OMAHA — Buyers who stay in far west Omaha and purchase in bulk quickly might have one other buying choice close by.
A 3rd Costco warehouse is within the works for the Omaha metro space. An software to rezone a 36-acre lot close to a hundred and eightieth Road and West Maple Street for the challenge is ready to go earlier than the Omaha Planning Board on Wednesday.
Costco has an Omaha location close to 124th Plaza and West Dodge Street. One other location is in La Vista, close to West Giles Street and Westport Parkway.
The lot on West Maple Street will must be rezoned from agriculture to combined use, stated David Fanslau, metropolis planning director. It additionally can be subdivided to permit for streets and much.
Plans present the world divided into seven heaps, all zoned for combined use.
Renderings present a Costco retailer surrounded by a big car parking zone, different mixed-use areas and a Costco fuel station.
The Planning Division is conscious of visitors snags that happen on the West Dodge Street location, Fanslau stated. Vehicles typically snake down the frontage highway as drivers wait to get into the packed car parking zone or the Costco fuel station.
The Public Works Division is a part of the overview course of, Fanslau stated, and mitigating visitors points is on staffers’ radar.
Fanslau stated the division has acquired some suggestions from neighbors on the proposed challenge. The again of the warehouse backs as much as Emmet Road. A residential space sits on the opposite aspect of that road.
A Costco warehouse is compliant with town’s grasp plan, Fanslau stated. That web site has lengthy been envisioned as being zoned for industrial use, he stated.
A Costco spokesperson wouldn’t touch upon the plans, saying firm coverage is to not touch upon new places till a number of months out from opening.
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LINCOLN, NEB. – 08/07/2022 – Arianna factors to a rocket pop on a ice cream truck at Holmes Lake Park, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. NOAH RIFFE, Journal Star
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Honest attendees experience a motorcycle-themed merry-go-round in the course of the Lancaster County Tremendous Honest on Sunday.
A 26-year-old man advised Lincoln Police he was “overwhelmed, burned with a blowtorch and branded” with the phrase “thief” after he was ambushed by two males amid a drug deal at a warehouse close to Interstate 80 and 56th Road, Investigator Christopher Schamber stated in an arrest affidavit.
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Nebraska quarterback Casey Thompson claps palms throughout observe Monday at Hawks Championship Middle.
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Lincoln Northwest Excessive Faculty college students, together with Noah Foreman (from proper), Brohdy Ferguson and Delaney Ahl try the cafeteria space Monday, Aug. 15, 2022.
Nebraska volleyball head coach John Prepare dinner observes the group’s first observe of the season Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, on the Devaney Sports activities Middle.
Drew Carlson celebrates after successful a contest in the course of the Cornhusker Marching Band Exhibition at Memorial Stadium, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022.
Alex Kuepper rests within the shade after ending the 150-mile race in the course of the Gravel Worlds on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022, in Lincoln.
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Employees take away the previous couple of tiles of the Pershing Middle mural, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. The tiles can be saved till cash is raised to revive and reinstall the 763,000-tile mural at one other location.
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Tramesha Cruse poses for a photograph at her restaurant, Lila Mae’s Southern Kitchen and Lounge, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022.
A canine swims within the water throughout Canine Splash at Star Metropolis Shores sponsored by the Lincoln Parks Basis and the Larger Lincoln Obedience Membership on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022.
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Lincoln Lutheran gamers collect across the hydration station throughout observe Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, at Lincoln Lutheran Excessive Faculty.
The Nebraska State Capitol on Wednesday, {monthameap} 24, 2022, in Lincoln, NE. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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Sen. Ben Sasse (from left), Rep. Don Bacon, Rep. Adrian Smith and Rep. Mike Flood attend the annual federal legislative summit on Thursday at Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum.
Mike Meyerle (left) and Steph Meyerle of Beatrice watch Nebraska play Northwestern on Saturday at McKinney’s Irish Pub.
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Lincoln East’s Kooper Barnes dances along with her teammates earlier than the Spartans took on Norris within the LPS Basic on Saturday at Doris Bair Softball Advanced.
Lincoln Southeast’s Gunnar Gottula flips his hair again after taking off his helmet within the fourth quarter in opposition to Elkhorn South at Seacrest Discipline on Friday at Seacrest Discipline.
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