Jeffrey Robb
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER wrote:A row-house-style apartment project could replace a parking lot between Joslyn Art Museum and Creighton University.
Tetrad Development Corp. is proposing a $10 million project to build 82 apartments and a corner retail site northeast of 24th and Davenport Streets.
Jeffrey Robb
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER wrote:It would have 60 one-bedroom apartments and 22 two-bedroom units — all renting at market rates, Mohlman said.
Jeffrey Robb
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER wrote:The buildings would be designed in an urban row house style. Two apartment buildings along 24th Street would be three stories high, and a building along Davenport Street would be four stories tall.
Jeffrey Robb
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER wrote:The developer would like to finish construction by late summer 2011.
This is a wonderful announcement -- new construction of urban, market rate apartments built on former parking lots with a corner retail space.
As the article mentions, this helps kick off development of the Joslyn District, as proposed in the Downtown Master Plan.
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"The right to have access to every building in the city by private motorcar in an age when everyone possesses such a vehicle is actually the right to destroy the city."
Lewis Mumford, The Highway and the City, 1963
This great, just wonder where Central students will park now since that is currently a lot for students. Not a big deal though urban fill is always good.
Choleric wrote:This great, just wonder where Central students will park now since that is currently a lot for students. Not a big deal though urban fill is always good.
That was my thought, too. Back when I attended Central, a decent amount of kids parked in that lot.
However, this is an awesome development. I hope it sees the light of day.
Wow, that looks like an awesome infill project! Â The site layout looks great too, with street-fronted buildings, parking behind them and some nice green space too. Â The rendering isn't too bad either; the architecture looks a bit like 22 Floors or even the Holland. Â After graduating from Illinois, the schools here look like community colleges with deserts of parking around a few oddly-arranged buildings. Â I would expect this to do well for students who want to live on/near campus.
DTO Luv wrote:My old place, The Rorick, has seen a huge influx of CU kids. I can only imagine that this will be much of the same. TipTop has to love this.
Everytime I've mentioned TipTop to people in Omha, they say that its a nonstop party. Â I don't know how factual it is though (some of these people live WAY out west).
DTO Luv wrote:My old place, The Rorick, has seen a huge influx of CU kids. I can only imagine that this will be much of the same. TipTop has to love this.
What exactly do you mean by that? Â If you're saying it will hurt the number of students in Tip Tip I can't see it. Â There is virtually 0 close off campus housing for Creighton students as it is. Â Most of them drive to campus from all across town if they want to live off campus.
Seth wrote: (some of these people live WAY out west).
Figures. With all of the non-stop partying from the student many people avoided the place because they didn't want to live in a dorm with a bunch of rich kids living off mommy and daddy. TopTop is not what I would call ideal for most college students but this project is.
ShawJ wrote:On the map Coyote posted, it looks like there's room for a parking garage just to the left of the bigger one. Easier said than done, of course.
Both those parking garages are already there and restricted to residents of their respective buildings. Both barely qualify as true garages - the Heider one has maybe 20 spaces, most of which are claimed by the staff/Jesuits that live there. All told there are maybe 40 spots for the building (counting the 20 or so street level spots above the garage), and at least when I was there plenty of people ended up parking on the street. Capitol Hill's garage is bigger and covers the needs of most of its residents, though I'm not 100% sure of that. And it's still only a 2 story garage, as well (the covered story being underground, upper level being exposed like a normal parking lot)
Like I said, the new apartments are probably a good plan overall, but parking is going to be a serious pain in the |expletive|, especially for central students.
ShawJ wrote:On the map Coyote posted, it looks like there's room for a parking garage just to the left of the bigger one. Easier said than done, of course.
Both those parking garages are already there and restricted to residents of their respective buildings. Both barely qualify as true garages - the Heider one has maybe 20 spaces, most of which are claimed by the staff/Jesuits that live there. All told there are maybe 40 spots for the building (counting the 20 or so street level spots above the garage), and at least when I was there plenty of people ended up parking on the street. Capitol Hill's garage is bigger and covers the needs of most of its residents, though I'm not 100% sure of that. And it's still only a 2 story garage, as well (the covered story being underground, upper level being exposed like a normal parking lot)
Like I said, the new apartments are probably a good plan overall, but parking is going to be a serious pain in the |expletive|, especially for central students.
I meant that it looks like they could add another one in that spot to the left of Capitol Hill's parking garage. But it doesn't look like it could be very large.
They look pretty nice. Â The modern architecture reminds me of Soma. Â Even though they're just three floors, the style and street-fronted layout really give it an attractive, urban, walkable feel. Â I don't think people realize how much appearance affects a neighborhood. Â Thank goodness they're not some of those atrocious vinyl-sided and white brick abominations that dot most college campus areas.
I'm also surprised the contract drawings are publicly hosted.
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