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NeighborWorks is planning to build row-style housing at 46th Street and Pioneers Boulevard.
The final ’s and ’s will soon be dotted and crossed on two big redevelopment projects — one that will fill the long-vacant Uni Place lot where Green’s Furnace & Plumbing Co. once stood, the other an unusual affordable housing venture.
Both must have redevelopment agreements with the city because they’re using tax-increment financing, a tool that allows developers to use future property taxes the redevelopment generates to pay for certain costs related to the project.
The City Council on Monday approved the redevelopment agreement with Neighborworks Lincoln, a nonprofit community housing organization, that will build 12 row houses at 46th Street and Pioneers Boulevard, which for years was a community garden.
Neighborworks bought land in 2021 and worked with Community Crops, which operates 12 gardens around the city, to move the gardens to a city-owned spot near Gere Library in east Lincoln.
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On the now-vacant land, the organization plans to build row-style housing: a duplex, four-plex and six-plex, each of which will be two-story, two- and three–bedroom condominiums with single-car attached garages.
Five of those units will be affordable, but wha’s unusual about the project is they will be owner-occupied single family homes, not rental units, and a recently created land trust will retain ownership of the land, ensuring that the homes will always be sold under the affordable housing income guidelines.
The five units will be affordable for people making 80% of area median income and the remainder will be market-rate units, which will help pay for the lower-income units.
The $6.2 million project will use $610,000 in tax-increment financing.
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Speedway Properties is proposing to redevelop the longtime home of Green's Furnace & Plumbing Co. at 48th Street and Madison Avenue. The lot has sat vacant since a fire destroyed the building in 2003.
Money for the project includes dollars from the state’s affordable housing trust fund and a federal American Rescue Plan Act grant from the state.
An outlot between the condos will be a private drive with access to the condos and there will be a tree-lined walkway between them.
The other project will — finally — make use of land that's been vacant since 2003, when fire destroyed the building occupied by the longtime Lincoln heating and plumbing company.
Speedway Properties bought the land — which the city acquired three years after the fire — and plans to build a three-story, mixed-use building with 57 one- and two-bedroom apartments and 5,000 square feet of commercial and retail space on the ground floor.
Twenty percent — about 11 units — will be affordable for 20 years, which means they’ll be priced for residents making 60% of average median income.
The $10.4 million project will use about $2.3 million in tax-increment financing.
Apartment amenities will include a community gathering space with a kitchen, a fitness center, game room and 64-68 parking stalls.
The redevelopment agreement, which was before the council Monday for a public hearing and that the council will vote on at its July 22 meeting, includes a land swap with the city.
The city will give the Speedway entities land on the corner of 48th and Madison in exchange for a lot at 226. S. Ninth St. owned by Speedway.
The exchange means the city will now own the entire southern half of the downtown block bounded by Ninth, 10th, M and N streets. It already owns the other lots, which include the old police station at 233 S. 10th St., and now the area will be easier to sell or develop.
Like the University Place land now being redeveloped after a fire destroyed the building on it, a nightclub at 226 S. Ninth St. burned down in 2015.
There’s an affordable housing project planned for the northern half of the block. The Annex Group, an Indiana-based company that already has two affordable housing projects in Lincoln, is planning a $48 million, six-story building that will have about 170 one- and two-bedroom apartments.
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Joe Pick of Bennington (left) carries a box of petition signatures as David Nielsen with Nebraska State Education Association (center) passes one into a Support Our Schools Nebraska truck on Wednesday. The group delivered more than 87,000 signatures to the Nebraska Secretary of State in an effort to stop a $10 million appropriation of state tax dollars to private school scholarships.
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Sen. Lou Ann Linehan of Elkhorn (left) and Gov. Jim Pillen give a presentation on a property tax plan on Thursday, July 18, 2024, at the State Capitol.
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Shadows of athletes are cast on the wall as they warm up on the diving board during the Cornhusker State Games diving competition at Woods Memorial Pool on Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Lincoln.
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Pinnacle Bank's Caden Ransom (right) celebrates with his teammates after hitting a 2-RBI homer during the first inning of the A-5 legion baseball tournament game against Union Bank on Friday, July 19, 2024, at Den Hartog Field.
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An Allegiant Air jet is seen at Central Nebraska Regional Airport, Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Grand Island.
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Shawna Clement (left) and her husband Joshua Bomberger (right) with their rescue dogs on Tuesday in Ceresco. The couple founded The Farm: Senior Dog Sanctuary and will host a fundraiser at Lincoln's Off Leash Dog Bar this Saturday to help offset costs.
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Sidharth Parthasarathy, 8, from Elkhorn, thinks on his next move during an open play chess tournament put on by the Cornhusker State Games at Southeast Community College on Saturday, July 20, 2024.
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The Williams family of Lincoln — Messiah, 9 (from left), mom Cidnei, and Shaun, 10 — play in the Union Plaza water fountain on Monday. The temperature in Lincoln reached 98 degrees Monday, with a heat index that was near 115.
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RWTB's Brooke Densberger, 12, from Fremont, performs a weapons set for judges while wielding twin broad swords from Fremont, during a Karate competition put on by the Cornhusker State Games at Southeast Community College on Saturday, July 20, 2024.
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Jackie Johnson, of Omaha, is lit by morning light as she completes a dive during the Cornhusker State Games diving competition at Woods Memorial Pool on Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Lincoln.
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Seward's own Jill Beisel tries to gather up a popped bubble as she competes in the bubble gum blowing contest during Seward's Fourth of July celebration. Bisel would go on to win the contest and be named the 2024 bubble gum blowing state champ.
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Husker volleyball player Rebekah Allick (left) and her brother Josiah, a former Nebraska men's basketball player, celebrate lighting the caldron to kick off the Cornhusker State Games during an opening ceremony Thursday outside Pinnacle Bank Arena. The Allick siblings were the honorary torch lighters for the 40th annual sporting competition. More than 8,000 athletes are expected to compete in the games, which take place through July 21 in Lincoln, Omaha, Columbus, Fremont, Grand Island, North Platte and other surrounding communities. Athletes will compete in 70 sports at more than 50 venues.
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People watch the fireworks display during the Uncle Sam Jam Independence Day Celebration on Wednesday at Oak Lake Park.
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Synergy's Justin Kubichek from Waukesha, WI rounds a corner during the USA Roller Sports National Championships 2/3/4 inline relay competition at the Speedway Sports Complex on Thursday, July 11, 2024, in Lincoln.
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A crowd is pushed back as YouTuber Cam Wilder plays basketball Sunday at Antelope Park.
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Captured using a slower shutter speed, fiddle player Sam Packard plays alongside Lloyd McCarter & the Honkey Tonk Revival during ZooFest on North 14th street outside the Zoo Bar on Saturday, July 6, 2024, in Lincoln.
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Guest walk to the bandshell while wearing Fourth of July-themed hats during Seward's 156th annual Fourth of July celebration on Thursday, July 4, 2024.
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Lincoln Saltdogs' Matt Pita (19) slides to catch a popfly to right field in the second inning at Haymarket Park on Friday, July 12, 2024, in Lincoln.
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Lincoln Gift of Denver, 3, eats a vanilla sprinkle ice cream cone from Zesto on Friday.
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Kennard and Cathy Pischel (from left) pose for a portrait outside of their Lincoln home on Wednesday. The couple adorns their front yard with flags, weather permitting, for patriotic holidays including Memorial Day, Flag Day, Labor Day and the Fourth of July.
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Two joggers (bottom) make their way past a large tree that was twisted from the ground and blocked access to Huntington Avenue near Nebraska Wesleyan University following Monday night's storm on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, in Lincoln.
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Joshua Morales (second from left), 17, embraces a friend near the scene of a shooting Friday in Crete. Seven people were injured, including four children, and the suspect shot and killed himself, according to the Nebraska State Patrol.
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Carpet Land's Owen Laessig (center) raises the Mike Peterson/Coach K Tournament championship plaque after the Rugs defeated Papillion on Sunday at Den Hartog Field.
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A Western Kingbird perches on a pipe with its nest at the former Hansen-Mueller grain elevator near 30th Street and Cornhusker Highway on Wednesday.
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Tama Krings of Lincoln, (from left), shops for fireworks with her grandchildren Naya Martinez, 10, and Jace Krings, 14, at Wild Willy's Fireworks on Monday in Eagle. Stands in Lincoln can begin selling fireworks Wednesday.
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Shaquille O'Neal performs as DJ Diesel to a sold-out crowd on Saturday at the Royal Grove.
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Pinnacle Bank's Braylon Lewis (1) creates a makeshift rally cap with his teammates sunglasses in the seventh inning during a Mike Peterson/Coach K Tournament game at Den Hartog Field on Saturday, June 29, 2024, in Lincoln.
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Sierra Edmisten of Hastings (left) high-fives Jo Giles, executive director of the Women’s Fund of Omaha, after signing the affidavit for filing petition pages at the Nebraska Secretary of State's Office on Thursday.
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Lantis Fireworks' Bengt Embrey (from left), of Valley, and Connor McReynolds, of David City, prepare for a show by loading mortars into HDPE tubes outside of Haymarket Park on Friday.
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Malcolm's Hayden Frank (left) tags out Hickman's Jordan Monroe (right) at first base during a Mike Peterson/Coach K Tournament game on Friday at Densmore Park.