605 NW 4th

[Pete]

605 NW 4th
owner=Mike Deeba
sq. feet=2,696

Information & Latest News

2/26/14: Design application to renovate abandoned 2-story building to office space with modern addition to east side.
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[AP]

I've noticed they had been working on this. So much going on in the core. This is getting crazy.

[urbanCOWBOY]

Pete, do you know what kind of metal panels are on the new addition?

[DoctorTaco]

This is wonderful. Even in the context of abandoned buildings in NW Downtown, this particular building was contributing more than its fair share to urban blight.

[Pete]

Pete, do you know what kind of metal panels are on the new addition?

http://imetco.com/flatlok.php

[Urbanized]

Great to see new life & use breathed into a long-vacant 105-year-old building, of which we have so few. It would have been really easy to scrape that lot and start from scratch or even leave as an empty lot. I doubt a demolition application would have elicited a peep. I will point out that there are many empty lots surrounding it, so the idea that an old building is less likely to be developed than a scraped lot has been disproven, at least in this case.

They will now end up with a building that has more interior character than can be built today at practically any price.

I won't quibble with the facade renovation since the existing is non-historic and heavily-altered (probably around the 50s or so), but I WOULD be interested in seeing what the historic facade looked like. Hopefully a photo emerges at some point. Something so immediately post-Territorial probably looked like buildings we only wish we still had here.

A shout-out should go to Urban Pioneer for being the caretaker for a while and getting it into the hands of someone who had the time/budget/vision to do something with it.

[tomokc]

This wouldn't be Midtown, would it? I'd think SoSA or possibly the CBD.

[Pete]

This wouldn't be Midtown, would it? I'd think SoSA or possibly the CBD.

SoSA is 6th to 9th.

The CBD is south of 4th.

[Urban Pioneer]

Thanks! He will be a great investor for the area!

[DoctorTaco]

Thanks! He will be a great investor for the area!

Any idea the sort of office tenant for this place?

[Pete]

I suspect this will be for Deeba's own CPA firm.

This building isn't even 3,000 square feet and the configuration looks like a single-tenant use.

[ChaseDweller]

Mike's a good guy. I expect he will do this right.

[Spartan]

Thanks! He will be a great investor for the area!

Agreed. The swath between Walker and Classen is really shaping up quickly.

[Pete]

From shawnw:

[Pete]

[urbanCOWBOY]

This project has been moving forward lately. Any new details on this? Tenants?

[Pete]

It's still the same tenant / owner: Deeba accounting firm.

I was told there was some hang-ups on the final design (Deeba made some changes) and finally the necessary building permits were issued and they are once again moving forward.

The changes are not significant -- will look pretty much like the images in the article on the top of the page.

[shawnw]

sorry I've meant to post that construction has moved forward, need to take a pic

[Pete]

This project was dormant for a while but is now back on track:

[Pete]

Lots of progress here:

[soonerguru]

Nice!

[Pete]

This project has pretty much wrapped now. Turned out super sharp IMO:

[Harbinger]

Anything set to go here?

[Pete]

It was always meant to be the offices of a local CPA firm.

[Eddie1]

Wow, that is really cool, I love it.