Glimcher

[Spartan]

Agree all points.

And the good news is that Glimcher is a very experienced retail developer with great architects.

Given their massive investment with plenty more to come, I'm sure they'll devote a lot of resources to threading things together as much as possible.


BTW, AEP now owns the small office building on the NE corner of 63rd & Grand and I'm sure changes / upgrades are coming to that property as well.

Rainey Willaims owns the building on the southwest corner of that intersection and has been renovating it for some new tenants as well.

And Chesapeake still owns tons of land, buildings and condos all around that clearly does not fit into their campus plans (refer to graphic at top of the page).

Oh, Rainey owns another building? Wow I predict another mystery tower!!

[CuatrodeMayo]

Oh, Rainey owns another building? Wow I predict another mystery tower!!

Wrong. You don't know Rainey Williams...

[zachj7]

Perhaps one of the restaurants is The Capital Grille

They seem to be going in nice lifestyle centers

https://www.thecapitalgrille.com/

[catch22]

OKCTalk - Restoration Hardware, Arhaus and more eyeing OKC market

This is becoming quite the development.

Thanks for your research and dedication to getting these stories to us ahead of the local media. Great work!

[bchris02]

Perhaps one of the restaurants is The Capital Grille

They seem to be going in nice lifestyle centers

https://www.thecapitalgrille.com/

I have lived in two cities that had Capital Grille locations but have never ate there. That would be great if it came though. OKC really needs some fresh seafood restaurants.

Pete, I know early on Ruth's Chris was associated with this development. Is that one of the restaurants you are currently tracking?

[Spartan]

Wrong. You don't know Rainey Williams...

Ha +1

[bchris02]

This has been very quiet for quite some time. Are we any closer to Glimcher announcing their plans and/or new tenants? Do they plan on announcing everything at once?

[Pete]

Hasn't been quiet at all. They've brought in a load of tenants already and are trying to pre-lease as much of the new construction as possible before starting on it.

This is how national developers work. They don't just put up a building then try and find tenants. They get most of it leased in advance so they can design the whole development around a few anchors and lots of smaller retailers.

[Pete]

OKCTalk - First look at REI-anchored development at NW 63rd & Western

[OkieNate]

Excellent work Pete very exciting!

[Urbanized]

Interesting how the spine orients directly to the currently little-used south (63rd) entrance to NHP. Like I suggested before, this can become a pedestrian/vehicle crossing that will tie the two developments together more closely. I would look for the 63rd frontage of NHP to be dramatically redeveloped in the near future.

[bchris02]

Wow this is exciting. I also love the way it attempts to tie in with NHP as well. This development along with Chisholm Creek should go a long way towards remedying OKC's retail deficiencies.

[OKCisOK4me]

Ok, so when First Fidelity Bank drive-thru starts getting torn down, we will know it's time.

[Dustin]

What smaller tenants are the looking to lure?

[ljbab728]

Brianna's update. She mentions housing being included and I don't remember hearing about that before.

CLASSEN CURVEBALL: Developer plans expansion as part of Triangle between Classen Curve, Nichols Hills Plaza | News OK

[Pete]

It's shown as one of two options; 4-story apartments/condos above 2 levels of structured parking.

They almost certainly will be adding housing to the former Kensington site on the west side of Classen as well.

[HangryHippo]

It's shown as one of two options; 4-story apartments/condos above 2 levels of structured parking.

They almost certainly will be adding housing to the former Kensington site on the west side of Classen as well.

Pete, what is the other option if they don't do the 4 story housing on top of parking?

[Pete]

It would be just a larger parking structure with more restaurants along 63rd.

Also, something will definitely done on the Chesapeake-owned lot that is along Western and just east of this area, but I'm not sure what. Possibly a hotel.

[sroberts24]

Would love to see the Varsity come back as one of the restaurants in the development.

[Pete]

I've always thought Republic was a modern take on The Varsity.

[brianinok]

Pete, what do you think is a realistic timeframe on this project moving forward with construction and retailers opening? I'm especially interested in the retailers you've already mentioned: Restoration Hardware, REI, and Arhaus. I'll definitely be spending some money at RH after moving in 1.5-2.0 years and I would love to be able to support an OKC store rather than a different location.

[Pete]

Not sure about the timing but they have submitted documents to the planning department so I think they are getting pretty close.

BTW, my understanding is that the Restoration Hardware deal fell through. They had a letter of interest but then RH pullled out for some reason.

[Teo9969]

Not sure about the timing but they have submitted documents to the planning department so I think they are getting pretty close.

BTW, my understanding is that the Restoration Hardware deal fell through. They had a letter of interest but then RH pullled out for some reason.

Why are national retailers getting squeamish? What could they be looking at that changes their minds on these things?

[catch22]

Why are national retailers getting squeamish? What could they be looking at that changes their minds on these things?

Oil prices? It's no secret that OKC's discretionary spending is tied to the price of oil.

[Pete]

Why are national retailers getting squeamish? What could they be looking at that changes their minds on these things?

It may have to do with the company (i.e. slowing expansion plans) and nothing to do with OKC.