Which is very true. That's why we need to make sure we highlight the other successes that are more in tune with real urban design as much as we condemn people like Hogan. No one can say that a beter plan wouldn't have been even bigger and better drawing much more people. It almost makes you think "man, what if he'd actually done a nice development???"

I enjoy the people it brings and the subsequent energy it helps create, but I can't ever look at the Sonic parking lot which comes right up to within a few yards of the canal and think "is this really what we paid for?"

So very true.

$305K for 1100 square feet? I'm shocked that they're so expensive, and even more shocked that so many are pre-sold. I've toyed with the idea of buying downtown, once supply began to ratchet up but, at these prices, that's one idea that has quickly fizzled away.

Any news on the amount of HOA dues?

Well, I've taken a closer look at the specs for the condos and, after looking at a map of the proposal, I realize they'll be right in the middle of things...

Wooden floors in the common rooms, 10' ceilings, granite countertops. Sounds nice, but not nearly spectacular (big crown and base, but painted=pine or synthetic, i.e. cheap). But nevermind that, it's location, location, location.

It's painful to admit, but $300K is beyond my reach. But wouldn't it be nice to walk next door to see a movie, and across the street to see a ballgame?

At the risk of repeating what's already been written here, if only there was a corner-deli/grocery... I suppose there will be, once the demand arises.

I'm shocked that they're so expensive, and even more shocked that so many are pre-sold.

Yeah, but we don't really know how much they've actually sold for. Oklahoma is a bid-down market and these asking prices may have the built into them. After the closing prices begin hitting the market, we'll know how much they're really worth. I suspect they'll come down a bit.

I wonder if some are going to be leased by the owners...

I wonder if some are going to be leased by the owners...

Whatever is worse for the city and Bricktown, I'm sure Hogan will be right on top of it! ;)

I have pics of the new signage for "THE CENTENNIAL" project up in my gallery. This signage is on the property until they break ground on next Monday, May 1st

Bowling ‘lounge’ set to strike Bricktown in October (http://journalrecord.com/article.cfm?recid=80157)
by Kelley Chambers
The Journal Record July 18, 2007

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OKLAHOMA CITY – Bricktown has entertainment, food, sports, shopping and soon, the district will add bowling to its list of attractions. But don’t call it a bowling alley.
This rendering shows the completed interior of RedPin Bowling Lounge, an “upscale” restaurant set for completion in Bricktown in October. (Courtesy rendering)

This rendering shows the completed interior of RedPin Bowling Lounge, an “upscale” restaurant set for completion in Bricktown in October. (Courtesy rendering)

Any association with a traditional bowling alley – complete with plastic chairs and the ubiquitous pitcher of beer – will have little to no place in what is being billed as an upscale bowling lounge and restaurant.

Construction on The RedPin Bowling Lounge, led by a group of local investors and managing partners Shawn and Erin Brewer, will begin next week.

David Wanzer, a design team member with J3 Architecture, which created the look of RedPin, said the developers wanted a chic, upscale bowling and dining area similar to some that have been popping up around the country.

“They don’t call them bowling alleys anymore,” Wanzer said. “They’re bowling lounges or boutique bowling, where the emphasis is on great food and an upscale social experience.”

The bowling lounge will be 12,000 square feet, offer 10 bowling lanes, a 60-foot video wall and will be able to hold about 220 people.
Work is set to begin next week by Jacobs Contracting with a targeted opening date in mid-October.

RedPin will also have a view of the Bricktown Canal from its space on the canal level of the $14.3 million Centennial on the Canal loft and retail project now under construction.

Wanzer said the project has been in the works for several years and ended up including a design team made up of J3, Fitzsimmons Architects and Tandem Design Studio. He said the investors and the designers wanted to create a cool evening spot as well as a place where families might stop by and bowl during the day and a spot desirable for corporate functions.

Some of the other features will include custom-designed bowling shoes available for rent and comfortable lounge furniture at the lanes.

Thanks for the update Malibu. At least we know what date they're targeting now. I know it was originally set to open later this month. I imagine the Starbucks will be somewhere in the Oct./Nov. range as well.

This will be VERY cool.

It really is a cool concept and similar places have become very popular here in L.A. and elsewhere.

It's something completely new for the area and there is nothing like it in OKC, so it will be a real asset to Bricktown/downtown.

I love bowling...But I hate most bowling alleys....So I'll be all over this place.

Yea, Buddy...I hate those trashy "alleys" but I'm all about a "Boutique Bowling".

Quiet you...I'm being elitist here. :P

Most the people that go to these places don't even bowl... It's more of a club/lounge than anything, especially later at night.

Looks pretty darn classy...Very cool

Let's hope they keep the most classy aspects of traditional bowling alleys like

$5 pitchers

It's something completely new for the area

And, imo, that's what BT and LB should be all about. There isn't much point to doing this long term if it's not attracting new options for the area.

I am actually excited about this. To me, 66 Bowl will always have its place, but this will be a new and interesting concept for Lower Bricktown and, more importantly, the city. If it works, then maybe some of the developers down there will realize that new concepts can work in the district.

The renderings look very nice, but I wish there were more than 10 lanes. There's not enough to do in Bricktown, and now there still won't be enough to do in Bricktown after the lanes are full, say...about 10 minutes after opening.

"Well, we're full right now but I can put you on the waiting list. You're number 138. We'll give you a call as soon as your lane is available."

I agree AFCM. I think the place will be constantly packed on nights and weekends. Oh well, perhaps it will spur interest in another downtown bowling lounge, perhaps in the CBD somewhere.

Most of these places don't have dozens of lanes... As I mentioned, they become more of a lounge and club than anything else, with the bowling as backdrop.

Here's another article:



Thu July 19, 2007
RedPin lounge strikes new entertainment (http://newsok.com/article/3086574)

Construction is expected to start next week in Bricktown on the RedPin Bowling Lounge. The lounge will offer a new atmosphere for bowlers with 10 lanes for action.

By Trisha Evans
Business Writer


Hoping to capitalize on the recent bowling renaissance, a group of investors are bringing a new entertainment concept to downtown Oklahoma City.

Construction is expected to begin next week on RedPin Bowling Lounge in the basement of the Centennial Building in Bricktown. The 12,000 square-foot space includes a restaurant and bar with 10 bowling lanes.


But don't count on the typical, beer-and-cigarettes, deep-fried food kind of bowling alley. This is posh bowling.

"RedPin promises a unique entertainment experience incorporating contemporary dining, an upscale environment, and the excitement of bowling,” said architect David Wanzer. "We're designing a space that exceeds expectations from a 60-foot video wall at the end of the lanes to couches and cocktail tables in place of the usual plastic furniture. With full dining service throughout, RedPin will truly be a destination unto itself.”

And it's a concept majority owner Erin Brewer said Bricktown needs.

"There are really not a lot of entertainment options for people who aren't interested in going to a club or a bar,” with the exception of Harkins Theatre next door, she said. "We thought dinner and bowling made sense.”

The bowling market is hot right now. Combo restaurant bowling spots have exploded, pioneered by Lucky Strike, which opened its first bowling lounge in 2003, and since has opened a dozen more.

Brewer saw a similar Florida bowling lounge in a magazine three years ago, but seeing the crowds firsthand convinced her.

"They were really popular places,” Brewer said. "It's so new and different. It's just really unique. There's nothing else like it in the state.”

But bowling as the "hip” thing to do is far from new, she said.

"Bowling was really popular in the '20s and '30s,” she said. "It was kind of a martini bar kind of place then, so we're really kind of getting back to its roots.”

And while everyone isn't good at the sport, almost everyone can do it, she said.

Besides bowling, the restaurant and lounge areas will take up another two-thirds of the space. The appetizer-heavy menu takes classic American food and spices it up a bit, Brewer said.

The pizza, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, wings, macaroni and cheese and cotton candy, just to name a few, are the brainchild of Robert Black, the restaurant's consulting chef. Black, the chef responsible for several Oklahoma City restaurant menus, also helped design the kitchen.

And one of RedPin's greatest assets, Brewer said, is its eastward-facing patio. The patio is one of the largest in Bricktown and has the most canal frontage.

"It's going to be a place to see and be seen because there's so much traffic crossing that fountain plaza and it's so visible from there,” she said.

Part-owner Tim Egan said RedPin is more than a bowling alley; it's an entertainment venue that caters to a diverse crowd.

He expects families with kids to come on weekends and afternoons, a corporate lunch crowd during the weekdays and young adults in the evenings.

Trademarking the name was important, Brewer said, because she's hoping the Bricktown bowling lounge will be the first of a few locations

"We're pretty convinced that the experience we're going to create for people and the design of the space, the menu we're creating and the bar menu we're creating. People are going to be sold,” she said.

The venue is scheduled to open by mid-October.

Very cool!

Nice read on the bowling center.

Random thought: How about a Dave and Busters somewhere in Bricktown? That would definitely add to the entertainment choices down there.

I look forward to the eastern half of Bricktown developing more...

I'd sell my sister into slavery for a Dave & Buster's here.

Has anyone tried to email Dave & Busters for an Okc location??

Yes, we've emailed D&B plenty of times. There are several threads on it. I'll try to dig them up and post the link. I personally don't see what the big deal is with Dave & Busters. I fit into their target "young professional" demographic and have been to one a few times and I personally don't think it's that big of a deal but apparently it is to enough people. I usually get these things and stay on top of trends. It's basically a Celebration Station for adults and has better food than cheap overpriced pizza.

Yes, we've emailed D&B plenty of times. There are several threads on it. I'll try to dig them up and post the link. I personally don't see what the big deal is with Dave & Busters. I fit into their target "young professional" demographic and have been to one a few times and I personally don't think it's that big of a deal but apparently it is to enough people. I usually get these things and stay on top of trends. It's basically a Celebration Station for adults and has better food than cheap overpriced pizza.


Which one did you go to? I've been to about 5 of them, and they're all a little different from each other. I wasn't nearly impressed with the one in Dallas as the one in Denver...Or the one in Times Square.

Denver had some BBQ-sauce-slathered, bacon-wrapped-shrimp-kabobs that knocked my socks off when consumed in combination with some Devil Mountain Five Malt Ale...But I didn't see it on the menu at the San Diego location.







mmmmmmDevilmountainfivemalt....*drool

Dave & Busters? Really?

I know this won't be a popular opinion but I feel compelled to share it. I used to be excited when the metro would get one of the latest, greatest restuarants because I felt it put us in the same class as large cities. But as these chains roll out their locations all across the nation I'm disappointed with how homogenized our country is becoming. A person can go to Dallas, OKC, St. Louis, KC, Denver, etc., etc....and eat the same thing, see the same thing and go to the same places. That used to be one of the reasons to travel is to see and try different things, especially food. It's great to go to a city or even small town and eat something that you can't get anywhere else. Those places still exist but more and more when you travel through a city or town you see the same familiar stores and restaurants dot the country side. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy eating at several chains but sometimes enough is enough. That's my little soapbox.

Let's bowl!
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Dave & Busters? Really?

I know this won't be a popular opinion but I feel compelled to share it. I used to be excited when the metro would get one of the latest, greatest restuarants because I felt it put us in the same class as large cities. But as these chains roll out their locations all across the nation I'm disappointed with how homogenized our country is becoming. A person can go to Dallas, OKC, St. Louis, KC, Denver, etc., etc....and eat the same thing, see the same thing and go to the same places. That used to be one of the reasons to travel is to see and try different things, especially food. It's great to go to a city or even small town and eat something that you can't get anywhere else. Those places still exist but more and more when you travel through a city or town you see the same familiar stores and restaurants dot the country side. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy eating at several chains but sometimes enough is enough. That's my little soapbox.

I agree with you totally. I remember my husband was in Columbus or some other city in Ohio and asked the front desk clerk for a local restaurant recommendation. He suggested Friday's down the street. Not exactly what he meant by local.

Dave & Busters? Really?

I know this won't be a popular opinion but I feel compelled to share it. I used to be excited when the metro would get one of the latest, greatest restuarants because I felt it put us in the same class as large cities. But as these chains roll out their locations all across the nation I'm disappointed with how homogenized our country is becoming. A person can go to Dallas, OKC, St. Louis, KC, Denver, etc., etc....and eat the same thing, see the same thing and go to the same places. That used to be one of the reasons to travel is to see and try different things, especially food. It's great to go to a city or even small town and eat something that you can't get anywhere else. Those places still exist but more and more when you travel through a city or town you see the same familiar stores and restaurants dot the country side. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy eating at several chains but sometimes enough is enough. That's my little soapbox.

ok traxx....We can stop the chains moving in to the metro

AFTER we get a Dave and Busters of course :bow:

There will always be popular local eating establishments wherever you travel

More choices the better near my home...Chains or not

Especially because most mom and pop stores close within a year

Dave & Busters? Really?

I know this won't be a popular opinion but I feel compelled to share it. I used to be excited when the metro would get one of the latest, greatest restuarants because I felt it put us in the same class as large cities. But as these chains roll out their locations all across the nation I'm disappointed with how homogenized our country is becoming. A person can go to Dallas, OKC, St. Louis, KC, Denver, etc., etc....and eat the same thing, see the same thing and go to the same places. That used to be one of the reasons to travel is to see and try different things, especially food. It's great to go to a city or even small town and eat something that you can't get anywhere else. Those places still exist but more and more when you travel through a city or town you see the same familiar stores and restaurants dot the country side. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy eating at several chains but sometimes enough is enough. That's my little soapbox.

Normally I'm on the same page as you on this sort of thing...But Dave & Buster's rocks. :D

does anyone have the link in order to contact Dave & Busters , for a possible Okc location??

does anyone have the link in order to contact Dave & Busters , for a possible Okc location??

Would have shot them an email, but they don't have that option on their website and I'm not a big phone guy

Dave & Busters :: Contact Us Page (http://www.daveandbusters.com/Misc/ContactUs.aspx)

As for Dave & Busters, where would they set up? I don't think the Lower Bricktown buildings have enough space for D&B and I don't think they'd be willing to negotiate with Brewer for his outrageous leases in Bricktown Proper. I'm just thinking those considerations might be some reasons they wouldn't come to Bricktown.

As for Dave & Busters, where would they set up? I don't think the Lower Bricktown buildings have enough space for D&B and I don't think they'd be willing to negotiate with Brewer for his outrageous leases in Bricktown Proper. I'm just thinking those considerations might be some reasons they wouldn't come to Bricktown.

I don't know...They have got to be paying BIG money for some of their present locations.

Put that sucker in Bass Pro's parking lot...Or :bright_id maybe...Just MAYBE...Toby Keith's will fold, leaving that spot open.

I know this won't be a popular opinion but I feel compelled to share it. I used to be excited when the metro would get one of the latest, greatest restuarants because I felt it put us in the same class as large cities. But as these chains roll out their locations all across the nation I'm disappointed with how homogenized our country is becoming. A person can go to Dallas, OKC, St. Louis, KC, Denver, etc., etc....and eat the same thing, see the same thing and go to the same places. That used to be one of the reasons to travel is to see and try different things, especially food. It's great to go to a city or even small town and eat something that you can't get anywhere else. Those places still exist but more and more when you travel through a city or town you see the same familiar stores and restaurants dot the country side. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy eating at several chains but sometimes enough is enough. That's my little soapbox.

Totally agree. There is something about the culture here that puts a premium on getting chain food restaurants. And it's almost like the more prevalent they are and the more the national market is saturated with them, the more we want them. There's this prevailing chain envy that seems to seek validation through getting the chains that everybody else has. Usually, communities are trying to play up their individuality and local character. OKC often seem to want less of it.

Totally agree. There is something about the culture here that puts a premium on getting chain food restaurants. And it's almost like the more prevalent they are and the more the national market is saturated with them, the more we want them. There's this prevailing chain envy that seems to seek validation through getting the chains that everybody else has. Usually, communities are trying to play up their individuality and local character. OKC often seem to want less of it.

I'm pretty much the opposite...If the food is good, atmosphere is cool and the prices are right I don't really care how many locations there are

"RedPin promises a unique entertainment experience incorporating contemporary dining, an upscale environment, and the excitement of bowling,” said architect David Wanzer.

So. When did this guy with a BA in Business and a 2 yr degree in Arch get licensed? According to the state, he's an intern! You have do finish that, and pass 9 exmas before you're able to call yourself an Architect. That's like me taking a law class and calling myself a lawyer!

You're right, but it doesn't seem like he is calling himself an architect. I believe whoever is writing the article mistakenly called him that. I'm sure he knows better than that.

wow I just read this. That is a really sweet idea!

Perhaps, CuatrodeMayo. I'd wouldn't like to think he'd misrepresent himself, but neither is he correcting the impression or trying to establish the right credentials. Search the forums, the reference is there more than once that he's already an architect.

Dave & Busters will have to go in on the south side of the river along SW 15th, somewhere between the Meridian Landing (new Holiday Inn) and the Dell Campus. Discussions are in the works already.

Water taxis will eliminate any thoughts of the area near Meridian requiring a separate trip or a separate evening. Hopefully that will raise the quality of what's already down in that area.

Dave & Busters will have to go in on the south side of the river along SW 15th, somewhere between the Meridian Landing (new Holiday Inn) and the Dell Campus. Discussions are in the works already.
That kind of seems like an odd location but there is a lot of potential constantly changing customer base with all those hotels and motels near by.

I found the bowling lounge's website. It's RedPin (http://www.bowlredpin.com). It looks really cool, too.

Bowling ‘lounge’ set to strike Bricktown in October
by Kelley Chambers
The Journal Record July 18, 2007

OKLAHOMA CITY – Bricktown has entertainment, food, sports, shopping and soon, the district will add bowling to its list of attractions. But don’t call it a bowling alley.
Any association with a traditional bowling alley – complete with plastic chairs and the ubiquitous pitcher of beer – will have little to no place in what is being billed as an upscale bowling lounge and restaurant
Construction on The RedPin Bowling Lounge, led by a group of local investors and managing partners Shawn and Erin Brewer, will begin next week.
David Wanzer, a design team member with J3 Architecture, which created the look of RedPin, said the developers wanted a chic, upscale bowling and dining area similar to some that have been popping up around the country.
“They don’t call them bowling alleys anymore,” Wanzer said. “They’re bowling lounges or boutique bowling, where the emphasis is on great food and an upscale social experience.”
The bowling lounge will be 12,000 square feet, offer 10 bowling lanes, a 60-foot video wall and will be able to hold about 220 people.
Work is set to begin next week by Jacobs Contracting with a targeted opening date in mid-October.
RedPin will also have a view of the Bricktown Canal from its space on the canal level of the $14.3 million Centennial on the Canal loft and retail project now under construction.
Wanzer said the project has been in the works for several years and ended up including a design team made up of J3, Fitzsimmons Architects and Tandem Design Studio. He said the investors and the designers wanted to create a cool evening spot as well as a place where families might stop by and bowl during the day and a spot desirable for corporate functions.
Some of the other features will include custom-designed bowling shoes available for rent and comfortable lounge furniture at the lanes."


Just more info on the upcoming enterprise.

Is it just me or does anyone else think sharing shoes with hundred of other people is completely gross? Ewww. (But yes I've still done it).

P.S. I hate Dave & Busters. With a passion. At least I hate the one in Austin. The one in San Antonio is slightly tolarable for a brief amount of time.

How many years away are we from a D & B? That would be exciting.

bella, welcome to the board.

Just FYI, that article was posted back on page 3 along with a pic/rendering of the lounge if anyone is interested in seeing it.

Dave & Buster's = Chucky Cheese + Beer

I don't understand the appeal. Is it because it's a place where you can let your kids play video games while you drink at the bar?

Dave & Buster's = Chucky Cheese + Beer

I don't understand the appeal. Is it because it's a place where you can let your kids play video games while you drink at the bar?

No, I don't have kids. But I WILL get hammered on a HUGE beer selection, play pool on some of the best tables in town, ride a motorcycle, go snowboarding, and shoot 11,000 zombies over a period of about 4 or 5 hours. I may even sqeeze a meal in there somewhere too.

Some of us may be 35 years old, but we don't have to act it. All the D&B's I've been in were fairly devoid of the little people after about 10pm anyway. They're also pricey enough to keep most of the belligerent college kids out too.

I wound up in a private party with just about all the Denver Broncos at the Denver D&B's once. BTW, John Elway can drink his own weight in booze. Every hour. All night. And Maa Tanuvasa is one cool dude.

I went to the one (D & B) in Kansas City just earlier this week for the first time. I understand the after 10 p.m. comment may be valid, but my goodness there were alot of little kiddos running around. Probably 4 kids for every 1 adult. needless to say the place was overran with children with their parents getting drunk at the bar. Just another babysitting service until bedtime...

... needless to say the place was overran with children with their parents getting drunk at the bar. ..

That's a little scary.

Bowling ‘lounge’ set to strike Bricktown in October
by Kelley Chambers
The Journal Record July 18, 2007

OKLAHOMA CITY – Bricktown has entertainment, food, sports, shopping and soon, the district will add bowling to its list of attractions. But don’t call it a bowling alley.
Any association with a traditional bowling alley – complete with plastic chairs and the ubiquitous pitcher of beer – will have little to no place in what is being billed as an upscale bowling lounge and restaurant
Construction on The RedPin Bowling Lounge, led by a group of local investors and managing partners Shawn and Erin Brewer, will begin next week.
David Wanzer, a design team member with J3 Architecture, which created the look of RedPin, said the developers wanted a chic, upscale bowling and dining area similar to some that have been popping up around the country.
“They don’t call them bowling alleys anymore,” Wanzer said. “They’re bowling lounges or boutique bowling, where the emphasis is on great food and an upscale social experience.”
The bowling lounge will be 12,000 square feet, offer 10 bowling lanes, a 60-foot video wall and will be able to hold about 220 people.
Work is set to begin next week by Jacobs Contracting with a targeted opening date in mid-October.
RedPin will also have a view of the Bricktown Canal from its space on the canal level of the $14.3 million Centennial on the Canal loft and retail project now under construction.
Wanzer said the project has been in the works for several years and ended up including a design team made up of J3, Fitzsimmons Architects and Tandem Design Studio. He said the investors and the designers wanted to create a cool evening spot as well as a place where families might stop by and bowl during the day and a spot desirable for corporate functions.
Some of the other features will include custom-designed bowling shoes available for rent and comfortable lounge furniture at the lanes."


Just more info on the upcoming enterprise.

Good article.
Not much of a bowler, but I might check it out just for the view of the canal and the atmosphere.

I went to the one (D & B) in Kansas City just earlier this week for the first time. I understand the after 10 p.m. comment may be valid, but my goodness there were alot of little kiddos running around. Probably 4 kids for every 1 adult. needless to say the place was overran with children with their parents getting drunk at the bar. Just another babysitting service until bedtime...

That was never my experience in any of the D&B's I've been in.

But I primarily went on Friday/Saturday nights, so the kids were a rarity. Saturday at noon, I could see it though. And that would drive me right back out the door.

jdsplaypin, I had the same experience at the Kansas City D&B, it was like Saturday night or something and their were plenty of kids there. Again, I'm a twentysomething or considered the "hip" crowd and I don't see the mass appeal of this place other than the food is better than Chuck E Cheese or Celebration Station. It's just another place that is close if not already past it's primetime just like Hard Rock, Planet Hollywood, Jimmy Buffet's, etc. we don't need a D&B.

Here's an update on that Australian clown Hogan and his lower stucco-town.

Centennial on Canal set for winter

August 27, 2007

OKLAHOMA CITY – The race is on for one Oklahoma City development group to complete their Centennial on the Canal loft and retail project so tenants can occupy the sold-out residential units before Oklahoma’s centennial year passes.Work on the Centennial project began last August, and developer Randy Hogan hopes to have the retail areas open by November with residential tenants moving in by Christmas.The nearly $15 million, 80,000-square-foot project, which stands alone in Lower Bricktown housing, sits south of Reno Avenue and runs next to one portion of the Bricktown Canal.

Pre-sales on the retail and residential units began early last summer and by the groundbreaking the developers reported 60 percent of the units had sold. Now, months from completion, they report all 30 lofts have sold.In the retail space on the canal level, work is under way on the 12,000-square-foot RedPin Bowling Lounge. On the first level a Starbucks Coffee is slated for the northwest side facing Reno Avenue. About 12,000 square feet of retail space is still available.“We’re trying to get the absolute perfect tenant mix of boutique retail; that’s what we’re focused on at the moment,” Hogan said. “We’ve got some nice interest but it has to be the right mix.” (Oh really Hogan, Starbucks is boutique retail now huh? This place is looking more like Quail Springs Mall everyday)

Looking over the Bricktown Canal at the Centennial building more than a year after the groundbreaking, Hogan said for taking a chance on a project of that scope, he is pleased with the success so far.Hogan has stayed busy with several Lower Bricktown projects in recent years, including the Bass Pro Shops, Harkins Theatres and Sonic Corp.’s headquarters.Despite some slowdowns due to rainy weather in recent months, Hogan said the Centennial project has only fallen slightly behind schedule.“The rain put us back about five weeks,” he said. “But we’ve been able to catch up most if not all of that.”

As to who has purchased the residential units, Hogan said it is a mix of people using the lofts as a weekend or city home, some full-time residents, including Gary Gregory.Gregory, senior advisor at Sperry Van Ness, not only handled selling the units but also bought one of his own looking east over the canal.

After the initial success of the pre-sales, Gregory said sales lagged during the winter but interest increased when the building began to take shape. The price for the one- and two-bedroom lofts started at about $305,000 and went up to about $600,000.“

As soon as people began to see the structure coming up there was a point when they believed it was actually going to happen and they all began to jump on it,” Gregory said. “It was pretty much what I had expected (but) I was pleasantly surprised that the reality matched my expectations.”

And while Sperry Van Ness usually does not focus on residential properties, Gregory said with the scope of the Centennial and Hogan’s reputation, he wanted to be part of the project.“I wouldn’t take on selling units that weren’t finished for just anyone,” he said.The ownership group for the Centennial, Bricktown Entertainment, LLC, is made up of Hogan, his brother Brad Hogan, David Harper and Mark Elgin.

Copyright © 2007 The Journal Record

Rumor has it they are opening up Nov. 12th and they are still claiming that date. I think that will be a big push. Anyone else heard anything?

RedPin (http://www.bowlredpin.com/)

I can see the PBA bringing a tournament here. Not a MAJOR event by any means but still nice to get the national exposure for B-town.

It looked far from done when I was there a few days ago.

I know the owners and they are currently waiting on their final construction inspections so they can open, which should be the 16th. However, its also dependent upon Hogan/Timberlake getting their parts done as well.