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loft - living in the bricks


# 9th & Douglas
# former furniture warehouse and storage facility, nationally registered, historic building.
# 80 lofts and apartments built around a six-story atrium.


#1000 dodge building
# 10TH & dodge
# former warehouse
# 12 lofts
# shamrock development inc.
# 934-7711


# 1101 jackson
# 32 condos in former tractor supply house above the passport restaurant
# prudential ambassador real estate
# 280-8838



# 60 condos plus a couple penthouses in a former luxury hotel built in the 1920’s
# preserved lobby and ballroom, first-floor retail and second-floor offices, newly constructed parking garage.


the rebirth of the urbanite
pursuit of the paved earth lifestyle
omaha's rejuvenated downtown has included the rebirth of an urban residential community. more than 1,000 condo units beckon moneyed brick fans in search of lawn-free lifestyles. moving downtown is becoming a trend in many major cities.

from remodeling a train depot to renovating a former department store or tractor supply house to new construction, 1,000 condo units are in the works. tim steinbach with prudential ambassador real estate says, "as fast as they're going up, they're getting sold. this is only the beginning of the condominium boom."

"i think 2,000 units is doable with what we have down here now because we have three fortune 500 companies," he says.

steinbach says downtown will soon take on a whole different feel.

"what you're going to see a lot more of is foot traffic other than when there's just a show at the Orpheum. You'll also see a lot of vacant building with boards on windows filling up."

the paxton is one example. in its day, it was a grand hotel but more recently it's been trashed by transients.

it will soon be bustling again. it's set to reopen this summer and half of the condo units have already been sold.

michael moylan says, "they're two bedroom, two bath units with a master suite."

the properties are hot and greg boisvert says, "it's just a feeling of excitement in the air that something is going on here and it's nice to be a part of it."

the city predicts that in the next five to 10 years the population in the area will double as more people choose to move downtown.

many of the developers believe the boom will finally give downtown the population to attract a wider range of retailers and even a grocery store.

the condos range in price from $135,000 to $1.5 million.