KCUR 89.3 Willa Robinson s book store operates out of 1734 E. 63rd Street. Clarity Development Company purchased the building in December.
An Omaha developer purchased an office building that serves as an incubator for Black-owned businesses, but no one has told those business owners what to expect.
Willa Robinson will probably need to relocate her store, Willa’s Books and Vinyl, which she’s operated out of the Citadel Office Building at 1734 E. 63
rd Street since 2015. She’s heard a rumor that the building will be torn down in the fall.
Neither the new developer, Clarity Development Company of Omaha, Nebraska, or the former local owner, John Barbieri, has mentioned the possibility of dislocation to her or the other 150 mostly Black tenants in the building. However, a recent article in the
Monarch Private Capital Announces Opening of Kimpton Cottonwood Hotel in Nebraska
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The rehabilitated hotel provides valuable impact to the downtown Omaha community
ATLANTA, March 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)
Monarch Private Capital, a nationally recognized tax-advantaged investment firm that develops, finances and manages a diversified portfolio of projects that generate both federal and state tax credits, is pleased to announce the opening of the Kimpton Cottonwood Hotel, a $75 million historic rehabilitation of the esteemed Blackstone Hotel in Omaha, Nebraska’s Blackstone District. Restored to its original allure, the new hotel stimulates the local economy and reinvigorates the Blackstone community, all while preserving an iconic slice of Americana.