 wo high-rise
condominium towers along with two smaller apartment buildings will
soon make up what will be known as 'One Renaissance Center' in Council Bluffs.
The $80 million project will serve as the city's gateway from the
west.
Situated on 13 acres north of I-480, the property is currently
known as Playland Park. It will
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Artist's rendering of condominium complex to be built at
Council Bluff's new 'One Renaissance Center' on the riverfront. |
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also be established as the eastern
anchor for the new pedestrian foot bridge that will eventually
cross the Missouri River over to Lewis and Clark Landing on the
Nebraska side.
The 12 and 14 foot towers will rise high along the riverfront.
Original plans called for several shorter buildings but the cost
of installing footings on the river sand persuaded developers to
erect fewer but taller buildings.
A zoning change and development plan were recently approved by
the Council Bluffs City Planning Commission and will now go before
the City Council on December 16th.
The developers have an option to purchase the city-owned land.
The option expires at the end of the year. If all goes well,
ground-breaking for the first tower could happen this spring.
The two towers will have 208 condos with a healthy starting
price of $250,000. The two five-story apartment buildings would
have 60 units each. The complex will be tied to riverfront trails
that can be accessed on both sides of the river.
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Map shows location of Council Bluff's 'One Renaissance
Center' project location to be constructed at the current location of Playland Park, on the riverfront, directly
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Earlier
plans were to build a marina on the river to complement the
complex, however, concerns about river management have since
changed those plans. The next thought was to possibly build a lake
next to the buildings but many people now feel it would be subject
to flooding and difficult to maintain.
The city has been meeting
with a Denver-based landscape architectural firm called EDAW Inc.
to work out a riverfront master plan.
There is approximately 5.5 acres of riverfront land between the
I-80 bridge to Exit 56 on I-29 that can be developed.
Don Gross,
community development director, would like to see some sort of
public recreation feature in the riverside space.
Signa Development Services is heading up the Renaissance Center
project. Their parent company, DLR Group is the principal
architect. A local company, Heartland Management will market the
dwellings.
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