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Hawaiian Bros Island Grill has signed a lease to move into the former Boston Market building at 704 North 114th Street in Miracle Hills. Perkins-Critser Construction will start working on the renovations soon. Hawaiian Bros’ first Nebraska location is near Interstate 80 & Highway 370 in Gretna.

Creighton University broke ground on a new sophomore residential hall on the southeast corner of 21st & Cuming Street, across the street from the dental school. The 5-story, 151,000 sq. ft. building will house 400 students. The university has made significant changes to its downtown campus in recent years, including the demolition of aged structures as well as the construction of a new residence hall for freshman and the Jesuit residence. The new sophomore residential hall is expected to be completed by 2026. – Isaiah Ang

Construction is now underway on Olsson’s 4-story office building at Heartwood Preserve, the 500-acre, mixed-use development southwest of 144th & West Dodge Road. The building will be the first anchor of Lanoha Development’s Heartwood Row project. Olsson, an engineering firm, will have it’s Omaha-area offices on the upper floors, while the ground level will be retail.

This photo from the Omaha Airport Authority shows the first panels of glass being installed on Eppley Airfield’s new canopy that will cover the front drive pick-up and drop-off area. This project is in addition to the massive expansion and modernization of the terminal, which is also underway.

Photo credit: Omaha Airport Authority

This former Wells Fargo bank building on the southeast corner of 96th & L Street will be demolished and replaced with a Starbuck’s Coffee. It is one of at least six Starbuck’s stores currently under development in Omaha.

Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture shared this photo of the parking garage screen on the south side of the new 37 West Farnam Building in the Blackstone District. The 9-story building will have street-level retail, a few floors of parking and five floors of apartments. The screen is “designed the screen to mimic movement along the cozy corridor between 38th – 37th and Harney.” GreenSlate Development Company is the developer, while Hausmann Construction in the general contractor.

Lund-Ross Constructors recently shared this rendering of the TreeHouse project, featuring “guest balconies.” Located off the main entrance, these balconies are intended to create a treehouse effect. The TreeHouse project is just getting underway near 34^th & West Broadway in Council Bluffs. When complete, the development will have 221 apartment units, 34 townhomes and 11,000 sq. ft. of retail space. The architect is Schemmer.

Early Bird is preparing to open another location at 17330 West Center Road inside a former Tanner’s Bar & Grill space at Lakeside Plaza. Early Bird is a breakfast-and-lunch-only restaurant that originally started in the Blackstone District. It currently has three Omaha metro locations plus one in Lincoln and another in Des Moines, Iowa.