Enogex to move 400 jobs to dt OKC!

[dmoor82]

Enogex will move Four Hundred jobs to dt OKC!http://newsok.com/enogex-moving-to-d...ad_story_title

[SkyWestOKC]

First quarter 2012 will be big for the CBD. Nearly 750 new employees. (400 Enogex, 250 Continental Resources, 100 new SandRidge jobs by then, too) Not counting normal growth of the existing companies downtown, not to mention Devon who will most definitely keep hiring.

This is all great news for the housing, restaurant, and retail offerings for sure.

[Larry OKC]

Where are the employees now? The address given in the article sounds like one that IS downtown already??

[SkyWestOKC]

That address is on I-44 near Lincoln Ave. East of the CHK Empire.

[Larry OKC]

Thanks for the info! It was the Central Park thing that threw me since the MAPS 3 "Central Park" and all. Figured the City had gone ahead and named a street for it (like the have the Boulevard).

[Just the facts]

I think it is a sad commentary on the City in general that a street called "Central Park Drive" is not exactly where one might expect to find it. Of course, this is the same city that took out Main Street and replaced it with a parking garage.

[BG918]

OG+E has a lot of office space in those buildings off Central Park Drive so it makes sense that Enogex was there too. Didn't Sonic at one time have several floors in One Leadership Square before moving to Bricktown?

[Larry OKC]

I would presume if there is a Central Park Drive that there is already a park named that in the vicinity that it goes to/around/through? But I may be too focused on a recreational "park" as there are other types (business park etc). Is it named for the apartments maybe? I had forgotten about those. That may confuse people to, if someone is thinking about those apts, that it has/will have a view of the MAPS 3 Park. Sort of like when folks mistakenly believe anything with Bricktown in its name is in Bricktown.

[dcsooner]

Don't know, but it sounds like companies are just moving around withnin the metro. One districts gain is another losses so OKC is not truly gaining businesses just shufflling the deck. OkC needs new businesses to relocate to the city from other places or startups. How long can these relatively few energy companies continue to prop up the entire city>

[dmoor82]

Don't know, but it sounds like companies are just moving around withnin the metro. One districts gain is another losses so OKC is not truly gaining businesses just shufflling the deck. OkC needs new businesses to relocate to the city from other places or startups. How long can these relatively few energy companies continue to prop up the entire city>

Few energy companies?I think alot the city is being "propped up" as you say, but every major city in the country does not have there entire city 'propped up"!I agree with the shuffling for the most part.

[SkyWestOKC]

Yes, economically in the grand scheme of things OKC does not gain a ton from this move. But, downtown gains a lot. Having more jobs downtown only helps to stimulate the overall economy of downtown as it is grasping out to become self sufficient and hit the "critical mass." It's getting close. It also is about absorbing vacant office space downtown. We won't see many office buildings come up until the existing inventory is absorbed.

[Larry OKC]

True but in the shuffling of the deck, that leaves empty space in the old location (unless there is a replacement tenant that hasn't been announced). Half a dozen of one, 6 of the other sort of thing.

[dmoor82]

Well continental and enogex are filling alot of the dt vacancies,Most of the vacancy class A space in dt OKC comes from the idle First National tower!Enogex will be filling vacancies in dt but will be leaving alot of vacancy for the North side of town.

[SkyWestOKC]

Filling that space will be cheaper. Won't be nearly as expensive as filling downtown space.

[ljbab728]

I think it is a sad commentary on the City in general that a street called "Central Park Drive" is not exactly where one might expect to find it. Of course, this is the same city that took out Main Street and replaced it with a parking garage.

I hardly see the naming of a particular street as a sad commentary on the City in general. There is a street in OKC named Tulsa which is nowhere (which has nothing to do with Nowhere, Oklahoma in Caddo County) near Tulsa. Does that have anything to do with anything?

It's not unusual for a new street in a new development to be named after that development.

[Naptown12713]

Does anyone know if Tronox is still leasing space downtown? If so, where is their corporate office now based...hopefully somewhere downtown.

[progressiveboy]

Don't know, but it sounds like companies are just moving around withnin the metro. One districts gain is another losses so OKC is not truly gaining businesses just shufflling the deck. OkC needs new businesses to relocate to the city from other places or startups. How long can these relatively few energy companies continue to prop up the entire city>

Agree. OKC seems to have it's eggs all in one basket. Hardly enough diversification. What happens when oil and gas prices plummet? Not a pretty picture.

[Steve]

Tronox consolidated its offices at its research campus in far northwest Oklahoma City. It was a smart move - if they were to survive, they had to cut costs.

[kevinpate]

Anyone hear anything on who might want the space enogex will vacate when it goes dt?

[okcpulse]

Enogex, Continental Resources, Devon, Sandridge, Cheaspeake... My list of potential employers is growing. Although Enogex is already in OKC, moving downtown puts them in a position for stronger growth.

[dankrutka]

Don't know, but it sounds like companies are just moving around withnin the metro. One districts gain is another losses so OKC is not truly gaining businesses just shufflling the deck. OkC needs new businesses to relocate to the city from other places or startups. How long can these relatively few energy companies continue to prop up the entire city>

Yeah, but if businesses are going to move around in the metro, I'm glad that they're moving to downtown. THe more action concentrated in the downtown (or the downtown area) the better. We need to quit sprawling and most any movement towards the core (business, residential, commmercial) is preferable.

[Larry OKC]

Oooops. We will be needing 400 more parking spaces! But no fear, there isn't a parking problem DT...

[mcca7596]

Oooops. We will be needing 400 more parking spaces! But no fear, there isn't a parking problem DT...

Unless that literally puts the number of jobs downtown at a higher number than the number of parking spaces, then you're correct, there's not a parking problem downtown.

[ljbab728]

Oooops. We will be needing 400 more parking spaces! But no fear, there isn't a parking problem DT...

Larry, you're assuming that none of those employees might decide to live downtown or wouldn't use some other kind of transportation to work besides a car. But you're correct anyway that the parking will not be a problem.

[Steve]

Larry is also clearly unaware of the parking surplus created by the doubling of the City Center garage by Devon and move of their employees. Santa Fe garage has a lot of vacancy right now and should be able to accommodate much of this influx.