Building Skyscrapers in Lincoln?

[Minnesota_husker]

That was my biggest complaint with Lincoln.. They have zero interest in keeping students around. It will never die because of the school, but it will also never fully thrive. I work in Omaha, and they have some big name companies that hire young kids and keeps there population young.

You might say, why would we want to keep the hoodlums around?--Concert scene which helps the economy, and younger people will raise families, which increases taxes and all that other good stuff i learned about in my Econ class.

I love Lincoln, but it is a shell of Omaha(this coming from someone who isnt a huge fan of Omaha Snobs).

This all being said.. I would rather raise a family in Lincoln any day over Omaha... But Omaha does a lot more for growth.

 

[knapplc]

The original proposal for the Catalyst Project was a 13-story building - which, for Lincoln, would be a high-rise.

That didn't get axed because of this law, it just didn't work out for the builders.

Here are some articles about this project:

2009 - original plans fall through due to lack of financing.

While Landis did not provide details on cost or scope, it seems likely the proposals will be much less ambitious than the $180 million, three-skyscraper proposal that fell through because of the economic downturn and a lack of available financing.

2009 - Nine-story building approved.

It's smaller than the grand project envisioned a couple of years ago, but the city finally has another developer with a plan for the so-called "catalyst" block.
The city chose Urban 38, a collaboration involving local developers Will and Robert Scott and The Woodbury Group of Utah, to develop the block bounded by 13th, 14th, Q and P streets, Mayor Chris Beutler announced Friday.

The $27.1 million plan calls for a nine-story building with 20,000 square feet of first-floor retail, five levels of city-owned parking and three floors of 48 two- and four-bedroom apartments.

Somewhere after this the building went from nine stories to ten. Not sure when that happened.

2011 - The developers part ways.

The Scott brothers of Lincoln and Woodbury Corp. of Utah, partners in millions of dollars of downtown Lincoln real estate projects -- including the private development around the West Haymarket arena -- have parted ways.
Unspecified but apparently insoluble conflicts between the two companies -- the Scott brothers operate as WRK LLC -- led to a division of assets on those projects where they were working together:

2012 - Everything is going great.

It's still months away from completion, but people already are showing interest in the new sky-rise apartments at 13th and Q streets.
Recently, developers Scott Woodbury Wiegert quietly unveiled a website for those trendy new apartments atop what has been known as the Catalyst One or Urban 38 building. The complex will be known as "Parkhaus."

 

[ShawnWatson]

The original plans were scrapped due to the economic downturn after things were announced. Lincoln government is overall very conservative and don't do any favors for potential new developments, but they can't be blamed for this,

 

[knapplc]

The original plans were scrapped due to the economic downturn after things were announced. Lincoln government is overall very conservative and don't do any favors for potential new developments, but they can't be blamed for this,

That was in the first article I linked in the post above yours.

 

[ShawnWatson]

The original plans were scrapped due to the economic downturn after things were announced. Lincoln government is overall very conservative and don't do any favors for potential new developments, but they can't be blamed for this,

That was in the first article I linked in the post above yours.

Yeah well I have better hair than you Knapp.

 

[knapplc]

The original plans were scrapped due to the economic downturn after things were announced. Lincoln government is overall very conservative and don't do any favors for potential new developments, but they can't be blamed for this,

That was in the first article I linked in the post above yours.

Yeah well I have better hair than you Knapp.

Undeniable fact.

 

[husker_hurdler]

Lincoln is doing a better job of keeping college grads around. Case in point will be when Innovation Campus gets completed.

I will say that I have always been in awe about the number of opportunites in Ames. A town of their size at 50,000, has a lot of good paying jobs in the ag sector.

 

[Omaha-Husker]

I would much more prefer Lincoln to get a Washington D.C. vibe going. Creating a large downtown full of 5-15 floor buildings would create a much more lively city than a skyscraper or two would.

Edit: Also the city of Omaha didn't build the skyscrapers. The major corporations did and Lincoln has nowhere that rivals businesses like UP, Mutual, First National Bank, Kewit ect.

Lincoln is better situated for startups which wont need skyscraper type space.

 

[strigori]

I find it hard to believe they would reject a 400 foot proposed building citing that law...

I don't. There's a huge uproar over every proposal in this city. The Arena project had some people having kittens, and they're still crying about it. The Luddites want to keep Lincoln this tiny little farm town. It's bizarre.

Its because it cost money. There are still people upset that the Qwest/Century Link Center was built. And the venom around TD Ameritrade Park....

That said, I have never gotten the impression that Lincoln needed a high rise. And weather or not there is a law, that is easily changed if the right people wanted to build one.

 

[huKSer]

I find it hard to believe they would reject a 400 foot proposed building citing that law...

I don't. There's a huge uproar over every proposal in this city. The Arena project had some people having kittens, and they're still crying about it. The Luddites want to keep Lincoln this tiny little farm town. It's bizarre.

The Luddites should move to Waverly

 

[tschu]

The new building/parking ramp across from Wendys is a good start but Lincoln needs to accept growth and throw a few giant skyscrapers in there. That will attract businesses....

Haha thats not quite how it works...

 

[tschu]

I find it hard to believe they would reject a 400 foot proposed building citing that law...

I don't. There's a huge uproar over every proposal in this city. The Arena project had some people having kittens, and they're still crying about it. The Luddites want to keep Lincoln this tiny little farm town. It's bizarre.

The Luddites should move to Waverly

Put 'em in a little settlement right next to Shakers

 

[NUance]

So, if I'm to understand correctly, Lincoln can't build skyscrapers because by statute no building can be built taller than the Capitol? Oh if only there was some way to lengthen the Penis of the Prairie. Some sort of architectural Viagra.

 

[knapplc]

Viagra would just keep it up, it wouldn't make it taller. For that you'd need a Penis of the Plains pump.

 

[NUance]

Viagra would just keep it up, it wouldn't make it taller. For that you'd need a Penis of the Plains pump.

I am clearly not as well versed with these meds/devices as you are Knap. :lol: