63rd and NW Expressway

[NWOKCGuy]

If you buy a house near NW Expwy or 63rd or any other major commercial corridor you should not only know that developments like this are going to occur you should EXPECT them.

[Uptowner]

Finally I'll a place to crash after I eat too many chicken wings at beedubs ; )

[pw405]

Some have States this will be one of the "Value Place" extended stay hotels... The renderings don't appear to indicate such, but it is hard to tell. Anybody know?

[DowntownMan]

Some have States this will be one of the "Value Place" extended stay hotels... The renderings don't appear to indicate such, but it is hard to tell. Anybody know?

Rendering looks like a home2 suites by Hilton.

[Pete]

Yes, Home2Suites will be the flag for the one hotel shown with detailed plans.

Not sure of the 2nd proposed hotel.

[_Cramer_]

I think we could fit a few more things in this section, am I right? Throw in a Supercuts, Payday loan, and a Midfirst Bank? Maybe a Jimmy Johns too?

[Pete]

From today:

[Pete]

Construction trailer means work should start in earnest for the 6-story Home 2 hotel at this site.

Plans have not yet been filed for the 2nd 6-story hotel to be built to the immediate east but I believe it will be a Tru by Hilton.

[pw405]

Construction trailer means work should start in earnest for the 6-story Home 2 hotel at this site.

Plans have not yet been filed for the 2nd 6-story hotel to be built to the immediate east but I believe it will be a Tru by Hilton.

I pass by daily and I REALLY hope they put a stoplight at 63rd and Tulsa. If somebody tries to turn left in the morning, I'm late for work!

[kwhey]

That part of the city is cancer for traffic. Pretty much all of NW Expressway is.

[BLJR]

That part of the city is cancer for traffic. Pretty much all of NW Expressway is.

Yes, there is nothing "express" about that street anymore!!!

[Pete]

I pass by daily and I REALLY hope they put a stoplight at 63rd and Tulsa. If somebody tries to turn left in the morning, I'm late for work!

Yes, either a light or a 'no left turn' sign during busy hours.

[Roger S]

Yes, either a light or a 'no left turn' sign during busy hours.

No one pays attention to signs any more.... or lights..... Probably best to just put up a barrier..... Some people don't pay attention to barriers either but at least the barrier always wins.

[shawnw]

No one pays attention to signs any more

I'm looking at you, people that ignore the no turn on red sign on Eastbound 23rd at Classen (by Walgreens). You know who you are (pretty much everybody).

[Roger S]

I'm looking at you, people that ignore the no turn on red sign on Eastbound 23rd at Classen (by Walgreens). You know who you are (pretty much everybody).

HAHA... I've seen those people! .... Pretty sure they are the same ones making left turns here!

[theilluminatedfirefly]

Has anyone heard any updates to the plans or vendors for this project? The blueprints at the beginning of this post look like the new strip center over at Memorial and May where the new Salata restaurant is. The feel of that center is pretty nice - I hope this development is just as nice with some good tenants.

As others said - with the increased traffic it will bring, 63rd and Tulsa really needs a stoplight.

[Pete]

The strip center project would be by the owner of the shopping center and there hasn't been any movement. I suspect they are just fishing for tenants.

Everything under construction now is driven by Mazaheri Properties, as they own the triangle of land to the east of the center.

[pw405]

The project is coming along nicely. The steel frame for what I am guessing is the shopping center is erected. There wasn't much visible progress over the early part of the summer, but you can easily see the progress now.

[yukong]

The project is coming along nicely. The steel frame for what I am guessing is the shopping center is erected. There wasn't much visible progress over the early part of the summer, but you can easily see the progress now.

I believe the steel framework you see is for the hotel. I don't believe any work has started on the strip shopping center.

[Pete]

Took this last night.

Hotel is well along but no movement on the neighboring retail expansion, which is proposed for that dirt/grass area directly south of Buffalo Wild Wings.

[catch22]

You never really realize how close NWX comes to Lake Hefner, or at least I never did. I know it's a park, but it would be cool to see a dense, mixed use development right along the water there. Easy access from NWX.

[LocoAko]

You never really realize how close NWX comes to Lake Hefner, or at least I never did. I know it's a park, but it would be cool to see a dense, mixed use development right along the water there. Easy access from NWX.

Didn't they try that a few years back and were met with a ton of outcry from the surrounding neighborhoods who wanted to preserve the park?

[catch22]

Didn't they try that a few years back and were met with a ton of outcry from the surrounding neighborhoods who wanted to preserve the park?

Not sure. I have never been that familiar with the area. I don't blame the neighbors on the pushback -- but would still be nice to have a dense urban development directly on a large body of water in this city, it's really the only thing OKC lacks that is provided in many other cities.

[OKparallax]

Does anyone know who the Architect or Contractor for the hotel building is?

[Isaac C. Parker]

Noticed the hotel had tacked on quite a few stories since I'd last been in this part of the city.