Cindy Gonzalez
Omaha World-Herald
The Farnam, a 120-room hotel, is scheduled to open in the near future after a $50 million renovation.
In its heyday, the Omaha hotel northeast of 72nd and Grover Streets handled Ak-Sar-Ben racing fans, Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meetings and other gatherings of pageantry and influence.
Most recently, itâs been known best as the CoCo Key water resort.
But under new ownership, the 15-acre complex will be wiped clean by next year. Rising in its place will be a much different scene: a mixed-use site filled largely by luxury apartments along with commercial and entertainment venues.
âItâs an untapped treasure,â said buyer Dan Marak of Nashville-based MH Hospitality. âItâs got the right demographics for redevelopment. It will be a unique block and corner.â
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Question of the Day By KEVIN COLE - Associated Press - Sunday, February 7, 2021
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Bold and brassy, a 20-foot-tall snow woman dubbed Quarantina wears only a hula skirt, a pie pan bra, a scarf and a medical mask in the face of the winter cold. Her size and outfit make for lots of double takes in Omaha’s Westgate neighborhood.
“We get a lot of people stopping and taking pictures,” said Ken Kirkpatrick, whose front yard just northwest of the intersection of 72nd and Grover Streets hosts the imposing snow woman. “One of the guys just said, ‘I’ve got to bring my neighbor back here.’ People are coming and going all day.”