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Construction is progressing at the future Boho Flats building on the northwest corner of 13th & Pine Street in Little Bohemia. When completed later this year, the 4-story building will have 59 apartments and 5,000 sq. ft. of retail space. The new building is going up on the former Ethnic Sandwich Shop building site. The developer is Sage Capital. The contractor is Lund-Ross Constructors.

Construction continues on a multi-family building site near 71st & Mercy Road north of the THINK Healthcare building. That’s where a 4-story, 200-unit apartment building is going up. The future building’s parking garage has already been constructed.

Here is an outline of the 12-story building that will replace the old Park Fair Mall, which is currently being demolished. The site is located downtown along the east side of 16th Street between Douglas and Farnam streets. The bottom seven floors of the future building will be a city-owned parking garage. The top five floors will have 150 apartment units as part of The Duo, a 700-apartment unit that also includes the twin towers immediately to the east. The Duo, developed by NuStyle Development, will also have commercial space on both 15th and 16th streets.

Graphic designed by Alley Poyner Machietto Architecture

Demolition has progressed quickly over the past two weeks at the old Park Fair Mall located on the east side of 16th Street between Douglas and Farnam streets. The mall originally opened in the 1980s but closed many years ago. It most recently served as an indoor parking garage. When it opened back in the day, Park Fair Mall had a Hallmark store, Payless Shoes, Natelson’s women’s fashion, Paul Harris store, Walgreen’s, The Cookie Co., a florist, popcorn shop, Walden Bookstore, Things Remembered gift store, a shoe-shine shop and a seven-bay food court.

The building is being torn down to make way for a 12-story building that will be part city-owned parking garage and part apartment building. The 150 apartment units on the top five floors will be part of The Duo, a 700-apartment unit that also includes the twin towers immediately to the east. The Duo, developed by NuStyle Development, will also have commercial space on both 15th and 16th streets.

Demolition started on the Harney Street bridge over Interstate 480 at around 9 p.m. Friday night. By 8 a.m. Saturday, it was mostly gone. Hawkins Construction is doing the demolition work. Interstate 480 should reopen by Monday. The Harney Street bridge will be completely rebuilt to accommodate the streetcar project. Completion is scheduled for late this year. The exact same thing will happen next year on the Farnam Street bridge one block to the north. 

Construction is just getting started on a Club Carwash facility at 18318 Evans Street. That’s just south of 183rd & West Maple Road immediately west of a Burger Detour restaurant. Columbia, Missouri-based Club Carwash has nine existing Omaha-area locations.

Construction on the $114 million Behavioral Health & Wellness Center at Children’s Nebraska is coming along nicely. The project is on schedule, and the partially completed facilities look impressive. The 4-story, 107,250 sq. ft. building sits on seven acres at 85th & West Dodge Road. The main entrance, for both patients and staff, will be on building’s the east side. The building is on track for completion this October, but Children’s Nebraska will begin serving patients in a phased approach starting in January 2026.

Photo by Brad Willams

Elkhorn Training Camp is expanding to Gretna. The organization has started building Phase I, a 35,000 sq. ft. indoor training center, which is now fully enclosed. The building will have 11 batting cages, 10,000 sq. ft. of open turf and a 5,000 sq. ft. performance center for strength and conditioning. The facility is located in the Gretna Landing development northwest of 192nd & Highway 370. The actual address is 19680 Cypress Drive. Elkhorn Training Camp currently has a 60,000 sq. ft. building at 715 North 210th Street.