Alley North (Old Dolese Headquarters)

[Jake]

The company HQ evidently will be Guernsey.

[G.Walker]

Update from The Oklahoman:

https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news...h/73123658007/

Totally unexpected...

[Pete]

Guernsey is the office tenant moving into this development.

Press release:

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GUERNSEY MOVES TO THE OKC URBAN CORE
Company will move to the historic Dolese Bros. Co. property in downtown OKC in 2025

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (March 28, 2024) – Guernsey, one of Oklahoma City’s largest and oldest full-service design and consulting firms, announces the re-centering of its corporate headquarters closer to the Oklahoma City metro’s urban core. Coming in 2025, Guernsey will migrate its Oklahoma City-based staff to the just-announced redevelopment of the historic Dolese Bros. Co. property located along North Broadway Avenue between NW 13th and NW 16th Streets at the northern end of Oklahoma City’s Automobile Alley.

“At the highest level, this move is an emphatic commitment to our people and to the greater Oklahoma City metro,” said Guernsey CEO Jared Stigge, JD. “Our present and future staff deserve an engaging professional experience, one that is equally as rewarding within our walls as it is when they step outside. We also believe in the direction and momentum of our city, and this step tangibly reinforces our commitment to the collection of communities our Oklahoma City staff call home.”

All of Guernsey’s Oklahoma-based team will work from the new development; Guernsey’s staff in Washington, D.C., Alaska, Honolulu and San Antonio will continue to work from their existing locations.

Guernsey is a different kind of company: it is entirely owned by all its full-time staff, one of only approximately 2,000 such firms in the entire United States with this ownership structure. Headquartered in Oklahoma City but with project work spanning six continents, Guernsey’s mission is to improve lives by fostering trusted, enduring experiences with clients, the community and its team of employee-owners.

For more information about Guernsey and its services, please visit www.guernsey.us.

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About Guernsey
Guernsey is 100% employee-owned and a leading provider of design and consulting services. Founded in 1928, Guernsey has developed an impressive base of clients worldwide, including federal, state and local government; military; utilities; tribal; higher education; Fortune 500 companies; and the oil and gas industry sectors. Guernsey is an employee-owned, multi-discipline firm providing innovative answers for complex projects with engineers, architects, planners, consultants, environmental scientists, designers, analysts, accountants and project managers. Realize the Guernsey difference at https://www.guernsey.us/.

[DoctorTaco]

Guernsey will be a good addition to the urban core. Their current office is in a total no-man's land. That said I'd rather see them closer to downtown proper in some of the abundant office space down there.

[G.Walker]

Dolese moves out, Guernsey moves in.

Dolese move out of the core for burbs, Guernsey move out of the burbs for core.

Guess this is just a wash...

[Pete]

Guernsey will be a good addition to the urban core. Their current office is in a total no-man's land. That said I'd rather see them closer to downtown proper in some of the abundant office space down there.

Makes you wonder if they negotiated some sort of equity stake in Alley North.

[G.Walker]

From the Oklahoman:

"Jared Stigge, CEO, said the company’s choice to move reflects changes in how employees view workplaces, the competition for talent and how the firm interacts with its clients."

This is becoming the norm...

[ChrisHayes]

It says "coming in 2025..,“ so, I'm guessing they want to break ground on the development pretty soon?

[G.Walker]

It says "coming in 2025..,“ so, I'm guessing they want to break ground on the development pretty soon?

I thought it was 2027?

[bison34]

I thought it was 2027?

Not per the press release above.

[G.Walker]

Oh well if thats the case, they need to start turning dirt soon, lo.

[BG918]

From the Oklahoman:

"Jared Stigge, CEO, said the company’s choice to move reflects changes in how employees view workplaces, the competition for talent and how the firm interacts with its clients."

This is becoming the norm...

Unless you’re Paycom….

[BoulderSooner]

Unless you’re Paycom….

very very different client interaction

[EtanEiko]

How many employees do they have in OKC?

[G.Walker]

Unless you’re Paycom….

Paycom adopted that early 2000's company trend of the "Live, Work, and Play" at work theme of all the blossoming tech companies of that era. Now they have and keep investing in their suburban company oasis, so its hard now to deviate from that and build a presence downtown.

[G.Walker]

Unless you’re Paycom….

Paycom adopted that early 2000's company trend of the "Live, Work, and Play" at work theme of all the blossoming tech companies of that era. Now they have and keep investing in their suburban company oasis, so its hard now to deviate from that and build a presence downtown.

[Rover]

Paycom adopted that early 2000's company trend of the "Live, Work, and Play" at work theme of all the blossoming tech companies of that era. Now they have and keep investing in their suburban company oasis, so its hard now to deviate from that and build a presence downtown.

They don’t seem to have trouble recruiting people to work there, so not sure why they’d move anyway. Lots of affordable housing nearby and lots of services along Memorial. It works for them and everyone doesn’t need to be downtown.

[Lafferty Daniel]

They don’t seem to have trouble recruiting people to work there, so not sure why they’d move anyway. Lots of affordable housing nearby and lots of services along Memorial. It works for them and everyone doesn’t need to be downtown.

Not to mention the CEO lives at Penn and Sorghum Mill. Easy drive for him.

[HOT ROD]

it is nice to have big companies in different parts of the city. Yes, downtown needs to be the #1 destination, but we should have companies throughout.

TBH, I'd love to see Paycom move to the old Chesapeake campus if they ever wanted to move closer in. Imagine them or some other IT company at 63rd and Western - it'd be a Microsoft/Amazon moment for OKC for sure.

[ManAboutTown]

it is nice to have big companies in different parts of the city. Yes, downtown needs to be the #1 destination, but we should have companies throughout.

TBH, I'd love to see Paycom move to the old Chesapeake campus if they ever wanted to move closer in. Imagine them or some other IT company at 63rd and Western - it'd be a Microsoft/Amazon moment for OKC for sure.

I believe they have invested so much in their current facility that moving from that is totally out of the question.

[KayneMo]

Along with Guernsey, I saw online that Pascal Aughtry & Associates Architects is moving nearby to 14th & Robinson. They are currently at Britton & Kelley.

[turnpup]

This sign went up on the property along Broadway between NW 15th and 16th a few days ago:

[Pete]

Plans have been filed to construct the parking areas in the southwest corner, Parcel F below:

[bison34]

I am confused. Parcel F says a retail plaza. Is that changing to parking? That would not be the best change.

Or maybe I am misreading.

[OkieBerto]

I am confused. Parcel F says a retail plaza. Is that changing to parking? That would bot be the best change.

Or maybe I am misreading.

It almost looks like they have switched Parcel A and F. There will still be a building on that corner, but they are making it a parking space instead of a common walking space.