The Omaha City Council unanimously approved $9 million in tax increment financing for the Saddle Creek Marketplace development in Dundee, moving the controversial $103 million mixed-use project one step closer to reality.
For months, neighbors have voiced concerns about the massive development that will transform the area around 46th and SaddleCreek. The project will revamp the existing Family Fare grocery store building while demolishing current strip malls to make way for 223 market-rate apartments and 67,000 square feet of retail space across five phases.
“This feels like an outside takeover,” said Jess McCallie, who lives nearby and owns a local coffee shop. “This is like very classic gentrification. This is what it looks like in action. This is the displacement of immigrants, black and brown people, and our neighbors who we love and care about.”…