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Though it’s still under construction, Mutual of Omaha’s future headquarters building has reached a milestone: it is now the city’s tallest skyscraper. It’s also taller than any building in Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and the Dakotas. The $600 million, 800,000 sq. ft., 44-story tower will be 677 feel tall when it’s all said and done. The current high is estimated to be more than 650 feet. Completion is planned for late 2026.

Photo by Brad Williams

An infill development is destined for a vacant .34-acre parcel at 32nd & Pacific Street. The Omaha Planning Department last week approved the planned unit redevelopment overlay district application from Scott Semrad for a 3-story apartment building. The first floor will house the parking garage. Twenty residences will be located on the upper two floors. The building will have two efficiency units, 16 one-bedroom units and two 2-bedroom units. – Isaiah Ang

Heavy construction equipment arrived at the Crossroads redevelopment site today northwest of 72nd & Dodge Street. Woodbury Corporation, a Salt Lake City, Utah-based, full-service real estate management and development company, along with development partner WRK Real Estate, will develop the $850 million project. One of the first buildings will be Gamescape by Cinemark at the Crossroads, an all-in-one, immersive entertainment destination that will be the first in the state, and one of the first in the country.

Phase I of the Crossroads project will take about two years to complete. In addition to Gamescape, the first phase will include work on “Block B,” which is comprised of an 800-stall parking garage along with 200 multifamily units with retail on the ground floor. Block B, located off Cass Street, is expected to be completed the same time as Gamescape.

Photo by Brad Williams

Local developer Scott Semrad plans to build a 3-story apartment building at 3206 Leavenworth Street. The Omaha Planning Department approved rezoning of the 3.5-acre property this week. The site is currently occupied by a used car lot. The Planning Department also approved Semrad’s rezoning application for a 15,726 sq. ft. lot just north of 29th & Jackson Street in the Park Avenue neighborhood. The property will be rezoned to TOD-2-MUR. The application indicates a planned proposal for a 16-unit apartment building. – Isaiah Ang

Eppley Airfield’s terminal expansion and modernization project is moving rapidly. Much of the concourse has been framed and enclosed. The big, open area in the middle of the accompanying photograph will become the central pavilion that will house security and the future food court/shopping area. 

Between the terminal expansion and the front drive canopy project, more than $1 billion in improvements are underway at what is the busiest airport in Nebraska and Iowa. The new terminal will have nearly double the square footage as the old one and will feature centralized security, more restaurants/shops and international arrivals capability.

The terminal expansion will increase building space by 72 percent from 375,000 sq. ft. to approximately 646,000 sq. ft. The new terminal will feature a centralized TSA security checkpoint, new restaurants and retailers after security, two gates capable of international flights and expanded restrooms.

Eppley served more than 5.2 million passengers in 2024. Seven airlines provide approximately 70 departures per day to 34 nonstop destinations from Omaha.

Photo credit: Omaha Airport Authority

Construction has started on a Dairy Queen store at 13205 Millard Avenue. The site is on the southwest corner of the 132nd/Millard Avenue/L Street intersection and was the longtime home of Paul’s Millard Sinclair gas station. That building was demolished earlier this year. No timeline has been announced as to when the future Dairy Queen might open for business.

Steel has gone vertical on an 8,100 sq. ft. retail building at 20462 R Street. The .89-acre site is southwest of 204th & Q Street. Godfather’s Pizza will occupy 2,690 sq. ft. of the future building when it is completed next spring. The building has space for two additional tenants.

Site preparation is now underway for two projects to be constructed on a narrow strip of land east of 8th Street between Interstate 480 and Heartland of America Park on the RiverFront. On the west side of the land, Omaha Children’s Museum is building a 4-story museum building and will move there in late 2027. The museum is currently located in a different part of downtown – 500 South 20th Street.

Just to the east of the future Children’s Museum, NuStyle Development plans to build The Beam, an $87 million, 16-story, 261-unit apartment building. Both the apartment building and museum will be supported by a city-owned parking garage immediately to the north under the interstate viaducts