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Planning board approves Saddle Creek Marketplace TIF and rezoning after extensive neighborhood debate

City of Omaha Planning Board · December 4, 2025
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Summary

The City of Omaha Planning Board approved a $100M-plus Saddle Creek Marketplace redevelopment plan and rezoning from general industrial to community commercial with MCC overlay after a long public hearing with neighbors who urged more outreach and assurances about grocery retail, design, parking and flood risk.

The City of Omaha Planning Board voted 6–0 to recommend approval of the Saddle Creek Marketplace TIF redevelopment project and a rezoning to community commercial with an expanded Major Commercial Corridor (MCC) overlay, advancing a multi-phase plan to remake the worn Family Fare/strip-mall site into mixed-use development.

Don Seaton, city planning, told the board the project covers multiple parcels near 46th and California streets and would be carried out in five phases, starting with a 138-unit apartment building and including reconstruction of the existing big-box retail and additional apartment and commercial buildings. He…

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