315 White Street

[Jake]

I noticed it for the first time last week and thought, "What the heck is that?!"

[UrbanNorman]

Are there any renderings of this anywhere? I saw Aztec Construction had a sign up top, and I went to their website but nothing. As for their other projects, they were extremely suburban in design pretty much across the board. To say this frightens me is an understatement...

[Pete]

[Pete]

[sooner88]

How tall is the building that Victoria's is in? This seems really out of place for Campus Corner.

[BG918]

How tall is the building that Victoria's is in? This seems really out of place for Campus Corner.

It looks almost twice the height. I think it's great to see taller developments and hope this leads to more in that area. What is the zoning max height in Campus Corner?

[s00nr1]

That rooftop is going to have an amazing (!!) view of campus.

[HangryHippo]

Is orange-ish exterior in the rendering going to be brick or something else?

[kevinpate]

How tall is the building that Victoria's is in? This seems really out of place for Campus Corner.

It will be taller than the rest of the existing campus corner structures. Indeed, once completed and someone is at the upper level bar, it is fair to say they'll be a few floors and eyes and ears and mouth and noise, head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes above it all.

[tfvc.org]

I think it will be cool to sit on the top and see the view as well. One of my favorite places to eat in Norman was The Vista just for the view. If Vast wasn't so expensive I would eat there more often just for the view.

[Pete]

Is orange-ish exterior in the rendering going to be brick or something else?

It's red brick.

[HOT ROD]

ASIDE: speaking of skyscrapers, it would be nice to see Norman and maybe a few other suburbs with a few 20-floor towers in their downtowns. I know we want to focus on Downtown first, but will be nice to see more highrise action than just in Downtown/OHC and NW Xpwy. Im not talking about a lot of office space here, just two or three towers to give the larger suburbs a little identity and shot in the arm (office wise).

[BG918]

ASIDE: speaking of skyscrapers, it would be nice to see Norman and maybe a few other suburbs with a few 20-floor towers in their downtowns. I know we want to focus on Downtown first, but will be nice to see more highrise action than just in Downtown/OHC and NW Xpwy. Im not talking about a lot of office space here, just two or three towers to give the larger suburbs a little identity and shot in the arm (office wise).

Unfortunately I don't think the demand is there otherwise we would've seen this happen. Norman's downtown has never been a very big business center but I think it has potential to be larger since it is, with Campus Corner, the largest mixed-use district in the metro outside of downtown OKC and one day will be connected directly by commuter rail. It also has the flagship state university less than a mile away, and is centrally located within Norman itself.

I've always thought OU could do more to foster development here, such as create an innovation district similar to what the University of Louisville has done: Louisville Takes Step To Becoming Leader in Life-Long Wellness and Aging Care | WFPL. The south campus area is where the bioscience and weather research and related businesses have been building, which has been OU's main focus. Maybe the downtown district could be more engineering/energy research/technology-related? It would start with building a new larger home for eTec in Campus Corner and building up the Asp corridor as the natural link between OU, Campus Corner and downtown.

[metro]

The building permit was filed by an LLC that shares the same address with Top of the World; a Norman company that manufactures athletic caps.

I bet this will be a store for them:

TOP OF THE WORLD

Or corporate office I wouldn't be surprised. They are a Norman company, but are HUGE (as far as impact) and mostly unknown. TOW is the #1 hat provider to NCAA teams now, they put out a great product, but I'm NOT excited they're moving to Campus Corner.

[UrbanNorman]

Or corporate office I wouldn't be surprised. They are a Norman company, but are HUGE (as far as impact) and mostly unknown. TOW is the #1 hat provider to NCAA teams now, they put out a great product, but I'm NOT excited they're moving to Campus Corner.

When you say not excited, are you referring to the assumption that their corporate office may be located there? If so, I disagree. Having more office tenants on Campus Corner is only a good thing in my opinion, especially if they reserve the first floor for retail.

[dankrutka]

Updated picture and you can also see some upgrades to the building to the east.

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[dankrutka]

Pictures don't a justice to the massiveness of this building compared to its surroundings.

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I don't like that there are no windows on the sides. Do we have renderings for the final product?

[Jeepnokc]

[QUOTE=dankrutka;895867]Pictures don't a justice to the massiveness of this building compared to its surroundings.

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I don't like that there are no windows on the sides. Do we have renderings for the final product?[/QUOTE

The windowless sides may be building code issue as they have built to the lot line. The original plans for 600 W Sheridan in Film Row had a single window on the side but we were forced to remove on the chance that someone may build on the lot next to us. Sounds dumb as I could easily brick up the window if that ever happened but instead...I have one office that doesn't have a window.

[kevinpate]

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I have one office that doesn't have a window.

Oh, that would so drive me straight to bonkersville. A few years back, I was helping out a friend, and fellow solo, while his unit was deployed for six months. His practice was based in an interior office. There was a tiny window, but it only provided a view into a windowless hallway. I did as much as I reasonably could do elsewhere. He was, and is, a very good friend, but I must admit I relished each and every departure from that closed up cave.

I may be Founder, Chairman, President, CEO, CFO and COO of Hermits R Moi, but this hermit truly craves a cave with a fair bit of natural lighting.

[UrbanNorman]

Based on the antique style brickwork on the back and now what is going up on the front, I have changed my tune on this building a bit. I'm a little more optimistic than when I first saw it going up. The windowless sides are still concerning, but when looking at the back of the building off Asp back towards campus, the taller buildings in the distance (on campus) help the new structure fit in better than I thought it would.

[BG918]

It's similar to a lot of zero lot line older buildings that have windowless sides. It just sticks out more because it's taller than the surrounding buildings. In the future there will likely be similar height buildings built up against the sides especially the east side which would be a great location for apartments or condos.

[Jersey Boss]

Pictures don't a justice to the massiveness of this building compared to its surroundings.

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I don't like that there are no windows on the sides. Do we have renderings for the final product?

It looks like they are putting 10 pounds of potatoes(TOW Building) into a 3 pound sack(the rest of CC).

[HangryHippo]

I'm excited for a taller building in Campus Corner. There are some amazing views when you get above the ground floor in Norman.

[HangryHippo]

There's a new article in the Journal Record about this building. Would someone with a subscription please post the full article?

Rising corner: Pizzeria, other new businesses expected in Norman | The Journal Record

[BG918]

Is it open yet? I'd like to see check it out after the WVU game Saturday.