Shown is an aerial view of the current Malcolm X memorial campus marking his childhood home in North Omaha. The site is to be transformed with the help of a $20 million state grant. The redevelopment vision, more than a decade in the making, took a step forward with selection of a global firm to create a master site plan. (Courtesy of Malcolm X Memorial Foundation)

OMAHA — The Malcolm X Cultural Center redevelopment project in North Omaha has taken a key step forward with the selection of a San Francisco-based architecture and design firm to lead planning and transformation of the 17-acre site that marks the birthplace of the slain human rights leader.

Gensler, a global company with about 6,000 professionals, developed its proposal in partnership with Omaha’s Alley Poyner Macchietto Arch

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