Fassler Hall / Dust Bowl

[bchris02]

The weather situation hasn't exactly been ideal either since they started, I'm sure the winter weather slowed them down a bit.

Probably so. It was originally supposed to open this spring, but looks like it has been pushed back to fall.

[Pete]

From the Fitzsimmons Facebook page. Says they are still on track to open in September. I bet this project will start moving pretty fast now:

[sroberts24]

Drove by last night and the cement walls were up on the 2nd floor just behind the crane.

[OKCisOK4me]

Drove by the joint last Friday and was displeased with the lack of progress. None of that vertical business was going on then so I like this new pace ;-)


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[CuatrodeMayo]

That is the nature of construction, especially precast concrete construction. Nothing, nothing, then BOOM--we have a building.

[shawnw]

So this is pre-cast like Aloft, not poured on site? Hadn't noticed the lack of cement trucks, but now that you mention it...

[benjenn]

I was at our new Urban Neighbors community garden that's right across the street to north on Sunday and there wasn't much going on... then went again yesterday and WOW, what a difference! Will be interesting to watch in the new couple of weeks for sure.

[Pete]

They are really blowing and going now... Photo from Fitzsimmons Architecture FB page:

[soonerguru]

This is crazy. I just drove by there a few days ago and only about a third of this was there. Moving fast now.

[CCOKC]

Can someone get some pictures from the north side to show the change in elevation on this site? The second floor from the 10th street elevation is the ground level on the other side of the site.

[catch22]

Walked by last night. This will be a very impressive structure against 10th street. It's a pretty big building. Can't wait.

[Pete]

Taken today by Urban Pioneer.

Shows how close it will be to Brown's Bakery on the West and how it will have a close and large street presence on 10th:

[catch22]

It really dominates the street when viewing it from the southeast.

Good pics, UP.

[Urbanized]

Same with the view from the southwest. I had lunch at GoGo Sushi yesterday and was honestly stunned at how imposing it suddenly is, and how much it changes the character of that intersection. It is really, really cool to see it come together. Photos don't really do justice to the scale of it.

[AP]

Same with the view from the southwest. I had lunch at GoGo Sushi yesterday and was honestly stunned at how imposing it suddenly is, and how much it changes the character of that intersection. It is really, really cool to see it come together. Photos don't really do justice to the scale of it.

I had seen it in pics, but when I drove by last night it kind of blew me away at how big it was. Pictures really don't do it justice.

[Spartan]

It really dominates the street when viewing it from the southeast.

Good pics, UP.

The way 10th bends at an angle probably exacerbates the massing.

[catch22]

The way 10th bends at an angle probably exacerbates the massing.

I'm sure it does have some effect, but really it's just a BIG building.

[Pete]

No matter how many renderings and site plans you may see, when a long-vacant (or mostly vacant) parcel suddenly reveals the dimensions of a new development, it's always a bit startling.

I had seen literally thousands of photos of Devon Tower and had also seen it in person when it was about 10 stories. But the first time I came to town when it was at full height I couldn't have been more surprised; and I shouldn't have been surprised at all.

Same way with The Edge. When the large structure first mostly topped out, I think it shocked everyone to see how massive it actually is. Level and Aloft were the same way.


And really, even though we've had a massive amount of projects, not many have been of the large-ish and brand new variety. It's been mainly renovations and small to mid-size stuff, which has been incredibly important and needed but until now I didn't think about how few completely new developments make a big impression the first time you see them.

[pickles]

The empty lot between Hudson and Harvey looms so large on this street. I keep waiting to hear something.

[Pete]

The empty lot between Hudson and Harvey looms so large on this street. I keep waiting to hear something.

Bleu Garten going in will help considerably.

But I don't think MidtownR will develop the entire parcel for at least 3 years, as BG has a lease for that long.

[BoulderSooner]

The empty lot between Hudson and Harvey looms so large on this street. I keep waiting to hear something.

North care has to move before anything big happens. Thus the three year lease for Bly garden

[Pete]

Yes, but North Care just opened their brand new facility near the Fairgrounds, so I don't know why they would wait at least 3 more years before leaving this location.

[jrod]

What was shocking to me was seeing 2 cranes operating simultaneously, two blocks from one another.........on 10th St!

[Pete]

They now have pretty much all the concrete sections in place (from https://twitter.com/dtOKCbuilds):

[Dustin]

Good lord, that thing is massive. It looks like the overpass of a highway.