BOK Park Plaza

[Pete]

It's not quite halfway in height, as there will be a crown on the building that doesn't count as a floor.

[Bellaboo]

That crown in some renderings look to be equal to 2.5 to 3 floors. If that's the case then halfway would be 15 floors maybe ?

[Laramie]

That crown in some renderings look to be equal to 2.5 to 3 floors. If that's the case then halfway would be 15 floors maybe ?

Great!

[KayneMo]

Going off of one of the diagrams on the first page, the top of the 13th floor (or the floor of the 14th floor) is about 194'. So, halfway of the total height would be about halfway through the 15th floor.

[Pete]

[riflesforwatie]

I like how much heft this building adds to the skyline, particularly when viewed from the Myriad Gardens. It's amazing how much impact one development can have in making our city feel much larger & more impressive!

[Anonymous.]

I agree, I love the fact this will help continue the 'building border' around the gardens. Not going to lie though, it also reminds me of what-could-have-been, with the Rainey/Clayco pad across the street.

[ourulz2000]

Still can't get over how impressive this will be when finished.

[Pete]

14 floors and counting...

[warreng88]

Great view of the parking garage district...

[G.Walker]

Hines finally did a placement on their website for this project:

https://www.hines.com/properties/bok...-oklahoma-city

[Pete]

[Urbanized]

^^^^^
Thanks!

[riflesforwatie]

Big aesthetic improvement over the current BOK building...

[Bellaboo]

Hines finally did a placement on their website for this project:

https://www.hines.com/properties/bok...-oklahoma-city

I noticed they have it listed twice as having 28 floors.

They could be counting a mechanical floor I guess.

[TU 'cane]

Cool!
It's amazing what TWO towers (Devon, BOK) have done and will do to this skyline.

[OKCRT]

Cool!
It's amazing what TWO towers (Devon, BOK) have done and will do to this skyline.

Too bad the Rainy Willams / Clayco pipe dream turned to dust. If that project would have came through it would have made a decent impression even though they were mid rises.

[HOT ROD]

RT, would you consider this tower (BOK Park Plaza) to be a midrise?

Clayco would have been the same height; definitely NOT a midrise.

[OKCRT]

RT, would you consider this tower (BOK Park Plaza) to be a midrise?

Clayco would have been the same height; definitely NOT a midrise.

Yes I would now that Devon Tower is there.

[hoya]

Yes I would now that Devon Tower is there.

Well, you're wrong. But at least you're consistent.

[jbrown84]

Too bad the Rainy Willams / Clayco pipe dream turned to dust. If that project would have came through it would have made a decent impression even though they were mid rises.

Agree. Those towers were gorgeous.

[OKCRT]

I know I'm wrong since I just looked it up. But to me,I have always went 10 stories and under low rise. 10-30 mid-rise 30-50 highrise and 50 plus skyscrapers. But my main point was the Rainey/Clayco project. That would have really been a huge addition to the skyline IMO.

[HOT ROD]

Good you see you're wrong on this.

Low rise is actually lower than 3, hence you can't see it except up close. Midrise is below 12 floors generally or less than 120 feet. Highrise is 12 or higher floors and higher than 120 feet. Most buildings in OKC's CBD are highrise since they are over 12 floors/120 feet and OKC already has four highrise hotels (in order: Renaissance/Marriott, Sheraton, Skirvin Hilton, and Colcord) even though we usually consider a 'highrise hotel' to be above 20 floors.

Skyscraper is usually for towers above 300 feet (if clustered together, like in a CBD) but can also include lower towers if they are by themself (like on NW Expressway - nearly all of those are less than 300 feet but would be considered skyscrapers/highrises). OKC has numerous skyscrapers in the CBD and several in NW Expressway; they're not supertall (save Devon) but their still skyscrapers and would appear moreso if the topography permitted.

Here's another way to think of it.

If you jumped off a low-rise with no protection, you would surely survive if you hit the flat ground below and very likely not get too injured depending upon how you landed. If you jumped off a mid-rise, you MIGHT survive but you surely will be quite injured. If you jump off a high-rise, you WONT survive at all. If you jump off a skyscraper, you will become mince meat instantly once you hit the ground.

Given this, tell me which low-rises in downtown OKC you'd jump off of? I bet all of them you'd say would be three floors or lower. ...

I can tell you, if you jump off the Clayco towers or BOK Park Plaza (or any other identifiable tower in the CBD) you will not survive and very likely will be mince meat once you hit the ground.

[Pete]

In the second picture, you can see they have started to put up the siding on the north garage along Main Street.

[Pete]