Creighton Prep Bell Tower

[iamjacobm]

Prep looking to build a 120 foot tall bell tower along with a 52K Sf expansion/renovation on the NW end of the building.

https://planning.cityofomaha.org/images ... ber/26.pdf

[iamjacobm]

[GetUrban]

Wow. That's a bold move.

The scale of the vertical supports look bulky enough to support a 900' tower, in my opinion.

I wonder if they'll lease out space for cellular equipment in the top. That's not an uncommon way to help pay for towers these days.

[obvious2677]

Wow. That's a bold move.

The scale of the vertical supports look bulky enough to support a 900' tower, in my opinion.

I wonder if they'll lease out space for cellular equipment in the top. That's not an uncommon way to help pay for towers these days.

The $16 million expansion is called the Lannon Learning Complex - named after former Prep and Creighton University President, Timothy Lannon. Prep alum Scott Heider and his wife (Cindy, on Prep's board of directors) fronted $8 million and are in charge of raising the additional $8 million. The rest of the expansion includes student support services - supporting "the educational, emotional, psychological and socioeconomic needs of each student." They moved a vice principal over to head the entire thing and hired a handful of new counselors/support staff. It'll be done prior to the 2019-20 school year.

More information and a handful of additional renderings are in their summer magazine - https://creightonprep.creighton.edu/upl ... _issue.pdf