Devon Energy Center

[Luke]

I love Star Trek: The Next Generation. I'm a nerd, I know.

[OKCisOK4me]

I love Star Trek: The Next Generation. I'm a nerd, I know.

It's okay Luke. I've got, so far, Season 1, 2, and 3 on DVD. They used to be major expensive but a few years ago drastically dropped in price. Thank God.

[Luke]

It's okay Luke. I've got, so far, Season 1, 2, and 3 on DVD. They used to be major expensive but a few years ago drastically dropped in price. Thank God.

I'm currently on disc 3 of season 1 via Netflix. Just for old times sake.

[jbrown84]

It's okay Luke. I've got, so far, Season 1, 2, and 3 on DVD. They used to be major expensive but a few years ago drastically dropped in price. Thank God.

I know it was crazy. Like $129 per season.

[Luke]

I know it was crazy. Like $129 per season.

Another trekkie!? (Or is it trekker?) Sweet!

[jbrown84]

Card carrying!

[OKCisOK4me]

Way back in the day my cousin and I (I know this is so far off 'trek' from Devon Tower discussion) went to a Star Trek Convention in Tulsa. I think it was 1993 or so. It was so cool. Saw a pair of Spock ears for $25,000, but I only had about $20 to spend. Ended up buying a Borg keychain. The actors there were Robert Picardo, the holographic doctor on Deep Space Nine, and Michael Dorn. I cherished my autographed pictures, that of which I lost. I'm positive I talked to Dorn but can't remember what I asked him. Worf and Data were my favorite characters from TNG so I was half giddy.

I'm 30 now and still wouldn't mind being able to find a TNG uniform to wear for Halloween. My friends would ridicule me but I'd just give them the bird!

[Thunder]

I'm a Trekkie and Voyager is my favorite. The next in line is DS9, TNG, then TOS.

[jbrown84]

Voyager is my favorite as well. Had the best characters and the best premise.


Can't wait for that Devon Tower!

[metro]

aww man, I thought you guys actually had new news on the Devon project.

[OUGrad05]

I'm surprised no one mentioned devon's 3Q results...they had enough NET income to build this building three times

[Thunder]

Any chance to expand the tower a bit taller due to OUGrad05's comment?

[ETL]

Hey, any news? Also, isn't there a really nice, new parking garage where the tower will be? What will happen to it? Torn down?

[warreng88]

Hey, any news? Also, isn't there a really nice, new parking garage where the tower will be? What will happen to it? Torn down?

Devon is purchasing the west parking garage and increasing it five stories to a total of ten stories and the other will rein open to the public.

[ETL]

Devon is purchasing the west parking garage and increasing it five stories to a total of ten stories and the other will rein open to the public.

I'm having trouble seeing how all of this project will fit next to that garage? When will the construction for the tower begin?

[CuatrodeMayo]

Seriously...read the 22 previous pages and you will get more than enough info.

[warreng88]

I'm having trouble seeing how all of this project will fit next to that garage? When will the construction for the tower begin?

The Devon tower will be directly west of the Colcord Hotel. The atrium, meeting area, etc will be west of the tower. All this will be facing Sheridan Ave directly across the street from the Myriad Gardens. They will have to take out the below ground parking where all this is located, but the five stories of parking they are adding onto the existing garage should more than make up for it. I believe they are set to start construction in about a year, Fall 2009.

[warreng88]

This is a rendering of what is will look like looking north:

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49...erallayout.jpg

You can see the Colcord to the far right and the parking garage will be directly behind the meeting area.

[jbrown84]

They will have to take out the below ground parking where all this is located, but the five stories of parking they are adding onto the existing garage should more than make up for it.

There will be 2 levels of underground parking below the tower & pedestal, on top of the 10-story garage behind the pedestal.

[Pete]

Devon will present more ideas to Oklahoma City
BY STEVE LACKMEYER
Published: November 19, 2008

The Downtown Design Review Committee on Thursday will consider a request by Devon Energy to remove the bridges linking the west and east City Center garages, shown above, and to create a glass curtain facade for an addition to the west garage facing Hudson Avenue.

More details are emerging this week about the proposed Devon Energy world headquarters as the project is being presented to the Downtown Design Review Committee.

The $750 million project is the largest ever to be considered by any of the city’s design review committees.

New details to be considered Thursday include:

• An addition to the Colcord Hotel, which Devon Energy bought in August, that could provide meeting space and a fitness center and connection to the tower.

• Removal of bridges connecting the east and west City Center garages. Devon is negotiating to buy the westgarage from the city.

• A west garage addition would extend it west to Hudson Avenue and add a glass curtain facade.

Taller garage planned
Klay Kimker, Devon’s corporate services manager, said the bridges removal is related to the company purchase of the west garage and expansion from five to 10 stories.

"From a security standpoint, it’s better off to separate the two garages as we are intending to have only employee parking in the west garage,” Kimker said.

John Wood, project officer with Hines, the tower’s developer, said the bridges also would diminish the architectural significance of the rotunda portion of the new complex if they are not removed.

With the garage’s west extension, the company proposes a glass curtain facade facing Hudson that will allow for a fitness center between the addition’s second and third parking levels of the addition.

Wood said the Colcord Hotel addition is the least developed item. Architects are tasked with linking hotel and tower. They are looking at whether meeting rooms and a fitness center can be included in the addition.

From a security standpoint, it’s better off to separate the two garages as we are intending to have only employee parking in the west garage.”

[CuatrodeMayo]

I kinda like the bridges. I hate to see them go.

[Pete]

I'm very glad to hear about the possibility of connecting the Colcord.

I was surprised when the original plans not only didn't show any sort of connection but that the layout would make it very hard even to walk between the two structures.

[bombermwc]

I can understand that if they want to keep them employee parking, that they need to remove the bridges. However, I think they could also leave them and install badge readers on some doorways so that only emlpoyees can get through. That way an employee could still park on the east if they needed, and still get over to the west. Who knows why they would need to right now, but you don't plan for today, you plan for tomorrow for the things you don't think of. Plus if you remove them, it would always be a lot more expensive to add them back instead of finding a work around now.

[westsidesooner]

I'm very glad to hear about the possibility of connecting the Colcord.

I was surprised when the original plans not only didn't show any sort of connection but that the layout would make it very hard even to walk between the two structures.

Ditto.

I can understand them wanting to remove the bridge between the garages as well. I looked for a rendering of the tower from the north (looking south from Park and Harvey) to see how the bridge would interfere with the view of the building and atrium but couldnt find one. So I'll wait to make a judgement on that. But with a building as beautiful as this I would want an unobstructed view of both the tower and the atrium.

? ... For refrence does anyone know how tall the towers at the antenna farm are along N. Kelly?

[CuatrodeMayo]

Some are over 1000'.