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Other downtown sites considered for HDR...

Posted at 4:22 PM, Apr 08, 2016
and last updated 2016-04-08 17:22:57-04
One day after the engineering firm HDR pulled the plug and canceled its scheduled move to downtown Omaha.  we're getting a look at other potential building sites in downtown Omaha.
 
Mayor Jean Stothert's office says 10 locations were under consideration as potential sites for the headquarters and 900 workers. The list is as follows:
 
11th and Dodge (soup lot) 
Wall Street Tower site (north of current UP) 
2 sites on Civic Auditorium property 
Downtown main branch library property 
State office building, south side of Leahy Mall 
NW corner of 24th and Dodge (hotel now under construction on this site) 
20th-24th, between Harney and Dodge 
Midtown Crossing area, Park Avenue-Turner Blvd, Farnam to Harney
Property west of Film Streams and Slowdown
Lot B, 10th street between Hilton 
 
HDR has not commented on any specific potential sites, other than to say the company wants to keep it's headquarters in Omaha.