The May 30th News of the Week

This week’s Grow Omaha News of the Week leads with the newly named Marriott Autograph Collection boutique hotel planned for The Row at Heartwood Preserve. The six-story, 160-room hotel will be called The Elowen and is expected to include a public restaurant and cocktail bar with indoor seating and an outdoor terrace. Jeff Beals and Trenton Magid also discuss a downtown Drury Inn tax-increment financing request, a new city-owned parking garage planned for Millwork Commons, Omaha’s ranking among the best cities for families, Shadow Lake Town Center’s new owner, the Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern merger review and Polina Gardens opening soon in the Old Market.