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Is that garages or actual units going up?

Is that garages or actual units going up?

In that first photo, there is a garage integrated into the middle of that structure but the space along the street will be for retail and then apartments above.

In the second photo, that will be a parking garage and the apartments will be built next to it, between the garage and Jones Assembly.

The big parking garage is now well underway which will serve the hotel and Jones Assembly while the rest of the project is under construction.

They are using pre-formed concrete panels and it should go up very fast.

As you can see in the rendering below, it will be along Classen and eventually tie in with the apartments directly east. Immediately east of the apartments is Jones Assembly.



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Thanks for the updates, Pete!

Thanks for the updates, Pete!

You're very welcome.

Any idea of the total investment they've poured into this area? Really remarkable how much it will be changed upon completion. I forget, did they get TIF money?

Any idea of the total investment they've poured into this area? Really remarkable how much it will be changed upon completion. I forget, did they get TIF money?

Yes, the hotel and the apartments both got TIF.

I'll look up all the numbers and post them later, but between the hotel, the apartments and related garages and retail and Jones Assembly, a ton of money is being pouring into those few blocks.

Driving south tonight on Classen... Noticed with the height of the parking garage that this place is really going to be massive!

Driving south tonight on Classen... Noticed with the height of the parking garage that this place is really going to be massive!

Just wait until this entire area is filled in. Once the MAPS park is finished I can see a lot of development pushing West and upwards toward this area.

Took these last night.

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Love those pics!!! Makes me think the Sonic and Taco Bell property will soon be too valuable for fast food.

I actually hope that's right. Especially the Sonic property. That's a good size chunk of land taken up by a fast food joint.

I actually hope that's right. Especially the Sonic property. That's a good size chunk of land taken up by a fast food joint.

As tradition for a Sonic.

Parking structure almost fully erected:

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That was a fast 3 weeks work. Amazing how fast it went up.

Same with the garage for the heritage, basically up.

Tinker Toys!

Once they get the prep and foundation work done, it's just a big puzzle that has to be put together.

Jones is going to need that parking.

That's kind of a "gateway to downtown", I hope it's getting skinned somehow...

Just paint and the fake front to replicate what was demolished:

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Ah. Better than nothing, but a missed opportunity on the ground level as downtown connects to the boulevard and farmers market.

In the apartment building that will be between Jones Assembly and the garage, there will be a small lobby plus about 3,400 SF of what they are calling 'executive suites' at the street level.

Also, a small conference room at the east end of the garage.

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Thanks for the pics. This area is so exciting. I also love that soon Sheridan will be almost 100% filled in from Lincoln to Classen.

Seeing Main from the angle in the third pic gives me just enough old building stock to imagine what it was like back in the day...

Across the street to the east of Jones Assembly, those are apartments too?

Across the street to the east of Jones Assembly, those are apartments too?

Yes, all the construction around will be apartments with a bit of restaurant and retail space at ground level.

With the opening of a live music venue and restraunt in Jones assembly and a new brewery in sunshine cleaners, coupled with all the shops in film row this area has a lot to offer. Myriad gardens as your backyard down the street. Streetcar stops, library and okcmoa all in walking/biking/ transit distance. As much as I enjoy bricktown and even midtown, this west village project has the chance to become/make film row the premier distrirowing OKC.

Or at least a close second place to chisholm creek, because I this k we can all agree chisholm creek is insanely cool. The landscaping alone is a cut above.

Don't get too crazy with those filters Pete

Yes, all the construction around will be apartments with a bit of restaurant and retail space at ground level.

And a swimming pool on the roof.

And a swimming pool on the roof.

There will be a pool on the roof of the building directly east of Jones but the building to the west will have a pool at ground level.

I was told the residents of the various buildings will have access to all the pools and recreation facilities, so the project will function as one large complex, although somewhat disjointed.

^^^^^^^
The question you answered specified the building east of Jones Assembly.

^^^^^^^
The question you answered specified the building east of Jones Assembly.

You are right, as usual!

From today:

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Will the apartments to the West look down into the Jones?

Is there an estimated opening date on the apartments? Inquiring minds...

seems to me there would have been an opportunity to connect the farmer's market district into all of this but the boulevard is going to screw that up.

seems to me there would have been an opportunity to connect the farmer's market district into all of this but the boulevard is going to screw that up.

Right, that photo really demonstrates that.

seems to me there would have been an opportunity to connect the farmer's market district into all of this but the boulevard is going to screw that up.

I agree and that's unfortunate. The city would have been so much better off in so many ways to just restore the grid (not to revive that dead horse).

Once upon a time Eric promised West downtown to the farmers market would be very walkable post-boulevard completion. Let's hope that's the case...

Website just published for the apartments: https://westvillageokc.com

If it ends up looking like those drawings, it'll be a good development.

Kind of a useless site otherwise at the moment

This is a super exciting development but the decision to site the parking facility at the corner of Sheridan and Classen is just a giant mistake. What is it with this city and its glorification of multistory parking garages on key gateway corners? It's the OKC way to build a stately mansion and put a pink flamingo in the front yard.

This is a super exciting development but the decision to site the parking facility at the corner of Sheridan and Classen is just a giant mistake. What is it with this city and its glorification of multistory parking garages on key gateway corners? It's the OKC way to build a stately mansion and put a pink flamingo in the front yard.

In your opinion, where is the best place for the parking facility and why is it better?

IMO it makes much more sense for the parking to be next to Jones (who could lease spaces there on show nights), and to have the apartment block on the corner instead of the middle. Obvs the garage could either have retail on the ground floor or you could pull it back from the street and have apartments (on levels 2 and up).

You can see the garage to the north of 21c is now taking shape.

Looks like the garage nearest the Jones may be open for business very soon.

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/21c080717.jpg

IMO it makes much more sense for the parking to be next to Jones (who could lease spaces there on show nights), and to have the apartment block on the corner instead of the middle. Obvs the garage could either have retail on the ground floor or you could pull it back from the street and have apartments (on levels 2 and up).

I believe one of the reasons they put the garage there rather than apartments is due to some heavy-duty power lines running along the east side of Classen.

In fact, due to the associated OG&E easement, the garage is actually set back from Classen and the remaining area has been proposed as a dog park.

Great aerial work Pete! That end of downtown is in for some major density, this project will only be pushing on the accelerator. I'd like to see the streetcar come down that way at some point.

Great aerial work Pete! That end of downtown is in for some major density, this project will only be pushing on the accelerator. I'd like to see the streetcar come down that way at some point.

That's not likely to ever happen, but it would make a great stop on a great bus route:

Farmers Market > 21c. > Plaza > OCU > Classen Curve > Western Ave > 23rd St > Midtown Plaza Court > Embark Station (and/or Santa Fe Station) > CHK/MBG > Farmers Market

^^^^nice idea....that's basically just combining route 5 and one of the old discovery downtown bus 50 routes

Plaza is route 10. There's no direct route to OCU, you have to take either the 5 or the 8 and transfer to the 23 (or walk from Penn or Classen). Plaza Court is the 38. While the 5 does hit Classen Curve, there is no route that goes to the Western Avenue district, though you can take the 5 up Classen and walk over to Western.

Not intending to criticize, but rather making the point that, unfortunately there isn't a "popular districts" kind of circulator, though I wish there was. IMO if Embark won't/can't do it, the districts should pool some funds and provide some type of circulator, at least certain nights of the week.

Plaza is route 10. There's no direct route to OCU, you have to take either the 5 or the 8 and transfer to the 23 (or walk from Penn or Classen). Plaza Court is the 38. While the 5 does hit Classen Curve, there is no route that goes to the Western Avenue district, though you can take the 5 up Classen and walk over to Western.

Not intending to criticize, but rather making the point that, unfortunately there isn't a "popular districts" kind of circulator, though I wish there was. IMO if Embark won't/can't do it, the districts should pool some funds and provide some type of circulator, at least certain nights of the week.

Ok so like on a Thursday-Sunday basis?

I get it and would be inspired to see the districts clime together on that but......embark just got a ton of federal funds. We bought new buses but for some reason we still can't fund more routes and later times (evening-midnight) for more routes than the 4 we currently have? So if we got a federal grant and bought more energy efficient buses then what happened tel the ones we were formerly using? What would have happened if we didn't get the grant? So, we discontinued some of the buses we were using to bring in new buses but then they tell us OKIES they can't afford better service for lack of funding? Crazy hunh? And then at that I remember a few drivers mentioning to me a year or two ago that they needed more drivers.

I really hope we pass the tax for transit this September because without it Im not certain Embark will get us where we need to be.

Sorry I seem to be the culprit getting off topic in all these threads lol.....

You can see the garage to the north of 21c is now taking shape.

Looks like the garage nearest the Jones may be open for business very soon.

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The parking lot on the north end is going to be a lot bigger than the one of the southside, corner of Sheridan and Classen. I drive by the south parking lot every single day and they finally have the ground level concrete done. However the staircases do not have railings, sidewalks haven't been marked, the entrance and exit gates aren't installed and I don't believe the elevator is installed either. My guesstimate is another month or so before its close to being operational. Oh and don't forget the front of the buildings that they tore down, they have to rebuild those too, hahaha. :rolleyes:

Am I the only one that doesn't care for the layout of this development (particularly the garage placements)?

It seems like the hotel, the Jones Assembly and the residences are high caliber. I am a little disappointed that a tall, blank concrete wall gets such prominent frontage on Classen, Wish they would have done first floor retail on that garage or at the very least make that garage more appealing (perhaps when it is finished? Not sure what the finished product will actually look like)

It's a little amazing how much of an impression the garage makes when traveling southbound on Classen.

I wonder if it would be safe to assume the north face of it will look similar to the previously posted south face, just in reverse:

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Though presumably without the facades of the demolished buildings.

Based on this drone shot from Pete the design generally matches the shape of the concrete so far:

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Am I the only one that doesn't care for the layout of this development (particularly the garage placements)?

No. If you read my post a page or so back I specifically called out the placement of the garage at a gateway intersection. OKC thinks parking garages are significant architecture.

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