wsu, thanks for posting pics, I also took some on Saturday.

warreng, yes it is a private residence. There is a thread on it somewhere, I'll see if I can dig it up.


Ah yes, here is the old article, it's about halfway through the article it talks about the private residence on NE 2nd.

http://www.okctalk.com/okc-underground/10688-downtown-living-article.html?highlight=rooftop+pool

http://static.newsok.biz/article/20080926/3302930/maywood1.jpg_09-26-2008_9P97LHS.jpg
Steel work continues at the Lofts at Maywood Park. By Steve Lackmeyer, THE OKLAHOMAN

The Lofts at Maywood Park give downtown residents, developer a shock
By Steve Lackmeyer
Business Writer

Although most downtown workers are getting used to seeing housing construction, the latest steel structure rising from NE 2 and Oklahoma Avenue is catching accountant James Duran and others by surprise.

"I knew they were building housing around here,” Duran said when told the structure is the new Lofts at Maywood Park. "But I just wasn't expecting something like this.”

Developer Ron Bradshaw also is a bit awed by what he's seeing.


‘It was hard to imagine'

"It's even taken us by surprise,” said Bradshaw, who previously developed the nearby Brownstones at Maywood Park. "It was hard to imagine all this when it was just a bunch of old parking lots here and now there are four-story buildings. The massiveness of the concrete and getting this steel out of the ground makes it come to life.”

To date, 38 of 55 units are sold — an accomplishment Bradshaw credits to the lower and more desirable price points. The remaining units, ranging from 700 to 1,200 square feet, are being sold for $130,000 to $285,000.

Across the street, another residential project is moving forward, although owner Larry Waters admits at a "much slower pace.” Waters said demolition is under way at the two-story Clark Building at 16 NE 2, with steel expected to arrive within the next three months. Waters and his wife, Regina, are renovating the building and adding a third-floor penthouse. When done, the building will be the pair's new home, with a possible retail space to lease on the first floor.

What's next for the neighborhood?
Bradshaw said he's confident enough in the market that he's planning to announce in the "near future” another residential project that will be built between the Maywood lofts and brownstones. He said his long-range plans include developing the block east of the lofts.
"It's starting to look like a neighborhood,” Bradshaw said, "and that's what we're trying to accomplish.”

"I knew they were

building housing around here. But I just wasn't

expecting something like this.”

James Duran

I was shocked how fast this place went up. They must have some good money backing this up. It looks great though. Love the design of building, reminds me of Dallas uptown.

Exciting news Bradshaw & Co. have presold so many units and are now considering another residential project nearby.

This looks phenomenally successful. As slowly as Lower Bricktown has developed, this is moving forward with tremendous speed. There appears to be a huge market for housing like this. I could see brownstones filling up that entire area and eliminating a lot of those old metal warehouses.

To date, 38 of 55 units are sold —

Not bad for this stage of development.

Exciting news Bradshaw & Co. have presold so many units and are now considering another residential project nearby.

I think the other residential project is great looking and a great concept too. Hopefully they'll publish renderings soon. It's exciting to see so much progress on what used to be four basically empty city blocks.

It also goes to show that smart developers with well thought-out designs can still market their properties in spite of the upheaval in the financial markets.

I'm really worried about The Hill... I know their first phase is progressing but you never hear any news about them and last I knew, they were having trouble moving their townhomes.

They're still hard at work on the Hill. I know there were people with deposits on townhomes there, but work has been so delayed that I don't know if they got their money back or are still planning on moving in.

The thinkgthat I think people might like about the Hill, as opposed to Block 42 or Maywood brownstones is that the first floor (at least in the models) is your main living floor. It feels more like a regular house. Some people clearly are put off by having to go up a floor to your living room/kitchen/dining room in the Maywood Brownstones. But, the prices are very similar for the two developments, and IMO the materials used on the Maywood Brownstones are far superior. I like the location better, too, personally.

The Hill is very much a suburban-style development and I believe that approach is going to backfire on the developers.

I think OCURA's decision to choose Canfield and his group has already proven to be a bad one. It was Bradshaw and his partners that offered a much more interesting project with true mixed use, and obviously their approach has proven to be more marketable.

I fear The Hill may turn into the modern day equivalent of Sycamore Square.

The Hill is very much a suburban-style development and I believe that approach is going to backfire on the developers.

I think OCURA's decision to choose Canfield and his group has already proven to be a bad one. It was Bradshaw and his partners that offered a much more interesting project with true mixed use, and obviously their approach has proven to be more marketable.

I fear The Hill may turn into the modern day equivalent of Sycamore Square.

The Hill sucks. At least it's not eifs is about all I can say. They can't all be winners.

I think the other residential project is great looking and a great concept too. Hopefully they'll publish renderings soon.

Betts, do you know if he's referring to Maywood Hall that will be directly east of Lofts at Maywood, or is he talking about something else?

Bradshaw said he's confident enough in the market that he's planning to announce in the "near future” another residential project that will be built between the Maywood lofts and brownstones. He said his long-range plans include developing the block east of the lofts.

I take this to mean it's something entirely new and that Maywood Hall would be after that.

The Hill is very much a suburban-style development and I believe that approach is going to backfire on the developers.

I think OCURA's decision to choose Canfield and his group has already proven to be a bad one. It was Bradshaw and his partners that offered a much more interesting project with true mixed use, and obviously their approach has proven to be more marketable.

I fear The Hill may turn into the modern day equivalent of Sycamore Square.

I'd say the Hill is far superior to Sycamore Square in that it's more upscale and high quality materials are being used. I don't think the Hill is bad at all as far as design goes. Really for me the only "awful" (from a design perspective) project we have in downtown OKC is The Centennial. Not only is the design bad but how it sits on its site is bad too. If there was anything I could tear down and build new it would be The Centennial, even more so than Toby Keith's and Bass Pro. At least the Hill, Legacy, etc. all are decent examples of good urban design.

I take this to mean it's something entirely new and that Maywood Hall would be after that.

That's what I was thinking as well, but I know that Maywood Hall has not been "officially" announced, so I wasn't sure.

As far as the Hill goes, I think it is FAR more urban in design than Sycamore Square. Sycamore is completely and utterly suburban, right down to the gated parking lot.

I just meant that in the context of current developments, The Hill is as suburban as Sycamore Square was in it's day.

With all that has been learned about New Urbanism since the 70's, The Hill violates most of those principles.

Betts, do you know if he's referring to Maywood Hall that will be directly east of Lofts at Maywood, or is he talking about something else?

Actually, I think what they're going to call Maywood Hall is now going to be built north of the Lofts on the mews that is between 2nd and 3rd Street. They look more like the Brownstones, but are lofts and apartments rather than townhouses. I've seen a plan for the land east of the Lofts, and originally I thought they were going to call it Maywood Hall, but I don't think they're still planning to call it that. It looks more like the lofts. This is all obviously rather fluid, but I think the current plan is to build two Maywood Hall buildings north and south of the mews before building on the east block of 2nd street.

Any retail planned soon, betts?

Any retail planned soon, betts?

Not that I've heard. All I know about is the coffee shop on the first floor of one of the Brownstones. There's definitely land on Walnut slated for retail.

Wow, very cool, thanks for posting pics and keeping us up todate...since I no longer live in OKC I count on threads like this one to keep me plugged in since I only make it to bricktown once or twice a year :cool:

ditto that!

Snapped this on Friday. The pic looks a little 'bent' since I was holding my phone out the window. You get the idea though and they are getting closer to completion. Hopefully this will add a nice influx of residential and foot traffic to the area.

http://www.okctalk.com/gallery/data/500/medium/Maywood_Lofts.jpg

It would be great to see more retail development in the area

cherrylane, I believe that is the idea, to have retail on the street level. I'm sure it's coming when this thing fills up, from what I understand it has a decent amount already sold.

cherrylane, I believe that is the idea, to have retail on the street level. I'm sure it's coming when this thing fills up, from what I understand it has a decent amount already sold.

Any clue as to what kind of stores we are talking?

Just speculation, but I wouldn't be surprised to see a flower shop, florist, deli/cafe (Yes Deep Deuce can support more than Sage), coffee shop or any of those type services the Deep Deuce area could easily support.

Not impressed with parking garage. 1 spot per unit is fine, but where do friend's, family, ect park? The street? Not safe enough yet.

Not impressed with parking garage. 1 spot per unit is fine, but where do friend's, family, ect park? The street? Not safe enough yet.

It's plenty safe. I haven't seen much riff-raff at all over there.

Not impressed with parking garage. 1 spot per unit is fine, but where do friend's, family, ect park? The street? Not safe enough yet.

Plenty of street parking in that area and very safe. The only area of downtown I would consider "not safe enough" would be over west of St. Anthony towards Classen and even that area isn't that bad.

Not impressed with parking garage. 1 spot per unit is fine, but where do friend's, family, ect park? The street? Not safe enough yet.

What?!

It's plenty safe. I haven't seen much riff-raff at all over there.

I am not convinced yet. Legacy is terrible...parking for one sucks and several cars broken into in the street. Apartments in other large metros have better garages with multiple spaces for family and friends. This is a freaking condo that I would be purchasing and the garage sucks with only one spot. So again I am not impressed. Hopefully future developments will do better.

The area is beyond safe.

I live in a squat down there, i hope you yuppie snobs enjoy the area as you gentrify and displace the locals. thx

no seriously, what happened to the pix from the guy who had a deposit?

censorship on this site is rampant!

I am not convinced yet. Legacy is terrible...

Midtown has a much larger problem with transients. This is on the other side of town.

Plenty of street parking in that area and very safe. The only area of downtown I would consider "not safe enough" would be over west of St. Anthony towards Classen and even that area isn't that bad.

I live in this area(west downtown/SOSA) and same dilemma about parking, haven't had a problem in the 3 years I've been here.

Midtown has a much larger problem with transients. This is on the other side of town.

You want transients?

Come to my hood near 23rd and Broadway.

It's pretty shady, but I have never been victimized

You want transients?

Come to my hood near 23rd and Broadway.

It's pretty shady, but I have never been victimized

I live not too far from there. They seem to migrate north and south between midtown and 23rd street via Shartel and, too a lesser extent, Robinson. Weird little track they run.

no seriously, what happened to the pix from the guy who had a deposit?

censorship on this site is rampant!

As for my post and the photos, I asked the administrators to delete it. I will be reposting both the post's content and photos soon.

You want transients?

Come to my hood near 23rd and Broadway.

It's pretty shady, but I have never been victimized

spent a year near 24th and robinson as well and had a smash and grab and heard about several others. jefferson park def still has its sketchy element.

i lived in deep deuce for a year and never heard of any incidents/problems. i think the west side of downtown has more incidents than east side due to city rescue mission/ greyhound station/ city bus stop.

I suspect there are more broken windshields in Nichols Hills, a popular spot for that since people seem inclined to leave purses and keys in their cars, than in the Maywood area. I see people parking there for Thunder games all the time, and I wouldn't hesitate to park out front. I've never seen a parking garage in an apartment or condo complex that had space for friends anywhere but out in the open. In Chicago you park on the street or in the alley in almost all neighborhoods, and Atlanta is the same way (the two cities I've visited most recently).

Not impressed with parking garage. 1 spot per unit is fine, but where do friend's, family, ect park? The street? Not safe enough yet.

I lived in the Deep Deuce for 2 years and parked on the street the entire time, and not only do I not have any complaints, I never heard anyone complaing either. It's plenty safe.

I suspect there are more broken windshields in Nichols Hills, a popular spot for that since people seem inclined to leave purses and keys in their cars, than in the Maywood area. I see people parking there for Thunder games all the time, and I wouldn't hesitate to park out front. I've never seen a parking garage in an apartment or condo complex that had space for friends anywhere but out in the open. In Chicago you park on the street or in the alley in almost all neighborhoods, and Atlanta is the same way (the two cities I've visited most recently).

The rule in big cities (and this should include OKC) is if a development includes parking it is generally 1 space per unit. Some include visitor spaces but usually visitors or patrons of streetlevel retail businesses park on the street or in a lot elsewhere.

The rule in big cities (and this should include OKC) is if a development includes parking it is generally 1 space per unit. Some include visitor spaces but usually visitors or patrons of streetlevel retail businesses park on the street or in a lot elsewhere.

Wow.... Dallas, Seattle, Denver, and Portland must have totally ignored that rule. Every nice modern apartment complex I have been in those cities has plenty of underground parking for guests.

Well, circuitboard, I have a brilliant idea. Don't buy one of these condos. If you want to live downtown, find a place that offers more parking. Some people don't mind only having one parking spot, and this development caters to them. As a single person with one car, I certainly would not want to pay extra to buy a condo that gave me two garage spots. This is a two-way street.

I lived at the Park Harvey for a year. Parked on the street every night. Never broken into, never felt unsafe walking to my car.

I would imagine that in most cities only the most expensive upscale urban condos have more than one spot per unit. I guess circuitboard has rich friends in Dallas, Seattle, Denver, and Portland.

There's new grass and landscaping going in on the south side of second street across from the lofts. That's the area that is supposed to have steps going down to Bricktown. It looks really nice....another little pocket park for the area.

anyone know when they will be finished? I've been trying to call and get answers from the website because I am real interested and haven't gotten anywhere

It looks awfully close to finished.

Stop by the brownstone on the SW corner of 3rd and Oklahoma, which is open every afternoon, and they've got literature, information and will take you to tour the lofts.

Yeah I actually have a showing tonight with my realtor. Im taking my camera so Ill post some pictures of what the insides look like

I have some pics and video too from the Downtown Living Tour back in May. I'll try and post pics/vids of all the developments as soon as I can get some downtime to do it.

I've street parked in and around the fringes of BT and elsewhere DT on visits, days, nights, weekends, since the mid-80's. Never a window broke, never a tire slashed, and save for the time I rather stupidly locked the keys inside, never a troubling moment.

I've street parked in and around the fringes of BT and elsewhere DT on visits, days, nights, weekends, since the mid-80's. Never a window broke, never a tire slashed, and save for the time I rather stupidly locked the keys inside, never a troubling moment.

weird.

at and around 7th/8th & harvey/robinson we've had a nightmare with cars being broken into, gasoline stolen, vehicles stolen/damaged and people harassed for the last 3 years..

Even with all the leo around the federal building and the addition of more security cameras and guards it just gets worse and worse.

fuzzytoad - Just curious who "we" are? Is this a business parking lot or something? Is it in the daytime?

fuzzytoad - Just curious who "we" are? Is this a business parking lot or something? Is it in the daytime?

"We" = DEQ, Fed building, big business across from DEQ, law office next to the Fed building, Markies parking lot.

It's at all times of the day. When my car had gasoline stolen it was sometime between noon and 4pm.

The physical harassment usually happens in the early morning hours, when a certain group of people are usually on the way to/from one of the many shelters.

I actually think it's safer there very late at night. I know I've never had any problems when I've been driving in at 3am

I suspect there are more broken windshields in Nichols Hills, a popular spot for that since people seem inclined to leave purses and keys in their cars, than in the Maywood area. I see people parking there for Thunder games all the time, and I wouldn't hesitate to park out front. I've never seen a parking garage in an apartment or condo complex that had space for friends anywhere but out in the open. In Chicago you park on the street or in the alley in almost all neighborhoods, and Atlanta is the same way (the two cities I've visited most recently).

Really? Dallas, has them everywhere, my bestfriend lives in a trendy uptown apt, with garage parking, and has wine gatherings all the time and never has a parking issue inside the garage. They are all over Dallas, especially in uptown. Parking garage with space for visitors is the norm.

weird.

at and around 7th/8th & harvey/robinson we've had a nightmare with cars being broken into, gasoline stolen, vehicles stolen/damaged and people harassed for the last 3 years..

Even with all the leo around the federal building and the addition of more security cameras and guards it just gets worse and worse.

Deep Deuce and BT areas have a lot less transient foot traffic than midtown, in my observation.

People are moving into the Lofts. I've seen multiple moving trucks there and lights are on. It's nice to see more activity in the area. The building/home restoration on the south side of 2nd street is moving along as well.

Great news!

Is it really any surprise how much faster the Lofts are filling up as opposed to the Brownstones (or worse yet, The Hill)?