OG&E Tower

[adaniel]

No, I understood exactly what you meant. And my point was in the grand scheme of things, an extra month or two is not a big deal. So what that he said it was his goal to get it out in 90 days? It likely was. He was giving a quote to a journalist, not testifying under oath in court.

This will likely be a $500+ million project when its all said and done. You have absolutely no idea how many moving parts are involved in this. Heck I really don't know either. But I do know that if one small thing doesn't come out the way you want it, whether that be permits, design process, etc., yes it can effect the entire process.

I was not being snide when I said these things do not conform to anyone's schedule, that includes the people designing or building the project. At this point, I will likely not convince you otherwise so we will just agree to disagree. I have no doubt this will be an excellent project for the city so if I need to wait a bit extra than so be it.

[G.Walker]

I haven't posted on this thread in a while, but I will say this, time goes by fast, so:

"Stay calm, and tower on!"

[G.Walker]

Stage Center demolition not expected on DDRC agenda until December | The Journal Record

[ljbab728]

Stage Center demolition not expected on DDRC agenda until December | The Journal Record

Please note that basically nothing but the headline comes up with the link. Can you provide anything additional?

[OKCisOK4me]

Stage Center demolition not expected on DDRC agenda until December | The Journal Record

How about no one create a countdown clock so we'll be guaranteed some good news come December, k?

[Thundercitizen]

Wow.
This thread fell to the second page...thank goodness I got here when I did.

[modernism]

Wow.
This thread fell to the second page...thank goodness I got here when I did.

The official hard announcement keeps getting pushed back, fact is, people are losing interest. Now they are saying this Winter, next thing you know, it will be early next year, I don't care anymore, it will be announced, when it's announced.

[Bellaboo]

The official hard announcement keeps getting pushed back, fact is, people are losing interest. Now they are saying this Winter, next thing you know, it [B]will be early next year, I don't care anymore, it will be announced, when it's announced.

Isn't early next year ' this winter' ?

[LRSooner]

My cousin (works at Devon) had a discussion with one of the site managers of the Devon Tower construction a couple of weeks back and is very clued in to the downtown happenings. Take it for what it's worth, he was told the Stage Center tower would be 20-25 stories in height, but didn't share who the main tenant would be. It got interesting when discussing the Preftakes (spelling) site, he confirmed a deal is very much in the closing stages and MIGHT be announced this winter (said the info is very delicate, wouldn't want to mess up a possible deal this late in the game). Believe it or not, the source told him it was a bank (currently without a footprint in state) wanting to set up shop with a new 40 story tower (he gave me a possible name, but again, said it's apparently highly classified..ugh) they would inhabit the upper half floors while leasing out the bottom. Again, this is third hand info, so it might be safe to to take with a grain of salt, but my cousin said this guy knows his stuff. We shall see.

[NWOKCGuy]

It got interesting when discussing the Preftakes (spelling) site, he confirmed a deal is very much in the closing stages and MIGHT be announced this winter (said the info is very delicate, wouldn't want to mess up a possible deal this late in the game). Believe it or not, the source told him it was a bank from out of state wanting to set up shop with a new 40 story tower (he gave me a possible name, but again, said it's apparently highly classified..ugh) they would inhabit the upper half floors while leasing out the bottom.

I won't get my hopes up - but a bank relo would be huge.

[Praedura]

.... it was a bank from out of state wanting to set up shop with a new 40 story tower .....

Holy cow! I don't know how realistic that is. Sounds kind of far fetched. But that would be awesome if true.

[LRSooner]

I won't get my hopes up - but a bank relo would be huge.

Let me rephrase, not so much a relocation, as it is a national bank wanting to have a presence in our state is how it was described to me. Hence, they would be the main tenant in a tower that may have spec apsects to it.

[Praedura]

Let me rephrase, not so much a relocation, as it is a national bank wanting to have a presence in our state is how it was described to me. Hence, they would be the main tenant in a tower that may have spec apsects to it.

Cool rumor. It should be put in the Preftakes thread.

[catch22]

Or the Mystery Tower thread. Id like to request to keep this thread as factual as possible and leave excess speculation to the speculation threads.

[OKCisOK4me]

Or the Mystery Tower thread. Id like to request to keep this thread as factual as possible and leave excess speculation to the speculation threads.

I second that. Motion to move forward, Pete (with your cut and paste abilities as a fine administrator)?

[jccouger]

"Or the Mystery Tower thread. Id like to request to keep this thread as factual as possible and leave excess speculation to the speculation threads."

LOL we could sum up all the "facts" about this tower in less then 50 words, let alone 19 pages. This shouldn't even be a thread until there are actual renderings.

[warreng88]

Believe it or not, the source told him it was a bank (currently without a footprint in state) wanting to set up shop with a new 40 story tower (he gave me a possible name, but again, said it's apparently highly classified..ugh) they would inhabit the upper half floors while leasing out the bottom. Again, this is third hand info, so it might be safe to to take with a grain of salt, but my cousin said this guy knows his stuff. We shall see.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Wells Fargo Bank make a push into the OKC area. They already have WF Financial, WF Advisors and WF Home Mortgage and that is what I can think of. Fifth Third Bank is another one I could see making a push into Oklahoma. They don't have any locations in Texas which surprises me but the economy in Oklahoma is so much better than everywhere else in the nation. Ok, back to your regularly scheduled program.

[Teo9969]

I don't get the sense that a bank who is not here already would be making a push by headlining a brand-new 40-story tower.

The only real bank candidates I could see being possibilites: Chase, BoA nationally or BoOK or Banc First. MidFirst seems pretty clearly out of the running.

[progressiveboy]

I wouldn't be surprised to see Wells Fargo Bank make a push into the OKC area. They already have WF Financial, WF Advisors and WF Home Mortgage and that is what I can think of. Fifth Third Bank is another one I could see making a push into Oklahoma. They don't have any locations in Texas which surprises me but the economy in Oklahoma is so much better than everywhere else in the nation. Ok, back to your regularly scheduled program.

I have heard through friends that are in banking profession in the OKC area that Wells Fargo is trying to establish a bank prescence in OKC metropolitan area.

[bchris02]

I am surprised Wells Fargo isn't in Oklahoma. They are in all the states surrounding us except for Missouri.

[bluedogok]

I know there are a few Bank of the West locations in OKC, wouldn't surprise me if they expanded some. They have a pretty large presence here in Denver, they have no locations in Texas.

[Dubya61]

I know there are a few Bank of the West locations in OKC, wouldn't surprise me if they expanded some. They have a pretty large presence here in Denver, they have no locations in Texas.

I've seen some job ads recently for Bank of the West, but you wouldn't know it was Bank of the West from the name listed on the ad. They were for BNP Paribas -- a parent / holding company.

[GaryOKC6]

I have heard through friends that are in banking profession in the OKC area that Wells Fargo is trying to establish a bank prescence in OKC metropolitan area.

WF would actually make sense. They have opened a sizable office on top of leadership square and have been focusing on commercial banking.

[LRSooner]

I have heard through friends that are in banking profession in the OKC area that Wells Fargo is trying to establish a bank prescence in OKC metropolitan area.

Go back and read my Preftakes mystery tower post and now you're on to something

[warreng88]

Back in 2003, I worked for Wells Fargo Financial and we had people all the time coming in to cash their Wells Fargo Bank checks. They didn't understand why we wouldn't cash them and didn't want to drive to Wichita (3 hours away) to cash a small check.

Again, WF has such a huge presence in the state in everything other than WF Bank. My cousin is a SVP for Wells Fargo Investors LLC and he is surprised there is not a WF Bank in OKC especially.