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April 6, 2017
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Volume 113, Issue 48
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College Hill Makeover COURTESY PHOTO
Above is concept art for the proposed apartment complex, The Landing, which will replace Ginger’s.
NICOLE BAXTER Staff Writer
The burning of Great Wall on the corner of 22nd and College Street in April of 2016 has ignited a series of new projects up and down the Hill, bringing apartments, restaurants, a bakery and more. UNI students are anticipating the changes brought about by this shake-up at the epicenter of Cedar Falls night life. “I would love to see more food options on the Hill. The more variety, the better,” said Sam Arndt, a sophomore manufacturing engineering technology major. Two apartment complexes are expected to provide more options for student living directly on the Hill. Urban Flats, an apartment construction project located on 23rd Street between University
Book and Supply and Third Eye Tattoo and Gallery, is nearing completion. These apartments, developed by UNI alumni Brent Dahlstrom and Ryan Kriener, are just a taste of what is to come in 2018. Dahlstrom and Kriener are taking on another residential project as well. The Landing, a five-story apartment complex offering ground-level parking and various apartment options close to campus, is slated to occupy an L-shaped area behind the previous location of Great Wall Chinese Restaurant. The Landing will take the place of Ginger’s and IPPA to the west and border Great Wall’s former parking lot to the north. “We are hoping that the buildings are a new, fresh design,” Kriener said. “It just keeps encouraging landlords to improve and update their units, just to make it a more vibrant
area.” According to the project developers of The Landing, around 3,000 square feet on the ground level of the building will be reserved for retail spaces. Kriener said there is interest in having a national chain restaurant located in a portion of that space along with other businesses. Urban Flats will also have retail space available, which a locally owned restaurant is likely to occupy. Dave Deibler, the Co-owner of Octopus College Hill and Mohair Pair and former president of the College Hill Partnership, said this type of expansion is exactly what the area needs. “I think there is a lot of room for growth, and I’m very happy with the development that is going on,” Deibler said. “What I want is a lot more den-
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Little Bigs opened Nov. 7, 2016, which replaced Beck’s Taproom Grill.
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Great Wall burned to the ground in April 2016. Reconstruction has started.
sity and a lot more businesses. I want more people to live down here so they don’t have to get in car. They can walk and ride their bikes and we need to provide more services, more places to eat, more varied businesses.” With the addition of the two apartment complexes and their
featured retail space, the Hill will be seeing more vehicle and pedestrian traffic. The matter of parking has been raised as a concern in the past. However, Deibler does not see it being an issue for his businesses. See COLLEGE HILL, page 2
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Urban Flats is still under construction and is scheduled to open May 2017. It will be a combination of commercial and residential spaces.
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