A 153-unit apartment complex proposed for 225 N. Cotner Blvd., got the green light from the Lincoln City Council on Monday.Â
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A 153-unit apartment complex has been proposed for 225 N. Cotner Blvd. The $17.5 million project will involve a four-story, U-shaped apartment building on a nearly 2-acre site that used to be home to Home Real Estate’s corporate headquarters. The building also would have two levels of underground parking.
A $28 million, 153-unit apartment building at the corner of Cotner Boulevard and P Street received the green light from the Lincoln City Council on Monday night.Â
On a unanimous vote, the council approved $3.9 million in tax-increment financing for the horseshoe-shaped building that has market-rate apartments and features a pool, clubhouse, sky lounge and underground parking.Â
Urban Development Director Dan Marvin said the project meets one of the city's long-term goals of having higher-density housing in the interior of the city.Â
"They're taking an area that's currently underutilized and redeveloping it," Marvin said.
In July 2016, the City Council declared the property, the former site of Home Real Estate, blighted after the developer found soil compaction making redevelopment there cost-prohibitive, city officials said then.
The 11.5-acre area is bounded by 56th, P and R streets and North Cotner Boulevard, and is west of Ameritas and Gateway mall.Â
Commercial Investment Properties, which owns and manages several apartment complexes across Lincoln, is the developer and owner on the project. Â
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Most of the tax-increment financing will pay for facade enhancements and site preparation, according to the city.Â
Marvin said the project helps address the city's projected need to have housing for 100,000 more people by 2050.Â
And with this development there rather than at the edge of the city, it doesn't stretch city services such as Lincoln Fire and Rescue or require new roads to be built at up to $5 million per lane-mile, Marvin said.
Plus, it will provide housing near major employers such as Ameritas and Lincoln Public Schools and close proximity to the mall, while offering a different type of housing for Lincoln residents, he said.
With council approval, construction is set to begin right away, Brett West, who represented the developer, told the City Council on Nov. 18.
The building is expected to be completed in 18 months to two years. Â
A 153-unit apartment complex has been proposed for 225 N. Cotner Blvd. The $17.5 million project will involve a four-story, U-shaped apartment building on a nearly 2-acre site that used to be home to Home Real Estate’s corporate headquarters. The building also would have two levels of underground parking.