Temple breaks ground at tri-faith campus
The construction of a tri-faith campus in southwest Omaha officially kicked off Sunday despite a lot of wet, mucky ground and relentless, blustering winds. About 400 people gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of Temple Israel’s new synagogue at the Sterling Ridge development near 132nd and Pacific Streets. Because of the weekend’s uncooperative weather, organizers had…
126th, Pacific project aims to welcome residents this fall
The streets are almost all paved and the first buildings are going up at the country club-turned-mixed-use development at 126th and Pacific Streets. Just over a year after crews tore down the clubhouse and cleared the land on the former Ironwood Country Club site, the developer of Sterling Ridge said the project’s first residents could…
Three faiths, but one vision
A few years ago, Boston-based architect Maurice Finegold got a call from Omaha that stopped him in his tracks. He’d already been hired to design a new synagogue for Omaha’s Temple Israel, which had outgrown its location at 70th and Cass Streets. It was a big project in its own right, but now he was…
Kelly: Tri-faith plan moves forward
Omaha’s unique plan for a church, a synagogue and a mosque on the same plot of land has reached a milestone — each faith group last week purchased its property. The schedule calls for the synagogue and the mosque to open in late 2013, to be followed by the church and a fourth building, a…
Old Ironwood site to include assisted living
Developers of Sterling Ridge, the major project going up at the former Ironwood Country Club location, have announced that they plan to break ground next spring on an 80-unit assisted living facility. The $14.5 million facility will be operated by Heritage Management Services and include about 20 units in a designated memory care wing. It…
Kelly: Three-faith site planners persevere
Leaders of Omaha’s unique plan to build homes for three faiths at one location are proceeding with optimism, confident they will overcome a few whispers of unease. In a world of turmoil and political-religious animosity, it is remarkable that the plan has advanced this far without public controversy. Nowhere else is a community doing what…
The last days of Ironwood
Demolition work on the clubhouse at the former Ironwood Country Club should be wrapped up by next week. The building’s removal is part of a major transition for the 153-acre property at 126th and Pacific Streets in Omaha, sold for $9.98 million at a foreclosure auction in early 2010. Lockwood Development, the property’s new owner,…
Ironwood Golf Course Opens to Public
OMAHA (KPTM) — It’s the beginning of the end for one of Omaha’s oldest country clubs. The 18–hole golf course at Ironwood Country Club reopened to the public Thursday after the property was sold at auction in January. The sign out front still says private, but for the first time in its 86–year–history, everyone is…
Golf: Ironwood course, clubhouse will be open to public for 2010
It is for one year only, but the Ironwood golf course and clubhouse are going public beginning Thursday. The former country club at 12605 Pacific St. sold at auction in January for nearly $10 million. The new owners, who include Omaha developer Chip James, signed one-year leases with Knolls Management to run the 18-hole golf…
Country Club Opening To The Public
A new beginning for one of Omaha’s oldest country clubs begins on Thursday. That’s when Ironwood Golf and Country Club opens its doors to the public. The club has been around since 1924, and was once known as Highland Country Club. A developer has purchased the 18-hole golf course, the 25-thousand square foot clubhouse and…
