A local home builder is set to close today on the property immediately east of City & State and The Parlor.

Plan is to build 9 custom freestanding townhomes. Each will be two stories and have a unique facade.

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Yes! this is exactly what we need in that area. Continue to bridge the gap between DD and AA.

Nice little infill. I'm glad to see things moving beyond modern box architecture.

Yes! More like this please.

I assume this is Ryan Broyles' development? He teased this on instragram a few weeks ago, but didn't have any specifics.

Cue people on IG/Twitter/Facebook complaining about lack of parking in the area...

Those look amazing. Love to see this attention to detail and classic architectural style returning. I would absolutely love to live in one of these.

This area along 6th has seen a massive makeover in the last few years:

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If this comes to fruition, this will be a good piece of infill.

Wow! Awesome!

Thanks Pete for pointing out in the aerials the proximity of each of these projects to the other...

^^^^

Agree. Thank you for the effort, Pete.

I don’t mean to be a fanboy but Pete is an absolute godsend to OKC. His work does absolutely nothing other than make this city a better place and to Pete, I can’t thank you enough for the information you provide to this site.

I echo this. This forum, and Pete's hard work, helped me get acquainted with my new city after I moved here. I really appreciate it.

Thanks for the kind words.

I will keep doing this stuff as long as people are interested. Fortunately, there are many who really care about OKC and that number seems to be growing by the day.

I haven’t lived in OKC for a decade and regularly inform my OKC friends about these new developments. They used to ask, how do you know that? They know it’s Pete and OKCTalk. Haha

This level of detail and coverage isn’t available in any other city I have lived in.

Where I live you have no idea something is being built until it is complete and ready to open. I drive by buildings all the time that I have no idea what is happening until they are turning the lights on. OKC is spoiled with Pete’s coverage!

Yes we are spoiled

I don’t mean to be a fanboy but Pete is an absolute godsend to OKC. His work does absolutely nothing other than make this city a better place and to Pete, I can’t thank you enough for the information you provide to this site.

I'm a Fanboy! He has brought fresh perspectives to OKC which were and are very badly needed.

As a young real estate professional, my first assignment was a report on the economics and developments in Oklahoma City. I'd lived here maybe a two or three years an knew absolutely nothing about OKC. That's how I found OKCTalk, and it has made me better at my job, and the go to for information in my office. Also, the amount of love for this city on OKCTalk made me want to be a part of this community rather than move home to Tulsa after college where all my friends are.

I am sure OKCTalk and all of Pete's work has, to a degree, impacted those gorgeous 2020 Census numbers.

I haven’t lived in OKC for a decade and regularly inform my OKC friends about these new developments. They used to ask, how do you know that? They know it’s Pete and OKCTalk. Haha

I had a very similar experience when I lived on the east coast. Whenever I would come back to visit family and friends, I’d bring up all the new developments happening in OKC and my friends were always amazed I knew so much more than them about what’s going on in the city, especially since I didn’t live here at the time. I always told them OKCTalk is the best source for this information. I know several of those friends have joined the forum or started monitoring it. Thanks, Pete!

Appreciate the leg work and the many drone shots Pete has given us and the inside reporting. Something you would expect from our daily newspaper's coverage. Pete works circles around them.

If the Oklahoman wanted top-notch reporting; they would partner with OKCTalk.com and give Pete the budget to do-his own thing. He knows journalism, writing style, pictorial time frames and the techniques to lure his readers into gluttony.

You are OKC's friend.

I too, echo the magnificent work that Pete does with OKCTalk and our online community as a whole. We may differ on some opinions or styles from time to time but I am certain that everyone on here has the best interest of OKC at heart and you CAN tell the Pride of our (my hometown) city via the love of the posts here. I think OKC Talk also illustrates Oklahoman's in general, we're kind, passionate about sports and for at least the past 20years - about the city.

There was once, long ago, only a couple of us online who would stand up for OKC or at least set the facts straight. Now, there's an entire nationwide (perhaps worldwide) community built around OKCTalk and other platforms. Kudos to Pete and everyone on this forum - let's Continue the Renaissance of Oklahoma City!

And this organic infill project is Fantastic - I hope we see many more of these throughout downtown and the inner city.





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Very nice and tastefully done! Are these going to be built on speculation or will developer have units pre-sold to start construction? I can see these selling pretty quickly with the right buyer.

This is great! Should make walking along Oklahoma Ave (or crossing it in this area) much more pleasant.

now if only they'd kill that 40mph speed limit. I bet adding a northbound bike lane would help calm traffic....

40 mph always seemed awfully fast for a 2-lane road in what is technically a residential part of Downtown (The Metropolitan). As the area from NW 6 to NW 10 and from Oklahoma Ave to Broadway Ave develops more we'll see more residents of The Metropolitan trying to walk or bike to new developments. I wonder how difficult it would be to get a signalized intersection or a stop sign with crosswalks at Oklahoma and NW 8?

^^^^ Totally agree with this. 40 mph down Oklahoma always seemed odd to me, but when Metropolitan came along and they didn't slow it down, that was madness. If they'd only do something about the Okla/Harrison/5th junction--which must be the most treacherous in the city--I'd be glad.

Back on topic, I think these residences are a missed opportunity, just like the ones a block further north. With the juggernaut of Metropolitan opposite, and the burgeoning commercial developments towards the railroad, single-family homes don't feel appropriate. I'm not a fan of the children's book illustration styling either.

I'd like to see a real rendering, not just those pictures they provided. They might look better in the context of the property and surrounding area.

^^^^ Totally agree with this. 40 mph down Oklahoma always seemed odd to me, but when Metropolitan came along and they didn't slow it down, that was madness. If they'd only do something about the Okla/Harrison/5th junction--which must be the most treacherous in the city--I'd be glad.

Back on topic, I think these residences are a missed opportunity, just like the ones a block further north. With the juggernaut of Metropolitan opposite, and the burgeoning commercial developments towards the railroad, single-family homes don't feel appropriate. I'm not a fan of the children's book illustration styling either.

Wow, you said exactly what I was thinking but couldn't put into words. To a tee.

Ground work has started on this project.

Does anyone know how to contact the Robert Square folks? I am interested in moving downtown and would like to learn more about this project.

Does anyone know how to contact the Robert Square folks? I am interested in moving downtown and would like to learn more about this project.

I am sending you a direct message.

Does anyone know how to contact the Robert Square folks? I am interested in moving downtown and would like to learn more about this project.

I spoke to Jenna Harper, the realtor, and the range is $1.40mm - $1.60mm FYI

I spoke to Jenna Harper, the realtor, and the range is $1.40mm - $1.60mm FYI
Wow.

Thanks for the info and Pete, thanks for the contact. I left the builder a message.

Wow.

She said they also have another development in SoSA called "The Nine", which will be luxury townhomes starting closer to $800m.

She said they also have another development in SoSA called "The Nine", which will be luxury townhomes starting closer to $800m.

That's this project:

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$800 million dollars? What? Lol

That's this project:

https://www.okctalk.com/showthread.php?t=44639

$800 million dollars? What? Haha

$800 million dollars? What? Haha

He means $800k.

Wasting no time, the elusive multi-unit project whose entire existence isn't predicated on pre-sales. Nice.

$800 million dollars? What? Haha

$800mm = $800 million, $800m = $800 thousand

He means $800k.

i really don't know why 800k is not used any more ...

I always use a K. don't understand the lowercase m. Just opens the door for mass confusion.

don't understand the lowercase m.
it's because of this:
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If "M" is equal to "mm" arithmetically, then would I lose points on a math exam if I used the wrong one in a proof? :headscrat

These look good, but, why aren't they built as row houses? The 5.5' between buildings is just wasted. Get rid of those gaps and build to the property line and you add 5' of width per unit. In the main living part of each unit that would add 640 sq ft of useful space and you could dump the nearly useless second story apartment over the garages and make the homes cheaper to build/maintain/heat and cool.

that is weird, in business we always use $K or $k, or 000 for thousands, and $M or $m for millions.

These look good, but, why aren't they built as row houses? The 5.5' between buildings is just wasted. Get rid of those gaps and build to the property line and you add 5' of width per unit. In the main living part of each unit that would add 640 sq ft of useful space and you could dump the nearly useless second story apartment over the garages and make the homes cheaper to build/maintain/heat and cool.

I would generally agree but I think they're wanting to allow egress for the courtyards that are mid-building. 5.5 isn't necessarily that wide either when you consider townhouse style buildings, I think it looks worse (wide) on paper than it will in real life.

Site work continues and the footings have been poured.

It's nice to see that they are going to be putting in sidewalks on 7th for this. Any idea why the houses across the street didn't need to add any? Walking to Skydance from the East is about as unappealing as it gets in the general downtown area

If I were guessing (and I am), I would say they ARE required to do it but haven't yet because they're not technically "done" since there are still lots for sale, but maybe we just need to call code enforcement?

Drove by these yesterday and they are going vertical pretty quickly, at least on the north part of this property.

I absolutely love the design of these townhomes!

Drove by the other day, I saw that they've made great progress here, things look nicer than I thought.

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All three of these are listed now for about 1.6MM.

Roughly $460 psqft.

All three of these are listed now for about 1.6MM.

Roughly $460 psqft.

Stop the madness! The gaps between the buildings look dumb to me, what are they gonna do with those, why don't they just build them as rowhouses? The houses in this area look pretty weird, I meant horrible in a polite way. How could they approve these projects? OKC does need a legit chief architect.