{"id": "n-0265b9e9ce", "slug": "omaha-union-pacific-harriman-dispatch-center", "type": "office-park", "name": "Union Pacific Harriman Dispatch Center", "aka": [], "city": "Omaha", "county": "Douglas County", "state": "NE", "country": "US", "census_division": 4, "lat": 41.25388889, "lon": -95.92722222, "geocode_method": "wikipedia", "address": null, "metro": null, "original_use": "Union Pacific Freight Depot", "year_opened": null, "year_closed": null, "acres": null, "gla_sqft": null, "stores_peak": null, "levels": null, "original_developer": null, "original_architect": null, "before_notes": "Draft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: The Union Pacific Harriman Dispatch Center was redeveloped from a 1891 freight depot into an operational rail traffic control headquarters in 1989.", "strategy": ["redevelop"], "new_use": ["office"], "share_retrofit": null, "status": "operating", "year_retrofit": null, "developer": null, "architect": null, "after_notes": "Union Pacific's rail traffic control headquarters", "narrative": "The Union Pacific Harriman Dispatch Center (HDC) is Union Pacific's rail traffic control headquarters. Also known as \"The Bunker\", it monitors trains, track and switches across the United States. The dispatch center is located at 850 Jones Street in Downtown Omaha, Nebraska, and is built inside an old Union Pacific freight depot that was built in 1891 and sold in 1897. The building was redeveloped in the late 1980s with a bunker made of 18-24 inch steel reinforced concrete that is designed to withstand a direct tornado strike.", "narrative_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "narrative_source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Pacific_Harriman_Dispatch_Center", "zoning_change": null, "public_subsidy": null, "entitlement_year": null, "planning_notes": null, "wikidata_qid": "Q7885919", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Pacific_Harriman_Dispatch_Center", "osm_id": null, "verified": "draft", "verified_by": null, "last_verified": null, "last_updated": "2026-10-18", "created": "2026-10-18", "contributor_name": null, "contributor_org": null, "contributor_link": null, "international": 0, "county_fips": "31055", "opp_score": 0.0, "opp_reasons": ["retrofit already built", "county grew 5.5% 2018–23"], "for_sale": 0, "distressed": 0, "url": "https://retrofitatlas.org/office-parks/ne/omaha-union-pacific-harriman-dispatch-center/", "events": [], "sources": [{"id": 9227, "site_id": "n-0265b9e9ce", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Pacific_Harriman_Dispatch_Center", "title": "Union Pacific Harriman Dispatch Center", "publisher": "Wikipedia", "date": null, "quote": "Union Pacific Harriman Dispatch Center", "kind": "wikipedia", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "retrieved": "2026-10-18"}], "deals": [], "parties": [], "parcels": [], "context": {"assessment": {"what_happened": "The Union Pacific Harriman Dispatch Center operates as an office-park, repurposed from a historic 1891 Union Pacific Freight Depot. It functions as Union Pacific's rail traffic control headquarters (\"The Bunker\"), located at 850 Jones Street in downtown Omaha. The building was redeveloped in the late 1980s with a reinforced concrete structure. It is currently operating, not vacant. Nearby context includes the Omaha Rail and Commerce Historic District (0.2km away) and other redeveloped sites like the Union Stockyards site (1km) and a strip mall (1km), all sharing a \"redevelop\" strategy. Housing market data shows Douglas County ZHVI at $294,051 (2.2% YoY growth). County population grew 5.5% 2018–2023. No current vacancy or development status is noted beyond operation. Unknown: Tenant occupancy rates, specific redevelopment timeline, or current lease terms.", "why": "The site is a functioning office-park within a historic rail district, leveraging existing infrastructure. Its proximity to other redeveloped sites (all within 10km) and alignment with Omaha's housing market growth (2.2% YoY) suggest stable demand. The \"retrofit already built\" status and county growth rate are cited as reasons for low opportunity score (0.0), indicating no immediate redevelopment need.", "where_it_stands": "Operating as a rail control HQ, not a vacant asset. No new development planned (opportunity score 0.0). Context shows strong peer redevelopments nearby, but the site itself is already retrofitted and active.", "for_a_planner": ["Downtown Omaha rail corridor has established historic reuse (Harriman Dispatch Center, Omaha Rail District).", "Housing market growth supports office demand, but no vacancy data provided."], "for_a_developer": ["No active development opportunity (retrofit complete, operating).", "Nearby redevelopments (e.g., Union Stockyards site, strip mall) show similar strategy but are separate assets."], "risks_and_unknowns": ["No vacancy rate or tenant data.", "County growth rate (5.5% 2018–23) not tied to current demand.", "No details on the 1980s retrofit scope or costs."], "data_quality": "partial", "one_line": "Operating rail HQ in downtown Omaha, retrofitted from historic depot, no active development opportunity.", "model": "qwen3-30b-a3b-64k:latest", "machine": "Dell 5820 RTX 3090 (Ollama, qwen3-30b-a3b)", "record_sha1": "279c206be975"}, "cluster": {"within_10km": [{"id": "n-28621c606b", "name": "Omaha Rail and Commerce Historic District", "city": "Omaha", "status": "built", "km": 0.2}, {"id": "n-d35f9e475c", "name": "Old Market", "city": "Omaha", "status": "operating", "km": 0.3}, {"id": "n-df91378e44", "name": "Nash Block", "city": "Omaha", "status": "built", "km": 0.4}, {"id": "n-038606ea28", "name": "Burlington Headquarters Building", "city": "Omaha", "status": "built", "km": 0.5}, {"id": "n-38481305bb", "name": "J. 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