The Millwork Commons development in North Downtown continues to rack up a series of impressive victories. In recent weeks, the 50-acre development north of Charles Schwab Field was in the news as the chosen site for a planned soccer stadium. Now one of the district’s resident companies is growing its footprint.
Workshop, a local tech company, plans to expand its headquarters in the Ashton Building, a 4-story, 192,000 sq. ft., historic building at 1229 Millwork Avenue. The Ashton Building serves as Millwork Common’s central hub and is home to several restaurants and retailers in addition to office tenants.
According to a building permit for tenant finish, Workshop is finishing an additional 14,005 sq. ft. in the Ashton. It currently leases 10,000 sq. ft.
Workshop is a fast growing, locally started technology company that provides businesses an internal communications email platform to help improve employee engagement. Workshop started in 2020 and moved to its current location in 2023. Since then, Workshop has grown from 30 to more than 100 employees and has opened an office in Dublin, Ireland. Clients include prestigious international brands like Aston Martin and Steve Madden and local powerhouses like Triage, Carson Group and Signature Performance.
But Workshop is just one of many expansion stories happening in the Millwork Commons district north of Cuming Street between 15th and 10th streets.
Late last month, Union Omaha, in partnership with the City of Omaha, announced plans to build a $114 million professional soccer stadium on the eastern edge of Millwork Commons. The project would include an accompanying, 20-acre, mixed-use development that would meld into Millwork Commons.
Several other Millwork Commons projects are already under construction, including two apartment buildings and a 600-stall, city-owned parking garage.
One of the apartment buildings, known as NOVA, is completely enclosed and nearing completion. Located southeast of 12th & Nicholas Street, the 5-story NOVA building will have 74 apartment units and 20,000 sq. ft. of commercial space. One of the commercial tenants will be Rally Cap Brewing Company, a sports bar from Baton Rouge, La.
The other apartment building, The Frame, is under construction on the northwest corner of 13th & Nicholas Street west of the Ashton Building. The $44 million building will have 146 apartment units and a single, 10,000 sq. ft. commercial bay at street level.
