Jay Noddle of Noddle Cos. said the price tag for the office building, parking garage and retail alleyway is about $110 million. He called HDR a “perfect fit” that will further energize the village. “They are such a hugely important employer and to have them stay here and grow here and be in the middle of Omaha is a big, big win for our community.”

Noddle said HDR contacted him after it pulled out of the downtown site. Noddle already had been working on the design for a building at the Aksarben Village spot and had been talking with potential tenants.

Discussions quickly shifted to HDR, Noddle said. “We focused on trying to determine how easily HDR might fit. Could we accommodate their growth in the future? Could we deliver their schedule?

“It all came together very, very quickly.”

The 10-story HDR building is about as high as Noddle wanted to build in that part of the city. The structure will contain 18,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space.

There will be another 20,000 square feet of shops and restaurants lining the west side of the parking garage. Noddle envisions the alleyway between the HDR building and the parking garage being filled with activity. “It’s truly a walkway, an alleyway with retail shops on both sides — kind of a hangout place.”