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Interesting!

Thanks so much for the photo.

Awesome! I wonder what is going to become of the triangle lot to the west.

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11/24/2014

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Sweet

Dude

Sweet

Dude!

Aaannnddd THEN?

I'm still sick about Belle Isle. That was such a cool landmark and could have been great for
an entertainment center.
Same here. It was originally an entertainment district with arcades, a ballroom, lake,
amusement park...

Too bad we didn't have the vision and even civic interest back then that we have in OKC now. Not to mention $$ and Corporate presence.

Can you just imagine if at least Belle Isle lake was still in place what ABM or the like would develop on its shores? I think we'd really probably have something KC AND DALLAS would be jealous of.

Can you just imagine if at least Belle Isle lake was still in place what ABM or the like would
develop on its shores? I think we'd really probably have something KC AND DALLAS would
be jealous of.
I'm sure the lake/pond was there until the 70's. Jim Kyle would know. I might be dreaming
but I can envision it at the base of the power plant.

Another "functionally obsolete" building.

December 22 2014

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Just FYI. A Parking lot on the east side of this building was admin approved at ddrc

2/8/2015

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This morning.
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Steve's update on this and adjoining property.

http://www.oklahoman.com/article/5402622&headline=Development%20to%20continue%20at%20downto wn%20gateway


Developer Chuck Ainsworth is moving forward with plans to build a six-story garage and office building at the Sixth Street exit from Interstate 235 as renovations continue at the adjoining flat iron building.
Ainsworth said design work is underway for a new six-story building that will be immediately east of the PLICO flat iron building and will include three level of parking and 5,000 square feet of Class A office space.

That sounds awesome!

That would be this area shaded in blue, right?

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Yes.

Sounds like three levels of parking on the bottom (which would be about the height of the Plico building, then three levels of office on top of that.

Sight unseen, this sounds like a great development. Makes me wonder how much effect the Metropolitan has had in bringing this area to life.

Yeah, wow this just suddenly became one of the latest devs we have going..

Can someone explain to me why three stories of parking is necessary? Are they overbuilding for the future increase in demand?

Only 5,000sf of office space? That doesnt sound right.

Only 5,000sf of office space? That doesnt sound right.

Yeah, the flatiron building itself is 6,500 per floor. Maybe it is supposed to be 50,000? That would be 16,666 per floor for three floors.

Can someone explain to me why three stories of parking is necessary? Are they overbuilding for the future increase in demand?

This will enable others along Harrison to build some office density, which will be a nice mix of land uses between the Met and core of DD.

Structured parking really is everything.

I think this is a good place for a garage…it makes sense with the 235-exit literally right there. Hopefully they spruce up the garage part.

With the way the traffic backs up on 5th trying to get to I-235 and with how fast that light changes, hopefully this is accounted for in the design of the garage regarding ingress/egress points.

Just saw this tweet (https://twitter.com/TheOklahoman/status/578608380203298816) from the Oklahoman, it contains a link that shortcuts through the paywall to the article that ljbab728 posted (I figure they'd rather I share the tweet than the direct link, seems like the polite thing to do at least).

Article is available on the mobile app.

6 stories here will look very significant. Going to be great with the Metropolitan, this and GE across the highway.

Article is available on the mobile app.

6 stories here will look very significant. Going to be great with the Metropolitan, this and GE across the highway.

And Block 42, before you go up on the berm and have a view looking at downtown over Deep Deuce. 235 has always been a pretty impressive view..

OKCTalk - First look at second phase of Deep Deuce Flatiron Building (https://www.okctalk.com/content.php?r=142-First-look-at-second-phase)

Hot damn!

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Gorgeous.

overall i like it... personally, i think it'd tie in better if the vertical fins on phase two were darker to coordinate with the window treatments on phase one. -M

I like that. What parking lot is that in the picture?

That is really cool looking. :)

Interesting...

I like that. What parking lot is that in the picture?

First two levels of Phase II.

I think it's completely bold and badass.

It's going to have some of the best skyline views anywhere in town.

^^^^^^^
That's a fact. That intersection provides the best angle of the skyline, and they will be even more elevated inside the building.

I mean in the bottom of the picture. The rendering looks like its from across a street and those people are walking through a parking lot.

I mean in the bottom of the picture. The rendering looks like its from across a street and those people are walking through a parking lot.

It's existing parking for the buildings due south.

Oh yeah. I should have known that.

Well this might get a nom for most badass building in OKC.

This is the best development news for OKC I can remember in the last few months. Very cool.

Let's hope this inspires lots of creativity in other future projects around the city. So many projects have just been so boring.

Woah. Triangles, the more the better.

Looks pretty cool.

But, the SE Elevation/Southeast Corner pictures appears to have a car going west on 5th street..and shows 5th Street as a two way street. haha.

Woah. Triangles, the more the better.
Some similar lines to his work in the Boathouse District, yet without being THAT close in appearance. Rand has wanted to take on that corner for 20+ years. I'm glad he's finally getting a chance.

Another thought I had when looking at this was being reminded of the central library in San Antonio. This project really doesn't resemble that brightly-colored building in any way other than ambition and in the (good) way that it thoroughly dominates the intersection.

I want to get really excited about this but coming from the east you will see nothing but a dead wall/street. I would be much more enthused if there were street level retail to go along with the cool design.

Woah.

That's cool.

That is really nice and it'll oppose the GE Global Research Center on 235.

First Look at Rand Elliott's Addition to Downtown's Flat Iron Building | News OK (http://newsok.com/first-look-at-rand-elliotts-addition-to-downtowns-flat-iron-building/article/5409402)

The article said that there MAY be changes to the design, due to the lack of "apparent street life"

I may be wrong, but are the suggestions added to the drawings from the urban renewal board? If so, they are getting involved in the design to a large extent, so I wonder why the design review committee doesn't second guess the 400 Walnut develop? Not that I am a fan of the city staff making design choices, but it seems to be what is suggested here. Could it also be because there is public money in this project and not in the 400 Walnut one?

It's like everything brutalism SHOULD have been ;)

The article said that there MAY be changes to the design, due to the lack of "apparent street life"

Being the new "gateway to downtown," I would hope they could come up with something that encourages street interaction or the first thing you are going to see driving into downtown is a dead corner.

The article said that there MAY be changes to the design, due to the lack of "apparent street life"

The City uses architecture firm RTKL as consultants for OCURA projects, which this is.

They just make some comments when plans are submitted but are in no way binding and they have no decision-making authority. The comments are just passed on to the developer.

OCURA will vote to approve the plans next week -- as is -- and then the building still has to go through the Downtown Design Review Committee. The developer can make their own decision what to do with the RTKL comments, and the DDRC may have some as well.