraska's Anthony Grant fumbles the ball which was recovered by Nebraska's Brody Belt during the second half of their game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
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Nebraska's Luke Reimer intercepts the ball after tackling Indiana's Javon Swinton during the second half of their game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
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Nebraska's Nick Henrich tackles Indiana's Donaven McCulley during the second half of their game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
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Nebraska's Luke Reimer and Grant Tagge celebrate after Reimer broke up a pass to get a stop during the second half of their game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
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Nebraska's Nick Henrich celebrates after tackling Indiana's Donaven McCulley during the second half of their game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
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Ice coats blades of grass at Memorial Park early Tuesday morning as Omaha set a new record low of 19 degrees according to the National Weather Service.
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Nebraska's Chubba Purdy (6) is brought down by Indiana's Louis Moore (20) and Cam Jones (4) in the Indiana vs. Nebraska football game in Lincoln on Saturday. Purdy fumbled the ball, and it was recovered for a touchdown by Indiana.
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Nebraska's Marques Buford Jr., left, tackles Indiana's Andison Coby after he had a four-yard reception in the second quarter on Saturday.
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Mila Friedman, 4, is tossed in the air and caught by her dad, Sebastian Friedman, of Lincoln, while tailgating ahead of the Indiana vs. Nebraska football game in Lincoln on Saturday.
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Gretna's Cameron Bothwell (99) smiles with teammates after his game-winning field goal in the Bellevue West vs. Gretna football game at Gretna High School on Friday. Gretna won the game 40-37.
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From left, triplets Morgan, Maddie and Megan Moore wait for customers at Corn Crib Coffee. The coffee shop in a former corn crib is getting a lot of traction on social media.
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People hold their phones to get photos of the first plane to land at Offutt Air Force Base, a TC-135 following an 18-month runway reconstruction that cost more than $200 million on Friday, September 30, 2022.
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Lt. Col. Ryan Davis brings his new son, Beckett, to see the new runway at Offutt Air Force Base on Friday.
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