OMAHA- Development proposals for the site of Omaha's former Civic Auditorium have for years come and gone, but city officials at a previous meeting aimed to further solidify a plan that would bring hundreds of housing units into the city's urban core.

Under the proposal, the seven acres of land would be sold for about $1.5 million.

Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert more than a year ago announced that the city had signed an agreement to sell the property to a development group called Civic Corner. It's being led by White Lotus Group, an Omaha company with a history of developing large-scale projects.

While redevelopment plans have not yet been finalized, housing is a key focus for the property. Civic Corner plans to build a mix of 268 market-rate apartment units, about 120 affordable units, and about 25 townhouses that will be for sale.

Jay Kline, a representative for White Lotus said, "Due to the more recent announcements regarding the significant reinvestment in the urban core, mostly the streetcar, we are looking at potentially increasing the scale of our plans to make it even larger."

The space has been empty for nearly five years.

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