News Briefs
Kansas City Restaurant to Open in Former Spirit World Space
Red Door Woodfired Grill plans to take over the former Spirit World store in Aksarben Village. The 8,000 sq. ft., corner space is located at 6680 Center Street. Opening is planned for the second quarter of 2026. Red Door Woodfired Grill has six Kansas City locations and is known for its scratch-made food and signature smoky pecan, oak and hickory blend. The company also plans to open a restaurant in Gretna.
Panorama Wellness Production Closes Permanently
Panorama Wellness Production, formerly Eat-Fit-Go, is closing, according to The Auction Mill, which is liquidating all business assets from the company’s production facility. Panorama Wellness Production operated a 25,000 sq. ft. facility, making vacuum-sealed meals that were shipped nationwide. The auction will include restaurant and mass food production equipment as well as office equipment and furniture. Bidding will close in late November.
Nebraska Cancer Specialists to Be Part of Bryan Eklhorn Campus
Nebraska Cancer Specialists plans to open a full-service clinic at the recently announced Bryan Elkhorn Campus to be built southwest of 204th & West Center Road. The 10,000 sq. ft. clinic will be Nebraska Cancer Specialists’ sixth Omaha-are location and 16th location in Nebraska and Iowa. Phase I of the Bryan Elkhorn campus will include two medical buildings totaling 137,000 sq. ft. The clinic is expected to open in 2027.
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Ajax Apartments at 71st & Mercy Road
Construction is progressing at 7101 Mercy Road on a multi-family building. The structure is now mostly enclosed. The 4-story Ajax at Aksarben Village apartment building will have 200 apartment units and its own adjacent parking garage. The new...
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KFAB’s Gary Sadlemyer Announces Retirement
iHeartMedia Omaha announced today that longtime NewsRadio 1110 KFAB personality Gary Sadlemyer is retiring from his regularly hosted morning show and full-time radio, effective Friday, December 12. A 2011 inductee into the Nebraska Broadcasting Association’s Hall of Fame, Sadlemyer started his career at KFAB in Omaha in December of 1976. In his nearly 50-year career with the station, Sadlemyer has anchored “KFAB’s Morning News” for more than three decades, hosted the first live, daily talk show in KFAB’s 100-year history and served several years as the station’s program director. Long-time Husker fans remember Sadlemyer as the color commentator alongside Kent Pavelka during Nebraska football radio broadcasts from 1980 to 1995. “Time sure flies when you’re havin’ fun,” Sadlemyer said. "Since I was a kid growing up in Minnesota, I had a passion for radio. It's just like anything else, kids who dream about being a doctor or whatever; mine was radio." Sadlemyer’s on-air morning partners...
Escape Lounges Plans to Open Eppley’s First-Ever Airport Lounge
For the first time ever, Omaha’s Eppley Airfield will have an airport lounge. As part of Eppley’s $950 million terminal expansion and modernization project, Escape Lounges plans open inside the airport in 2027. The lounge will be located after security in the new concourse and will open in 2027. The lounge will feature many of the amenities found at airline lounges in major hub airports. Escape Lounges is based in Manchester, United Kingdom, and has 20 locations in the United States along with five in U.K. and two in Australia. The closest existing locations are at airports in Kansas City, Minneapolis, Northwest Arkansas and Tulsa, Okla. All Eppley passengers, regardless of airline or ticket class, will be able to purchase access passes at the door. Select credit card holders or lounge membership program participants may receive complimentary access, including Priority Pass and Dragon Pass. The lounge will offer a premium experience with complimentary food and beverages, a...
Local Commercial Real Estate Market Holds Steady in Third Quarter
NAI NP Dodge, the commercial real estate division of N.P. Dodge, produces a report on Omaha’s commercial real estate market each quarter. Below are some highlights from the third quarter of this year. Office The 49.4 million sq. ft. Omaha office market ended the 3rd quarter of 2025 with a vacancy rate of 7.7 percent, which was down from last quarter. Absorption over the past 12 months was -162,000 sq. ft. Rental rates were up to $25.42. Approximately 1.6 million sq. ft. of office space is under construction at this time, more than last quarter. Retail Approximately 66 million sq. ft. of retail space was considered for this report, which is based on CoStar data. At this time, 391,000 sq. ft. of retail space is under construction, which is up from last quarter. Vacancy went up to 4.4 percent. Rental rates were $18.35 per square foot. The 12-month net absorption was 251,000 sq. ft. at the end of the quarter, down from the previous period. Industrial Omaha’s industrial sector continues...
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Sports
The October 23 Sports Report
Creighton Athletics inducted five members into its Hall of Fame last Thursday, marking the largest class in its history. Headlining the monumental group was former Creighton women’s basketball coach and athletic director Bruce Rasmussen, who helped lead the Bluejays...
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Omaha Hosts Air Medical Transport Conference
Omaha welcomed the Air Medical Transport Conference October 27 through 29 at CHI Health Center Omaha. Organized by the Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS), the event has drawn about 1,700 attendees from across the United States and around the world. AAMS...
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Transportation
Grow Omaha Streetcar in Focus: Omaha Streetcar Vehicles are “Cutting the Cord”
A deeper look at how Omaha’s streetcars will operate half the route off-wirePhoto of a Charlotte Streetcar Off-WireAs discussed in a previous Grow Omaha article, Omaha’s streetcar vehicles take advantage of some of the latest technology in rail transit. At the core,...
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Arts & Culture
The October 23 Arts & Culture Report
It’s Spooky Season in Omaha, and our local arts venues are offering several fun (and not so scary,) ways to celebrate… The Rose Theater will be performing “GOOSEBUMPS – The Musical: Phantom of the Auditorium” through October 26th. Based on R.L. Stine’s novel, and...
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News
The October 23 Non-Profit News
CenterPointe is hosting a Winter Essentials Donation Drive to help individuals stay safe and warm. They’re collecting new or gently used coats, gloves, hats, hoodies, scarves, blankets, socks and sleeping bags. They are especially in need of larger sizes. Kid’s toys...
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The Spirit of Generosity in Omaha
Omaha may not be the largest city in the nation, but when it comes to generosity, we punch well above our weight. Consistently ranked among the top states for charitable giving, Nebraska, and Omaha in particular, maintains a culture of philanthropy that fuels...
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Chamber
Chamber Launches Fund for Midtown
The Greater Omaha Chamber has launched a business resiliency fund to support targeted small businesses during streetcar construction. The Midtown Small Business Resiliency Fund will distribute about $1 million, to qualifying businesses that have been most...
New Restaurants
Coming Soon
Culinary Dropout
Village Pointe Shopping Center
Coming soon
The Hollows
5019 Underwood Avenue
Now open
Lovely Brewing
7628 Main Street, Ralston
Opening mid-October
North Italia
Village Pointe
Opening November 19
New Retailers
Coming Soon
HomeGoods
Lake Manawa Power Centre
Opening October 23
Sierra
Lake Manawa Power Centre
Opening October 23
Riddle’s Jewelry
Shadow Lake Towne Center
Opening November 7
BeautyFirst
8540 South 71st Street
Opening late October
Restaurants Closing
Backswing Brewing Co.
3669 North 129th Street
Closing October 31
Frosty’s Ice Cream
17330 West Center Road
Closing October 15
Nebraska Brewing Company
6950 South 108th Street
Closing date T.B.D.
Bob & Willie’s Wonderbowl
Blackstone District
Closing October 13
Retailers Closing
Wall to Wall Wine & Spirits
12977 West Center Road
Closing October 13
At Home
Council Bluffs
Closing soon
CVS Pharmacy
8315 West Center Road
Closing August 19
Matilde Old Market
421 South 11th Street
Permanently closed
Grow Omaha Eats
The Fox Den Blends Craft, Comfort, and Community
The Fox Den opened August 15th at 4916 Underwood Avenue, replacing La Bó just downstairs from Ooh De Lally. To be fair, it’s more of a refinement than a replacement. Where La Bó was a small-plate, tapas-inspired bar, The Fox Den is focused on approachable…
Marrow Serves Up Savory Elegance Without Pretense in Gretna
Jared Clarke was watching the Gretna area for a few years, knowing the city needed its first fine dining restaurant amongst a landscape of sports bars, Mexican cantinas and pizza joints. With Gretna’s burgeoning growth and development, Clarke realized…
Izzy’s Pizza is a Vegas Gamble that Became an Omaha Crispy-Edged Favorite
Izzy’s Pizza started in Las Vegas in 2019 after owner Brett Geiger bought a school bus for $5,000, envisioning it as a food bus. He was living there with his wife and co-owner, Cherish, and their young daughter, Izzy—the restaurant’s namesake. When he first had the idea…
Grow Omaha Flicks
Good Fortune Delivers Laughs, Wings, and a Little Grace
★ ★ ★ Good Fortune is written and directed by comedian Aziz Ansari, who also stars as down-on-his-luck Arj. Ansari explores a concept similar to Trading Places where a Wall Street commodities broker named Louis (Dan Aykroyd) trades places with a street hustler named Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) as part…
Black Phone 2 Rings Twice, Still Terrifies
★ ★ ★ Black Phone 2 is a throwback to 1980s horror, calling up a new kind of terror that fuses the nightmares of A Nightmare on Elm Street with the brutality of Friday the 13th. While both are arguably slasher films, here we’re treated to a far more effective psychological version that dives into the lingering PTSD of horrific childhood trauma. In some ways, this film bests its original…
Tron: Ares Uploads Ambition, Deletes Emotion
★ ★ ½ Tron: Ares, the latest in Disney’s neon-lit series, once again zaps users into The Grid—a sleek, digital battleground where light trails and nostalgia collide. It’s the second sequel and we’re familiar with the premise—yet we’re given a convoluted, confusing opening that dumps flashbacks on what’s happened since Tron: Legacy. From the start, that backstory acts like a boat anchor…
