Office parks · Nebraska
Burlington Headquarters Building
Historic office building (1879) fully rehabilitated, now office space, in downtown Omaha with strong historic context and modest market growth. · summary, model-written
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Site profile6 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence
3+ other atlas sites within 10 km
This site: 13 within 10 km computed · all sites with this30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road
This site: 34,020 on I-480 fhwa-hpms · all sites with thisCounty permitting 2,000+ apartment units a year
This site: 2,583 units, Douglas County census-bps · all sites with thisInterstate or freeway within 600 m
This site: I-480 fhwa-hpms · all sites with thisReinhabited
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| Status | Retrofit builtWikipedia no source |
|---|---|
| Strategy | ReinhabitedWikipedia no source |
| New uses | officeWikipedia no source |
| What is there now | office spacenewtypes-extraction reported |
Site context
| Housing permits, Douglas County (NE), 2024 | 2,583 units in 5+ unit buildings, 89 in 2–4, 1,867 single-family; 2023: 1,751 in 5+Census BPS |
|---|---|
| Other atlas sites nearby | 13 within 10 km, 14 within 25 km: Nash Block (0.1 km); Old Market (0.3 km); Union Pacific Harriman Dispatch Center (0.5 km); Omaha Rail and Commerce Historic District (0.6 km); J. L. Brandeis and Sons Store Building (0.7 km)computed |
| Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW) | 32,260 jobs in 1,709 establishments; average annual pay $41,407; employment location quotient 0.96; employment -0.8% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private |
| Jobs located in the tract, 2022 | 19,246 jobs; 238 in retail trade, 2,153 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 31055001800)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022 |
| Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract) | children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 36th income percentile as adults; 6.1% incarcerated at the 2010 count (116 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights |
| Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract) | not a low-access tract at 1 mile; poverty rate 12.4%; median family income $97,143; 166 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS |
| Schools | Omaha Public Schools (PK-12); 3 public schools within 1 mile: LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL; PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNCES EDGE |
| Elevation | 1,030 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP |
| Storm events in the county, 2016-2025 | 373 county-logged events: 165 hail, 143 thunderstorm wind, 40 flash flood, 18 flood; $40,535,000 property damage reported; 1 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events |
| Homes for sale in ZIP 68102, 2026-09 | median list price $517,500 (-7.3% on the year); 20 active listings; median 99 days on market; 9% with a price cutRealtor.com Research |
| Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023 | 1,668 establishments (-5%); 36,257 jobs (+4%)Census CBP |
| Housing market in the county | typical home value $294,051 (+2% 1 yr, +23% 5 yr); typical rent $1,381/mo (+2% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research |
| Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024) | 34,020 vehicles a day on I-480 (Interstate, 4 lanes); 1,764 trucks; 14 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS |
Summary, model-written
The Burlington Headquarters Building (1004 Farnam St, Omaha) is a built, historic office-park (4-story brick, 1879) originally railroad headquarters. It was rehabilitated in 1983, listed on National Register (1974), and now serves as office space. The retrofit is complete (record states 'retrofit already built').
Why. It's within 1km of 5 historic districts (e.g., Nash Block, Omaha Rail District) and 4km of Center Mall (also 'reinhabit' strategy). County population grew 5.5% 2018–23. Housing ZHVI up 2.2% YoY, retail establishments down 5.2% but employment up 3.7%.
Where it stands. Status: built. Current use: office space. No vacancy data or tenant details in record. Traffic: I-480 (34k ADT) nearby. Housing market shows modest growth. Retail trend shows declining establishments but rising employment. Unknown: current occupancy, tenant mix, or specific retrofit costs.
For a planner
- Historic designation (1974, 1978) and proximity to 5+ historic sites support adaptive reuse context.
For a developer
- Market shows housing growth (2.2% YoY) and retail employment growth (3.7%), but retail establishments declined. No vacancy data or financials provided.
What we do not know yet
- No current occupancy rate, tenant details, or retrofit cost data. Retail decline (5.2% estab. drop) noted but not contextualized.
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Similar sites
- South Roads Mall, Bellevue, NE · Malls · same strategy: reinhabit; also in NE; 9 km away
- Center Mall, Omaha, NE · Malls · same strategy: reinhabit; also in NE; 4 km away
- Omaha Rail and Commerce Historic District, Omaha, NE · Industrial sites · same strategy: reinhabit; also in NE; 1 km away
- Nash Block, Omaha, NE · Industrial sites · same strategy: reinhabit; also in NE; 0 km away
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Multifamily screen
- retrofit already built
- county grew 5.5% 2018–23
Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.
History and original facts
| Anchors | Burlington and Missouri River Railroad |
|---|---|
| County | Douglas County |
| Census division | 4 · West North Central |
| Notes | Draft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: The Burlington Headquarters Building, originally a railroad headquarters opened in 1879 and vacated in 1966, was reinhabited as office space in 1983. |
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Background
The Burlington Headquarters Building, also called Burlington Place, is located at 1004 Farnam Street in Downtown Omaha, Nebraska. This four-story brick building was originally designed by Alfred R. Dufrene and built in 1879 next to Jobbers Canyon. It was redesigned by noted Omaha architect Thomas R. Kimball in 1899, and vacated by the railroad in 1966. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, designated an Omaha Landmark in 1978, and rehabilitated in 1983. Today it is office space. == History == The Burlington Headquarters Building was built in the late 1870s and officially opened in 1879.
Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.
Sources
- Burlington Headquarters Building · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Burlington Headquarters Building
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