Joe Medakovich, president of the Corey-McKenzie Co., confirmed this week that the 99-year-old office supply business will close June 30.
Besides the retail store, Corey-McKenzie had a basement print shop that did work for local companies such as Auto Mart.
Medakovich sold the business to Pay-Less Office Products Inc., a 21-year-old, locally owned company at 13467 Chandler Road. The Harney Street building is for sale, he said. Medakovich will work for Pay-Less, as will some of his employees, he said.
Siobhan Kozisek, owner of Sirens salon at 1105 Howard St. and president of the Old Market Business Association, said the 1405 Harney property could provide a retail opportunity for a buyer.
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Yeah this building is primed for rehab. With this and the other next door bay empty, hopefully we see some new retail or something else in there. The upper floors would make for some nice apartments.
I agree with the1wags. Â Combine both buildings, apartments or condos above, street level retail, and you have a great project.
Always a business-oriented city hungry for growth and focused on development with laser intensity, Omaha aimed high, reached for momentum and found critical mass.
the1wags wrote:Yeah this building is primed for rehab. With this and the other next door bay empty, hopefully we see some new retail or something else in there. The upper floors would make for some nice apartments.
1405 Harney LLC is asking $600+k TIF to rehab building, ground floor commercial/retail, and 18 market rate apartments, mostly one room units. (Combined with 1407)
This project epitomizes the trend that I love in Omaha.. To be able to take a building thats in pretty shoddy shape and transform it into what this project did is just incredible.. I don't think it would be possible to build a new building as awesome as this building is today and I'm sure this was much cheaper that starting over and building new..
TitosBuritoBarn wrote:Anyone have an idea if they'll add back the missing piece of that decorative roof thing? Seems to have been missing for a long time.
I had always thought this building was either chopped or added to at some point in history. Â I actually kind of like the roofline as it is now, makes it interesting and different.
I would love to see something like the 12th and Howard apartment building go on that parking lot on the side now.
iamjacobm wrote:I had always thought this building was either chopped or added to at some point in history. I actually kind of like the roofline as it is now, makes it interesting and different.
I would love to see something like the 12th and Howard apartment building go on that parking lot on the side now.
If you look at the east side, it looks like they tore down a building where that parking lot is. Â It appears that they cut all the steel beams.
Coyote wrote:Anyone have a pic on what decorative roof is being talked about?
Look at the "after" in skinzfan23 post above. The dark area at the top on the left.
So that went all the way across?
Not sure. Â I was looking through my Omaha history books and I haven't found it yet. Â I thought it would be in building for the ages, but I don't see it.
Here is a link to the National Register nomination. Â The whole thing is original - all one building. Â The building next door was torn down in the 1960s - Pacific Hotel. Â There are photos at the Durham.
Here is a link to the National Register nomination. The whole thing is original - all one building. The building next door was torn down in the 1960s - Pacific Hotel. There are photos at the Durham.
Thanks for the link....very interesting history of the building and Omaha. Â
Does anyone know how to post one of the pictures from the article showing the building. Â They are all pdf format and I am not sure how or if we can.
Some of the nicest looking Downtown apartments? Not sure if they are apartments.. either way it never hurts living in the same building that W&W is in that's for sure!
