Level Apartments

[Urbanized]

Yeah, I saw folks working on the line in the kitchen when I drove by earlier this afternoon. Probably training meals.

[5alive]

Some TLC needed here


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[soonerguru]

Going for the zeroscape approach?

[Chadanth]

The landscaping is pretty Spartan. I'd like some more green, it's not like they lack the people to take care of it. Maybe if Aloft keeps their up it'll shame them into getting on the ball.

[Soho]

They are having a contest to see which turns yellow the fastest... Their stucco, or their landscaping!

Tomorrows' ghetto, today!

And if things don't deteriorate on their own... We'll have our resident dogs crap all over it!

[Pete]

I deleted some posts that were too personal.


I'm really surprised that Richard McKown isn't putting more into the landscaping and keeping this neighborhood nicer, as he is more heavily invested in Deep Deuce than anyone: Level, Mosaic, OKSea, and a future project north of Calvary church.

I can understand not being too concerned with the tremendous amount of construction at Urban Johnnies and Aloft, but that is now wrapped.

Has anyone spoke to him about the upkeep? You'd think he'd be responsive.

[catch22]

^ given that these are mostly cosmetic issues, I don't see any reason to believe that they are not hard to correct.

I believe someone mentioned that they were cleaning up the stucco? Landscaping should be pretty easy, and we need to remember we just recently got out of what seemed to be a long winter.

[Pete]

Being relatively easy to correct makes the current state of landscaping even more puzzling (and less excusable).

Yes, it was a hard winter but the landscaping has never looked good even in nicer months; and we are closing in on May now.

[okclee]

What is the the Level developers backgroud? Someone said it is Ideal Homes out of Norman. If that is true......

[Chadanth]

They are having a contest to see which turns yellow the fastest... Their stucco, or their landscaping!

Tomorrows' ghetto, today!

And if things don't deteriorate on their own... We'll have our resident dogs crap all over it!

Here we go with the dog poop again. Seriously, do you think it's just the renters who don't pick up after their dogs?

As for the stucco, the Styrofoam on the brownstones has a multiyear head start, so....

[catch22]

Here we go with the dog poop again. Seriously, do you think it's just the renters who don't pick up after their dogs?

Careful...

[Chadanth]

^ given that these are mostly cosmetic issues, I don't see any reason to believe that they are not hard to correct.

I believe someone mentioned that they were cleaning up the stucco? Landscaping should be pretty easy, and we need to remember we just recently got out of what seemed to be a long winter.

They've been working on issues in the hallways, and they replaced pretty much every piece of window and door trim. The place clearly needs work.

[Pete]

Here we go with the dog poop again. Seriously, do you think it's just the renters who don't pick up after their dogs?

As for the stucco, the Styrofoam on the brownstones has a multiyear head start, so....

McKown could easily convert the vacant property he owns north of Calvary into a dog park.

Might go a long way in terms of rebuilding good will in the neighborhood.

[Chadanth]

McKown could easily convert the vacant property he owns north of Calvary into a dog park.

Might go a long way in terms of rebuilding good will in the neighborhood.

I thought they were doing a "level-east"/ another Mosaic-type build there?

[Pete]

I thought they were doing a "level-east"/ another Mosaic-type build there?

Not for a while.

[Chadanth]

Not for a while.

Well, a dog park would be welcome in light of that.

[5alive]

Kind of hard to see...stucco repair


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[Pete]

Well, a dog park would be welcome in light of that.

Just learned there will be a dog park integrated into OKSea (also owned by McKown).

[Chadanth]

Kind of hard to see...stucco repair


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They should have just gone with poorly painted Styrofoam with level, it would have matched the existing structures.

[Plutonic Panda]

Some TLC needed here


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If they used some nice pebbles, it would be nice. I really think we should be a bit more conservative on our landscaping techiniques and encourage more xeriscaping here.

[Chadanth]

If they used some nice pebbles, it would be nice. I really think we should be a bit more conservative on our landscaping techiniques and encourage more xeriscaping here.

Native grasses would have been fine and low maintenance

[Plutonic Panda]

Native grasses would have been fine and low maintenance

Yeah, I really like the look to. Some people don't I suppose.

[Rover]

They should have just gone with poorly painted Styrofoam with level, it would have matched the existing structures.

At least the Styrofoam was never intended as the permanent exterior...the faux stucco was. And, unfortunately it will only get worse over time whereas the Styrofoam is being covered with brick on one end and will be eventually on the other.

[Rover]

It may be an over generalization (so if it is I apologize), but it seems to me that most of the local developers/owners look at landscaping as an expense item only and do as little as possible. I know that maintenance of landscaping can be hard in OKC, but if the right plants are used and the right watering system is invested in, and properly trained maintenance personnel are hired then it can be done well.

[AP]

It may be an over generalization (so if it is I apologize), but it seems to me that most of the local developers/owners look at landscaping as an expense item only and do as little as possible. I know that maintenance of landscaping can be hard in OKC, but if the right plants are used and the right watering system is invested in, and properly trained maintenance personnel are hired then it can be done well.

I definitely agree, almost seems like an afterthought to most of them.