Bring them back! Not that they make or break the building, but they were interesting and heck, why not? A great big analogue clock could have been just one of those neat little things that creates a sense of place.

I believe they were in reference to the keys on a chip reader or payment processor, the clear and enter buttons. At least, I seem to remember that's what Steve Lackmeyer alluded to (how the clock was positioned in the renderings).

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Ohhhhh! That makes sense. I totally forgot about Lackmeyer's article on that. And yeah, I agree, it did add a bit more visual interest to the building. I'd like to see those visual elements return too.

Here are the latest renderings.

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/heartland072718d.jpg

What is the protrusion supposed to be?

What is the protrusion supposed to be?

Cantilevered conference room.

Cantilevered conference room.

It would be cooler if that protruded out over Broadway instead of on the backside of the building.

It would be cooler if that protruded out over Broadway instead of on the backside of the building.

Probably has to do with having air rights over the area they show and would have none over a public street.

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Yep. Also for liability and long-term maintenance reasons. This came up in the dicussion regarding the building under construction on Broadway north of 10th. The City generally will not allow balconies or other protrusions to extend over public rights of way such as sidewalks and streets. Note that the cantilevered room extends over private property.

And I don't know about you, but I'd probably get more distracted in a meeting in a glass room floating over Broadway than in a semi-private area. :D

Asking for $1,000,000 in incentives. Well worth it.

https://newsok.com/article/5605154/job-incentives-totaling-1-million-sought-as-part-of-new-downtown-oklahoma-city-headquarters

The company, which recently confirmed its move, is guaranteeing 345 new jobs over five years as part of the proposal... ...The application indicates the average first-year wage will total $59,172 and that the company's total investment over the first seven years will be $489 million.

Saw the article in today's Oklahoman; will they also qualify for Oklahoma's Quality Jobs' incentives?

Should be well worth the ROI.

Never been a huge fan of all the incentives, but this is an exception. They helped us beat places that are well-known to throw the bank at companies to get them to move there.

https://newsok.com/article/5605514/heartland-incentives-deal-advances

I hate incentives but if it’s what we have to do to win, I much prefer winning. Especially for things like this.

Everyone does it. Denver and the State of Colorado gave VF Corp $27 million in incentives for VF to locate part of their corporate HQ to Denver in return for 700 new jobs.

Corporations over inflate those job they promise to bring; however if they can deliver on half where they claim to generate say 1,000 or more job it's more of a win situation. They will qualify for the Oklahoma quality jobs programs as well as any incentives provided by the city.

Any updates?

They closed on the land a couple of weeks ago.

I imagine they are working on construction drawings.

Building permit application filed today for this project.

Work should start not long after the first the year.

I'm not at all the kind of person that wants to see three 40 story towers go up at the expense of infill, but I will say that I would much rather see five 7-10 story buildings go up than ten 3-4 story buildings go up. A good mix is ideal in general, but we sorely lack in buildings that are 7 to 15 stories. Those heights require concrete construction and they are better use of land. Would love to see this be a relatively pedestrian type development for south Midtown (4th to 8th, Robinson to Walker).

Press release plus a few new renderings:

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Heartland Payment to celebrate ground breaking

OKLAHOMA CITY (Dec. 10, 2018) – Heartland Payment Systems will celebrate the construction start of their downtown Oklahoma City facility on Tuesday, Dec. 11 with a ground breaking ceremony.
Heartland delivers credit/debit/prepaid card processing, payroll and payment solutions to more than 300,000 businesses and educational institutions nationwide. When completed, the project is expected to bring 345 high-paying jobs downtown.
Remarks will be delivered by Tony Capucille, President of Heartland Payment Systems; Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt; Andy Burnett, ; and Greater Oklahoma City Chamber President and CEO Roy Williams.

WHAT: Ground breaking ceremony

WHERE: 606 N. Broadway

WHEN: Tuesday, Dec 11 11 a.m.


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Beautiful design and a home run project for the gateway of Auto Alley. An LED band around the crown would be a nice touch though. Are there any nighttime renderings that show potential exterior lighting? Heartland HQ, Broadway Park, and the OKC Contemporary are all amazing projects that bring quality, height, and infill to this area.

The parking lot....not of fan of that at all. The overall design of the building is great though

The parking lot....not of fan of that at all. The overall design of the building is great though

For possible future expansion.

Will they have parking in the YMCA garage or elsewhere?

Will they have parking in the YMCA garage or elsewhere?

They have already worked out a deal to share that garage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvWEfSKaFiw

Nothing happening here yet.

Building permit is likely a few months from being issued.

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/heartland122218.jpg


http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/heartland122218b.jpg

Construction trailers have arrived and fence is up.

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/heartland010919b.jpg


http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/heartland010919a.jpg

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/heartland021019.jpg

Foundation starting to take shape.

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/heartland030319a.jpg

Just drove by today and a considerable amount of steel is going up. They aren’t playing any games with this

Did they set up a tower crane for this. I was hoping they'd get a tower crane set up. The more the merrier! :)

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/heartland031719a.jpg

cranes :p

I think they'll eventually have to as the building will likely be more than 100 feet and you have LOTS of windows to install.

Their first priority was the underutilized YMCA Parking Garage and the news of the streetcar being on that route.

Hope the Gaylord Branch Downtown Y can get enough funds from the parking revenues to put their sauna & steam rooms back into operation. Really miss those amenities following my workout.

Hope there's ample parking available once Heartland occupies the garage. Y Members will eventually lose the surface parking south of Y once that lot is developed.

If you frequent that branch, you need to contact the front desk for a parking sticker and key code to enter the garage. Once had to use the garage during a hail storm.

Their first priority was the underutilized YMCA Parking Garage and the news of the streetcar being on that route.

Hope the Gaylord Branch Downtown Y can get enough funds from the parking revenues to put their sauna & steam rooms back into operation. Really miss those amenities following my workout.

Hope there's ample parking available once Heartland occupies the garage. Y Members will eventually lose the surface parking south of Y once that lot is developed.

If you frequent that branch, you need to contact the front desk for a parking sticker and key code to enter the garage. Once had to use the garage during a hail storm.

the Y does not own that parking garage so they won't get any of the parking revenue

Taken today:

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/heartland040919a.jpg

In before complaining about no tower cranes!

In before complaining about no tower cranes!

With this type of build, the rest of the steel will go up very fast.

With this type of build, the rest of the steel will go up very fast.

Wish we could get more of these buildings. Is this a more cost efficient design then, based on how they construct it?

It's the same process as the Monarch Building.

Common with mid-rise office buildings.

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/heartland050219a.jpg

345 jobs?

How much is the land + building cost, 20-40 million?

that;s to start. they expect to grow to at least 600.

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/heartland051619a.jpg

Pete is there another floor or is this it?

Pete is there another floor or is this it?
Original design renderings show 2 more

Yes, there are only 5 levels of steel thus far with 2 more to come.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/24/global-payments-nears-agreement-to-acquire-total-system-services-for-about-20-billion.html

Okay cool. Now they can buy Together Square from OG&E and build those towers

I see this company expanding rapidly here & eventually need a bigger space...I can see them adding more floors or even building a new tower within the next 3-5 years.

Remember, Global is HQ'd in Atlanta and only Heartland -- a company they acquired a few years ago -- is based in OKC.

Floors 6 & 7 steel skeleton are being added this week. The south end is topped out.

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/heartland052819a.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/qWKCyhl.jpg

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http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/heartland060819a.jpg

Nice, once topped out, we should start seeing the glass windows being installed!

Pretty much topped-out:

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/heartland062319a.jpg

Super impressive

Forgive my ignorance, when it comes to construction build outs. However, a co worker and I comment everyday when seeing this building, that it doesn't look like there is space built for elevators. Am I mistaken, in thinking, that an elevator shaft, or atleast a cutout section of flooring would be in place already? From ground level...looking at the building from all angles, I cant seem to locate where this would be.

Forgive my ignorance, when it comes to construction build outs. However, a co worker and I comment everyday when seeing this building, that it doesn't look like there is space built for elevators. Am I mistaken, in thinking, that an elevator shaft, or atleast a cutout section of flooring would be in place already? From ground level...looking at the building from all angles, I cant seem to locate where this would be.

From the previous renderings that Pete posted (http://www.okctalk.com/content.php?r=489-Closer-look-at-office-building-proposed-for-Auto-Alley), it appears the elevators will go just north of the stairwells on the north side of the building. I have looked back at the last two pages and can't find a specific pic that would show the cut outs or not. That was my biggest question and that I don't see any sort of reinforced steel for the hovering office, or whatever you want to call it, on the sixth floor that faces east. Maybe that will come later.