COTTAGE-HEAVY RENTAL NEIGHBORHOOD ADDS DIFFERENT APPROACH TO TACKLING NEBRASKA HOUSING SHORTAGE

OMAHA- Sprouting along a fast-growing Elkhorn area corridor is a collection of what will be 327 market-rate residences with amenities including a clubhouse, pickleball courts, and a dog park. The former 40 acres of farmland is to be occupied largely by 109 stand-alone cottages. Also on the site, called Aerie Blue Sage, will be duplexes with garages, townhomes with private rooftop decks and a cluster of low-rise apartment buildings.

Developer Joe Slosburg says that while different for Nebraska, the build-to-rent “modern neighborhood” that his company will own and maintain represents a trend that’s been ramping up in other places. Slosburg is part of an Omaha-area family that has been active in commercial real estate for more than a century. He and his father, David, launched the separate Spruce Capital entity about five years ago and this is its first Omaha project.

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