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Couple seeks to create duplexes from steel shipping containers
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Kris and Julie Sonderup with one of the shipping containers being used to constrict the duplexes.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The steel shipping container showed up at Cycle Works a few months ago, but it’s not serving as storage.Instead, engineers and architects have been studying it to finalize their designs for what could be Lincoln’s first container-constructed housing, an apartment complex proposed for 28th and Vine, across the alley from the bike shop.Owners Kris and Julie Sonderup hope to break ground later this year on four or five duplexes, each built around two containers.“It’s definitely more and newer housing that’s needed in the area,” Kris Sonderup told the Lincoln Journal Star . “A lot of people want to live downtown but don’t want to pay the price. Here it’s close to downtown, close to Antelope Valley, close to both campuses.”They’d originally planned seven buildings, 14 units, but scaled the project to better fit the land they own next to Cycle Works and Moose’s Tooth, their adjacent outdoor gear store.The first floor of each building will have a two-bedroom apartment and garage, the second-floor units will have a one-bedroom unit with a large deck. The buildings will face 28th Street, and require the couple to demolish three homes they already own on that part of the block.As sketched, the buildings are a mix of steel, wood and glass, with bold colors — the upper containers are bright red — and strong horizontal lines.