This is the future South Omaha Global Market at 5125 S. 24th St., which was a former second-hand store and a car dealership. A groundbreaking event Thursday marked the official start of transformation. The first phase, buoyed by a $4.3 million state grant, is to be done by the end of 2026. (Courtesy of B2Lab Architecture)
OMAHA — Groundbreaking for the South Omaha “global market” — a food-centric project fueled by a multimillion dollar state grant — brought a parking lot of supporters Thursday to a community known as a landing place for waves of Nebraska immigrants.
State, city and county officials joined grant recipients as they formally launched a $5.8 million award from the pandemic-related $235 million North and South Omaha Recovery Grant program administered by the Nebraska Department of Economic Development.
In this case, three projects at three separate locations are sharing the $5.8 million, though the lion’s share, $4.3 million, goes to the global market. That market venture aims to transform a second-hand store, once a car dealership, vacated years ago along the South 24th Street main commercial corridor, just north of Q Street…