Quote Originally Posted by Bill Brasky View Post
In a weird way, he's not entirely off base. We lost nearly an entire city block of some of our oldest buildings for a building that could have gone on an empty lot that's going to sit empty for years.
I get the parallels but it is just more of BChris being overly dramatic. It sucks but Devon bought that block and intended to develop it regardless of what happened to the south. This wasn't a city sponsored effort to flatten either block. Who knows if Devon would've been able to sell or swap the Stage Center block with OG&E, or whether Devon would've wanted to pay additional money to buy the the block from OG&E. Even then, what happens to the current BOK block? Does OG&E leave it to rot and eventually flatten it to build their complex there? Would someone buy it from Devon or OG&E if they marketed it? Would Devon have even wanted the Stage Center lot if it was an option? They had plenty of time to buy it if they wanted to go that direction over the last 6-10 years but chose not to. '

Knowing what we know now it would've been nice if Devon/BOK knew the Stage Center block was in play prior to demoing their current tower location, but there are a ton of IFs.