I think you two are beyond local. You're missing the point. You are the exception to the rule. By the way, so am I. But comparatively very, very few people go that route.

I kind of like walking along the canal now. Its pretty quiet, so you can just enjoy it without having to deal with people.

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Footings are coming along.

From @dtOKCbuilds on Twitter (https://twitter.com/dtOKCbuilds/status/494921405465509889):


We have concrete at Brickopolis in @Bricktown411. Who's ready for laser tag, pizza, an arcade and House of Bedlam?
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Steel going up

https://twitter.com/dtOKCbuilds/status/514507926963507200

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Here is one from catch22:


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This will be great infill. After seeing the frame and how it butts up against the canal sidewalk and the street, I have become very excited about this project. (Mainly for the building, and not necessarily the tenant-use (I don't have kids and likely won't use the arcade)).

This will be great infill. After seeing the frame and how it butts up against the canal sidewalk and the street, I have become very excited about this project. (Mainly for the building, and not necessarily the tenant-use (I don't have kids and likely won't use the arcade)).

He who has tired of video arcades has tired of life.

He who has tired of video arcades has tired of life.

I love arcades, but if it's just children in there I don't want to be hanging out in there for obvious reasons. Chuck E Cheese has an arcade and pizza and I haven't been in one of those since I was 11. Again, for obvious reasons. The Retro Flashback pub should have what I am looking for.

Moving along. This will be a great addition to the canal
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Nice - looks much taller than expecting. Canal level will look great.

Yes, this will fill a big empty hole. Thanks to shawnw for the photo:

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/brickopolis101914.jpg

Looks great from that angle. Now if we can only get the other side of the canal filled.

This is looking huge compared to what I originally expected based on looking at the amount of land there when it was bare.

I walked by there yesterday and thought the same thing.

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The massing looks promising

I think aliens have inhabited Spartan's body. He's being much too positive today. :)

I think aliens have inhabited Spartan's body. He's being much too positive today. :)

He's in a Thanksgiving mood.

Actually, I think he is getting more and more pragmatic.

Yes to both the Thanksgiving mood and a little Alien intervention, but primarily just a matter of previously having very, very low expectations for this project..

Yes to both the Thanksgiving mood and a little Alien intervention, but primarily just a matter of previously having very, very low expectations for this project..

Who knew that genocide and a scientologist Space Opera are all it would take?

Right, I mean after that, you can take practically any OKC development... (*maybe not OKC Boulevard)

(This post is totally not worthy of being my 11,000th post..gulp)

Not worthy at all, Spartan. Delete that post and post something profound.

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I love the in-fill that this building creates, I didn't think you could do much with that space in the past. It will create an amazing border to that turn on the canal, hopefully they can fill that larger lot right across from it in the next 2 to 3 years.

Good stuff, Will.

Why the construction staging center is not prime for a hotel is beyond me. That corner is bound for new construction ASAP.

here here. And I agree about Brickopolis being a fine addition. I honestly love the canal frontage and can't wait for it to be finished. ...

Looks like it may have a rooftop offering of some sort, perhaps?

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I love the in-fill that this building creates, I didn't think you could do much with that space in the past. It will create an amazing border to that turn on the canal, hopefully they can fill that larger lot right across from it in the next 2 to 3 years.
15 years ago the scheme that I worked on for those lots had a hotel lobby where the building is being built connected over the canal to a New Orleans style hotel with canal level dining and balconies over the canal. Never got any traction on it because the price for those lots at that time were ridiculous. JDM Properties had looked at that site during the JDM Place remodel but backed away from it because of the price.

They are starting to move pretty quickly now:

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Will there be a sidewalk along that part of the canal next to the building?

I'd be shocked if there wasn't one by the time they're finished putting this up, it would really kill walking up and down the canal if there's suddenly a building in the way when you're on the east side along that stretch.

This is going to completely change the feel of that area of the canal. Best part is its re-purposable if the glorified Chuck E Cheese doesn't work out.

This is going to completely change the feel of that area of the canal. Best part is its re-purposable if the glorified Chuck E Cheese doesn't work out.

That's exactly what I'm thinking. I don't care about any of the stuff that's going in it -- I like the building.

Will there be a sidewalk along that part of the canal next to the building?

its hard to tell but if you notice the scaffolding set up to do the brick work. those are plenty wide and are basically sitting on the sidewalk area.

This is going to completely change the feel of that area of the canal. Best part is its re-purposable if the glorified Chuck E Cheese doesn't work out.

IMO, the best part is that the west side corner lot didn't become mostly surface parking. The leaves the potential for an entirely different concept and what could be a very marquee spot on the canal (that is, if a development there doesn't choose to ignore the canal).

IMO, the best part is that the west side corner lot didn't become mostly surface parking. The leaves the potential for an entirely different concept and what could be a very marquee spot on the canal (that is, if a development there doesn't choose to ignore the canal).

I heard a few rumors about the possibility of a 10 story hotel there. Not sure if there is any substance behind that. It would be a perfect location and would basically "complete" the upper canal. After all these years, that corner being a grassy lot sticks out like a sore thumb. It's a great opportunity being that OKC still lacks a hotel that actually interacts with the canal and the canal is supposed to be one of the defining attractions in Bricktown. I bet such a place would be enormously popular with tourists.

IMO, the best part is that the west side corner lot didn't become mostly surface parking. The leaves the potential for an entirely different concept and what could be a very marquee spot on the canal (that is, if a development there doesn't choose to ignore the canal).



Gotcha. I didn't look at the picture in detail, just looked pretty narrow. But you're right scaffolding is usually pretty large for that height. Just a weird angle with not very good width references for the sidewalk area.

The canal walk next to the building will actually be covered by the balcony above it:

http://www.okctalk.com/attachments/development-buildings/4263d1375821907-brickopolis-bedlam8613f.jpg

Catch22 just forwarded this.

The overhead beams will carry the balcony above the canal-level walk.

The distance from the water to the building is about 6 to 7 feet at the narrowest point; wider near the bend in the canal:

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/brickopolis122314.jpg

This is going to be a nice development. Wonder what the over-runs came to(from the original cost basis)?

Has anyone ever considered some type of residential type stuff down on the canal where it overlooks the canal? I think that would be quite cool and the demand for something like that would certainly be there. They need to make sure it is done right and nice enough that it adds to the overall appeal of BT, not bring it down. I would love to see some type of mixed use blended in with all the businesses down there. Having more people living down there also just helps the businesses as well. Any thoughts or anyone care to find some cool photos of something that would look good down there?

Has anyone ever considered some type of residential type stuff down on the canal where it overlooks the canal? I think that would be quite cool and the demand for something like that would certainly be there. They need to make sure it is done right and nice enough that it adds to the overall appeal of BT, not bring it down. I would love to see some type of mixed use blended in with all the businesses down there. Having more people living down there also just helps the businesses as well. Any thoughts or anyone care to find some cool photos of something that would look good down there?

The Centennial has condos above retail in the Lower Bricktown and sold faster than any other condo project in OKC.

In fact, Mayor Mick lives there.

Those sold so fast and a such high prices that you'd think that would have spurred other, similar developments.

The Centennial has condos above retail in the Lower Bricktown and sold faster than any other condo project in OKC.

In fact, Mayor Mick lives there.

Those sold so fast and a such high prices that you'd think that would have spurred other, similar developments.

True but a bit misleading. Chesapeake, Devon, and maybe sandridge gobbled up the majority of the units when they were made available. They were corporate units that only big wig out of town people used. In late 2011/early 2012 they started selling most them off and that's when my parents swooped in and got a deal. Im pretty sure Devon lost almost 100K between paying full price out of the gate and all the furnishings that came in it. Only the past few years have people actually started living there full time. But I agree, more residential would sell if made available.

I hope the balcony will have a more attractive railing than what is used along most of the canal.

that could be a good way to incubate high rise residential actually, allow corporations to buy blocks to help stimulate the market (and use for corp use) then they can offload to the market at more reasonable prices. actually commendable that devon, chesapeake, and sandridge did that with centennial.

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Always walking right by this area on the canal, I never would have envisioned such an ambitious project (perhaps not such much the tenant as much as the scale of the building itself). With each new picture posted, it's exciting to see how much it fills in that area.

Now, could we get something like this going again on that lot right across the canal (thanks to an old blog ran by one of our very own on here for that pic)?

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That entire grassy field could be filled in with something, anything. Some trees with park benches and little trails (connecting the canal to the street level at Reno or Oklahoma Ave)... Retail/housing/entertainment?

We desperately need, now more than ever with Brickopolis, a mid-block crosswalk along what would be California Ave.

It's a prime jaywalking area as it is, and we need to make that safer.

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Yes please, they should maintain a "California Spine" similar to the "Harvey Spine".

Always walking right by this area on the canal, I never would have envisioned such an ambitious project (perhaps not such much the tenant as much as the scale of the building itself). With each new picture posted, it's exciting to see how much it fills in that area.

Now, could we get something like this going again on that lot right across the canal (thanks to an old blog ran by one of our very own on here for that pic)?

http://www.okctalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=9897&stc=1

That entire grassy field could be filled in with something, anything. Some trees with park benches and little trails (connecting the canal to the street level at Reno or Oklahoma Ave)... Retail/housing/entertainment?

couldn't agree more!!!

Always walking right by this area on the canal, I never would have envisioned such an ambitious project (perhaps not such much the tenant as much as the scale of the building itself). With each new picture posted, it's exciting to see how much it fills in that area.

Now, could we get something like this going again on that lot right across the canal (thanks to an old blog ran by one of our very own on here for that pic)?

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That entire grassy field could be filled in with something, anything. Some trees with park benches and little trails (connecting the canal to the street level at Reno or Oklahoma Ave)... Retail/housing/entertainment?

YES PLEASE!!!!!!

What was this development and what killed it? Any chance something like that could be revived?

YES PLEASE!!!!!!

What was this development and what killed it? Any chance something like that could be revived?

The Cotton Exchange (dead) - OKCTalk (http://www.okctalk.com/showwiki.php?title=The+Cotton+Exchange+dead&highlight=cotton+exchange)
http://www.okctalk.com/general-civic-issues/14189-cotton-exchange-gets-scratched.html?daysprune=-1

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Took these today. Its coming along nicely!

January 28 2015

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From https://www.facebook.com/BricktownOKC:

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That last shot is great.

Wow, in the 10 days since my last visit they made a helluva lot of progress.....Its pretty impressive actually.