Quote Originally Posted by bombermwc View Post
Majority? There are quite a few between 35/44, but it's a HUGE stretch to say they cover the majority of the road. And i believe most of them are concentrated right near Penn. I'd agree that getting them to clean up would be difficult, but if you look at them, you can tell the ones your probably speaking of are also low income housing. So there's not going to be a lot of extra profit around to spend on a look from the highway. Probably the best thing you could hope for is some large trees to block the view.

But some of them aren't really bad looking. The one on the south side of 240 just west of May redid the facade several years ago to what it is now. If you remember, each unit had a different "look", even on the same building. Now at least it's consistent. The one on the south side near Western...Santa Fe looking whatever, is in good shape. 240 Place or something, i feel like is done well. The rest...not so much. But there's a big difference in rates between those complexes too. Then there's the middle ground with the north side one...Something Ridge. It's not bad looking for apartments it's age either. Really i think the crappy ones are the ones between Penn and Western on the south side, and they all happen to be right in a row.

While we're at it, let's talk about the crappy 7-11. The usually abandoned vet clinic that's been a million things (next to Chick Fil A). The ever crappy looking Office Depot that always looks like it should be closed, so they put up a sign that says "yes we're open".

But in general terms, i dont think that this section of 240 really looks all that bad. There are very few spaces that are empty, and those seem to always be empty.
BIngo. I can't fathom anyone wants to do ANYTHING with that vet clinic, but it's probably too expensive to tear down without a new purpose in hand. I once asked if that Office Depot was going to close, and the manager told me, "Oh, no. Not this one. Office Depot actually owns this building and it's an important part of the entire OKC Office Depot presence, not just as a retail store." I infer from that they use it for bulk inventory and office deliveries. That place barely looks much different from when it opened as a Handyman Lumber back around 1977. If they're going to stay there, I wish they'd at least put a new facade on it to freshen it up a bit. It looks Just Awful, and the interior isn't much better.