Stockyards City

[gen70]

Say "custom" sign.

[Pete]

This is an old thread and some elements of Stockyard City have been discussed in the 1312 S. Agnew thread, but...

The OKC Riverfront Development Authority has this in their 5-year capital improvements plan estimated at $6.2 million:


Description
Access, parking, boat access, trail improvements, lighting, landscaping, public plazas and art visual/physical linkages to Stockyards City "Main Street" redevelopment and related infrastructure. Portions may be eligible for matching grant funding, potential TIF district expansion and private sector participation. Public Equine Facility is currently in the conceptual planning phase.

Project Justification
Will allow the Trust/City to accelerate development of real estate assets along the waterfront corridor and provide a connection to Stockyards City. Project will enhance prospects of a private sector waterfront development in the Stockyards district. There is a potential for partial private and foundation funding.

[Tundra]

Stockyards city is interviewing for the position of Executive Director. Great opportunity some some new blood to lead this area in the right direction.

[MagzOK]

Stockyards city is interviewing for the position of Executive Director. Great opportunity some some new blood to lead this area in the right direction.

Hey do you know where to find this if it is online?

[Tundra]

It was on Cattlemens instagram

[Tundra]

Office@stockyardscity.org says to send resumes

[Pete]

New project for the Stockyards:

[Pete]

Western revival: Two-story building planned for site of Stockyards City fire
By: Molly M. Fleming The Journal Record May 11, 2016 0

OKLAHOMA CITY – On Agnew Avenue in Stockyards City, a vacant lot sits across from Cattlemen’s Steakhouse. But the site at SW 13th Street could see construction activity later this year.

The Stockyards City Urban Design Committee approved Jo Wiens’ application to build a two-story, 20,000-square-foot brick structure at 1320 S. Agnew Ave. The new building replaces two existing structures that Wiens lost in a March 2015 fire.

The first floor will have retail, with offices or more retail on the second floor. There will be back entrances to the individual retail spaces and a shared courtyard space.

Wiens said she did not want to leave the site vacant like other owners did.

“(My husband and I) are business owners down there,” she said. “We’re merchants down there. It’s just too important to the area to leave it empty. That’s not what the front of the street should look like. There’s no way we would have just let it be blank.”

Wiens and her husband, Terry Wiens, own National Saddlery and Stockyards Sarsaparilla, which is in the original location of the saddlery store. Jo Wiens’ company, Wiens Properties LLC, is developing the new building.

HSE Architects, led by principal Todd Edmonds, designed the new facility. He said he drew inspiration from the neighborhood and the stockyards in Kansas City, Missouri, and Fort Worth, Texas. The dark gray, rounded front came from designs seen out of state.

City planner Michael Philbrick said Stockyards City does not have specific material guidelines, but the building has to complement the existing buildings.

Edmonds said one of the original plans for the building was seen as not fitting with the district, so he and his team had to redesign it. The scrapped plan incorporated a walkway straight to the second floor.

“That was nixed by the city (in an earlier advising meeting),” Edmonds said. “They didn’t feel like it was in keeping with the history. We thought it would be exciting. It would show activity and draw the public to the second floor. But as far as the research proved, they could not show any photos that ever had a second-floor balcony.”

The approval is one step in the long process before construction starts, Wiens said. The committee gave its stamp based on the condition it is also approved by the traffic commission and public works, which have to review the site plan in regard to traffic. The plan calls for adding more angled street parking spots.

The Stockyards Urban Design Committee asked about future parking needs, but Wiens said those will be addressed based on the tenants.

“Hopefully, we’ll get a tenant that needs a lot of parking spaces,” she said.

Committee Chairman Michael Barber added, “And can fill those parking spaces.”

[Urbanized]

Seems to fit the character of the district nicely. Jo's good people. If you haven't checked out her stores, you should. They really help make the district.

[dankrutka]

Yep, looks like a great addition. I really have never explored the Stockyards much. What all is there to do/eat/see/hear? Of course, I know about Cattleman's, but beyond that I've only heard bits and pieces...

[OKIEDOKE]

Had lunch down at cattlemen's saturday and walked down to a couple of shops down by the rodeo opry and noticed that the old mclintock boot building and the adjacent were being gutted, I asked a few people if they new what was going on and they told me that a new restaurant was going in and it was the same group that does the la Baguette, not sure how well that will go over in the area, but more options are really needed in that area. There wasn't any construction signs, so not sure who to call to find out more about it.

[UnFrSaKn]

http://m.news9.com/story.aspx?story=...1&catId=112032

[betts]

Had lunch down at cattlemen's saturday and walked down to a couple of shops down by the rodeo opry and noticed that the old mclintock boot building and the adjacent were being gutted, I asked a few people if they new what was going on and they told me that a new restaurant was going in and it was the same group that does the la Baguette, not sure how well that will go over in the area, but more options are really needed in that area. There wasn't any construction signs, so not sure who to call to find out more about it.

I would love to see this area developed more as a tourist destination ala Fort Worth's. A hotel of some sort would be great. There are certainly buildings that could perhaps hold a boutique hotel.