That’s pretty sharp.

I love the design, just wish it could be 2-3 stories taller. But it is a great design for that area, and will only help foot traffic during the day, and into the evening!

same feeling here.

These are the plans for the parking garage.

They also plan to demolish the existing small apartment building and bocce ball courts. Plans show future buildings on the NE and SE corner of this block.


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good deal

I hate losing that little building, but this block will really change.

This plan shows the two buildings on the east end of the property will be apartments:

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Living across the street from Fassler Hall would be very dangerous for my waistline.

Living across the street from Fassler Hall would be very dangerous for my waistline.

Not ideal for a quiet nights sleep on Friday and Saturday either. Still will be great to see a mix of uses here.

They have started to clear the lot. The graded area directly south of Kong's is for the construction trailer.

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Really wish Kong's was the one graded... Haha

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The one constant in all of this change is going to be that long-held 1982 Collectors Edition Corvette that's been peeking out of that blue car cover in the lower center of this pic.

Phillips Murrah Breaks Ground on Modern New Midtown Office Headquarters (https://phillipsmurrah.com/2023/03/phillips-murrah-breaks-ground-on-modern-new-midtown-office-headquarters/)


MAR 13, 2023 – Phillips Murrah is proud to announce the groundbreaking of the Firm’s new modern, mixed-use Midtown headquarters. One of the motives for relocating is to participate in and benefit from the vitality of Midtown.

“The Firm is excited to initiate construction of our new office building this morning,” said Dawn M. Rahme, Phillips Murrah President and Managing Partner. “Today was just the first step in our relocation to Midtown, and we’re looking forward to moving in during the Summer of 2024.”

The design of the new, five-story office building is intended to represent the vibrancy of the law firm, featuring wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling windows and large open spaces. Phillips Murrah will occupy the entirety of the top three floors, which will include modern collaborative work areas, generous social common spaces, and convenient, on-site parking access, all designed to better suit the Firm’s workplace and client service models. A large, outdoor patio on the east side of the third floor will be a social gathering place exclusive to the law firm with a direct view of the Oklahoma City skyline. The bottom two floors will include a restaurant, retail, and additional office space.

The new Midtown Renaissance project, located on the south side of 10th Street between Hudson and Walker Avenues, is designed by Fitzsimmons Architects and is being built by Lingo Construction.

Read more details about the Phillips Murrah building here: Phillips Murrah: Moving to Midtown (https://phillipsmurrah.com/2022/08/phillips-murrah-moving-to-midtown/). Also, stay connected at phillipsmurrah.com and our LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter feeds for ongoing construction updates.

Drove by this morning and they have started dirt work on this project, I will try and stop and get some pictures to share later today.

Drove by this morning and they have started dirt work on this project, I will try and stop and get some pictures to share later today.

Thanks, I'll get out there with my drone soon.

This project is really going to change the feel of Midtown. I can't remember a time when those lots weren't vacant.

I drove by yesterday as well, they are not wasting time.

Thanks, I'll get out there with my drone soon.

This project is really going to change the feel of Midtown. I can't remember a time when those lots weren't vacant.
I remember when the lots facing 10th had eerie ghost steps leading up to the front doors of buildings (probably apartments) that no longer existed, and that was in the late '70s. Those lots have probably been empty 50+ years.

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This is from 1969 but I know soon thereafter most of those homes and small apartment buildings were long gone.

That was really the case for much of Midtown: in the 60s people started leaving the core for the suburbs and by the 70s that whole area was pretty abandoned. I know that when I started as a commercial real estate broker in 1982, almost everything was gone and absolutely nobody was looking at property in that area.

And pretty much all the empty lots in this area came to be in a similar way. It's what people don't get when they blame urban renewal and cities for clearing out huge areas. Most of it was done simply because people left and it was easier for property owners to demolish due to break-ins, etc. Many owners just walked away altogether.

Not much different than what has recently happened where Strawberry Fields is trying to develop.

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It's hard to imagine the area that is now Scissortail Park looking like that at one point. I moved here in 2013, and even then, there was nothing there.

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The red brick building next to the bocce ball court has come down.

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Pete, do you ever hear any rumblings about the industrial laundry facility property on the block just to the south and east of this site?

Pete, do you ever hear any rumblings about the industrial laundry facility property on the block just to the south and east of this site?

No, but obviously it is increasingly out of place.

I'm sure eventually someone will pay them to move because that is a prime piece of property.

Indeed it is, and the more developed the area becomes it seems like added traffic, parking and pedestrians would tend to hinder their trucks getting in and out of the area.

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Anything built there would have outstanding and protected skyline views due to the federal complex immediately south.

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They have already started pouring the footings for the building.

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Will be great in-fill for the area. Selfishly wish it was a couple stories taller, so we'd get another crane in the area. But the area is growing, so residential will be likely coming up soon.

There is going to be a tower crane on-site. If you go back and look at the drawing on post #67 of this thread, it shows it. That is probably what the wood box by the alley, in the above photo is for.

This plan shows the two buildings on the east end of the property will be apartments:

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There is going to be a tower crane on-site. If you go back and look at the drawing on post #67 of this thread, it shows it. That is probably what the wood box by the alley, in the above photo is for.

You are correct, I can't believe I didn't notice that.

There is going to be a tower crane on-site. If you go back and look at the drawing on post #67 of this thread, it shows it. That is probably what the wood box by the alley, in the above photo is for.

Ah, my bad. Good catch!

And if the CoreBank tower moves forward this Summer, that will be another tower crane.

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Lots and lots of cranes this year. This could pass as a new year in the Chinese zodiac.

Excuse my ignorance, but why all this talk about tower cranes? What's so significant about their presence?

And if the CoreBank tower moves forward this Summer, that will be another tower crane.

What is the CoreBank tower? I searched threads and couldn't find any reference to it.

What is the CoreBank tower? I searched threads and couldn't find any reference to it.

The Hub:

https://www.okctalk.com/showthread.php?t=45270

Excuse my ignorance, but why all this talk about tower cranes? What's so significant about their presence?

Welcome to the site!

Construction cranes generally provide a look of prosperity for a city... Shows big things are in progress.

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Excuse my ignorance, but why all this talk about tower cranes? What's so significant about their presence?

Ample amounts of high-density construction. And with as many cranes going up throughout the city, there's a possibility that the town is experiencing one of it's biggest construction booms yet. Granted they aren't all high-rises of 20 floors and above, but the city is starting to fill out those empty spaces quite nicely. You could even say that we haven't experienced an urban boom quite like this since the 70's.

The cranes are a sign of that forward (and upward) moving progress.

I remember back when Devon tower had two cranes, and the same time there was one in Bricktown and few in the Health Sciences Center area with the cancer center, OMRF. and children's hospital. That was a sight, and could rival this current crane boom.

The wild card will be the U-Haul lot development. If that gets going this year (lets hope), that will almost certainly be at least two very tall tower cranes. Get a good view and the skyline of OKC will be speckled with them

The wild card will be the U-Haul lot development. If that gets going this year (lets hope), that will almost certainly be at least two very tall tower cranes. Get a good view and the skyline of OKC will be speckled with them

If you add in the OAK development on NW Expressway, you have both of the skylines getting some work done. Oklahoma City will soon have an interesting dynamic come the next decade, the whole city might need a zoom-out pan just to capture all of what's really here. A lot of people sleep on OKC because they only see just the cluster of buildings surrounded by a bunch of flat land and a few other high-rises sprinkled throughout the place, but eventually it'll become a duality like Midtown and Downtown Atlanta. We might as well start seeing it for what it is.

OKC has a lot of land for sure, but the urban aspect of it is much bigger than what many in the state can even realize.

I remember back when Devon tower had two cranes, and the same time there was one in Bricktown and few in the Health Sciences Center area with the cancer center, OMRF. and children's hospital. That was a sight, and could rival this current crane boom.
Devon actually had three tower cranes.

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I was out of town all last week, I didn't realize this crane had gone up until I saw it while walking around Midtown yesterday. I believe that puts us at eight for the metro at the moment? OKANA, Innovation Hub, The Citizen, this one, the two at OAK and the two at Baptist is my count.

I was out of town all last week, I didn't realize this crane had gone up until I saw it while walking around Midtown yesterday. I believe that puts us at eight for the metro at the moment? OKANA, Innovation Hub, The Citizen, this one, the two at OAK and the two at Baptist is my count.

You could even technically add the one by the fairgrounds (I think it’s that… It’s by I-44) and how about 4 more if you took the picture by the I-44/I-35 construction site. I know it’s not a building, but still signs of a booming city.

You could even technically add the one by the fairgrounds (I think it’s that… It’s by I-44) and how about 4 more if you took the picture by the I-44/I-35 construction site. I know it’s not a building, but still signs of a booming city.

Did a tower crane go up for the new fairgrounds arena? I hadn't seen any pictures of it yet.

Did a tower crane go up for the new fairgrounds arena? I hadn't seen any pictures of it yet.

I live right over there and haven't seen one yet, but I could see there being one soon. They are hard at work over there. Vertical steel can be seen from the highway and from May.

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Damn, already? These guys are in the same club as OAK in the "not f***ing around" department.

Damn, already? These guys are in the same club as OAK in the "not f***ing around" department.

Probably helps that they have adequate space for lay-dawn, construction trailers, etc. without having to get permits, etc. for off site or traffic obstructing activity. I'd also guess there were no environmental obstructions (no old service stations, etc., surprise contaminants, etc.) to contend with. Availability of capital to keep moving forward without excessive pay stops and progress audits helps too.

This is also the way MidtownR does things.

You usually don't know about it until they are ready to start work right away.

Most the time, we know about developments well before they are ready to break ground.


And BTW, it's funny that people think Oak is an example of moving fast. I first posted about it in 2017!

I mean we knew OAK was slated to pick things up way back when, and I'm thoroughly pleased to see that OAK only took towards the direction of expansion rather than downsizing. But in terms of the speed of construction progress, I say this and OAK are swinging for the fences. The only reason I can't add OKANA to the list is because I'm sure that they're undergoing some inspections for creating the water park and artificial beach.

I mean we knew OAK was slated to pick things up way back when, and I'm thoroughly pleased to see that OAK only took towards the direction of expansion rather than downsizing. But in terms of the speed of construction progress, I say this and OAK are swinging for the fences. The only reason I can't add OKANA to the list is because I'm sure that they're undergoing some inspections for creating the water park and artificial beach.

Okana is actually moving along pretty fast. It was only first announced a couple years ago. Now, here they are with 3 buildings under construction, including a high rise hotel working on the 7th floor.

The crane is barely visible from 235, if you weren't looking for it, you can easily miss it.

The crane is barely visible from 235, if you weren't looking for it, you can easily miss it.

That's fine. The Citizen tower crane is plainly visible. Especially heading west on 40 and from 235. When the Citizen is built, it will expand the skyline to the north from those perspectives.

The crane is barely visible from 235, if you weren't looking for it, you can easily miss it.

Don't care. People go to midtown in DROVES, and see it while there, showing the growth of Midtown.