BOK Park Plaza

[KingOfTheNorth]

Probably won't get talks of anything substantial in size until after the convention center is finished and we get serious with the Cox Convention block.

[hoya]

I think there'll be a break for a few years while we finish the convention center, the convention center hotel, maybe the new "Times Square" (or whatever it's called now), the First National renovation, etc. There's a lot of new stuff being built and people will want to wait and see how the market absorbs it. But if the FNC and the 17 story building at 4th and EKG do well, you'll probably have 2 or 3 new residential towers get announced soon afterwards.

The next round of office towers will probably require an oil boom. That's okay, another one will come around again. At some point, Harold Hamm will retire and someone else will take over Continental Resources. Hamm is well known for running his company with the minimum number of employees possible. He's unusually thrifty in that regard. Whoever takes over for him will probably hire a lot more people, thus requiring a bigger building. That's probably OKC's best shot to get anything 600'+ in the next 10 to 15 years.

[d-usa]

Do we know what the lighting will look like yet?

I took these as I was leaving the civic center tonight, and I'm excited to see how it will affect the night skyline from that view:

[Bellaboo]

Do we know what the lighting will look like yet?I took these as I was leaving the civic center tonight, and I'm excited to see how it will affect the night skyline from that view:

Check out page 1.

[traxx]

I like that the crown appears as a different color and that the glass on the building looks a bit different than the Devon tower, but from a distance it still looks like Devon Jr. They're too similar looking and I don't like that. It's a small complaint though.

[HangryHippo]

I just wish it was about 5-6 stories taller - think it would've been just right then.

[Laramie]

I feel that I might be part of the minority, but if OKC manages to get one or two more high rises around this height or a little taller, that would be enough for me. I want more focus on quality low-mid rises throughout the metro and urban developments spread throughout. Either way this building looks sharp and I'm glad that we have it.

Good point!

The Stage Center parcel was sacrificed for OG&E.


AEP (American Electric Power) Tower, 31 stories - 456 ft, Columbus, OH

OG&E needs to focus on one large structure on the now infamous OG&E Springs site (formerly Stage Center). They should consider one main tower, something in the 30-35 story (450-480 ft) range--this would accommodate their current employees with some room for growth.

[UnFrSaKn]

http://m.newsok.com/27-story-bok-par...rticle/5550747

[Pete]

^

Doing the math, some interesting numbers:

690,000 total square feet for lease in this project.
100,000 leased to BOK (top four floors and lobby)
250,000 leased to Devon
340,000 spec space

Oklahoman article quotes local broker saying 500,000 total square feet is likely to be on the open market, including a portion of the 250,000 Devon plans to sublease.

That means Devon would only be taking 90,000 SF instead of 250,000.


Also, don't quite get the numbers for BOK.

100,000 space in this project
75,000 being vacated at BOK Plaza (Rainey Williams building; old Fidelity)
25,000 net new space

But, previous reports said 111 employees are already in that 75,000 downtown space (to hit the market when BOK makes the move) and 124 more will be moved from May & Britton.

So, number of employees will more than double for BOK downtown but they are only taking 33% more space.

[Bellaboo]

^

Doing the math, some interesting numbers:

690,000 total square feet for lease in this project.
100,000 leased to BOK (top four floors and lobby)
250,000 leased to Devon
340,000 spec space

Oklahoman article quotes local broker saying 500,000 total square feet is likely to be on the open market, including a portion of the 250,000 Devon plans to sublease.

That means Devon would only be taking 90,000 SF instead of 250,000.


Also, don't quite get the numbers for BOK.

100,000 space in this project
75,000 being vacated at BOK Plaza (Rainey Williams building; old Fidelity)
25,000 net new space

But, previous reports said 111 employees are already in that 75,000 downtown space (to hit the market when BOK makes the move) and 124 more will be moved from May & Britton.

So, number of employees will more than double for BOK downtown but they are only taking 33% more space.

More efficient use of space ?

[Pete]

^

Or, they will be eliminating some positions through consolidation.

[GoldFire]

Looks like all of the glass is now in place on the crown.

[TU 'cane]

Those are excellent pictures. Thanks so much for posting. Glad to see the exterior finished. This tower looks great and that crown looks wonderful off-set and is just different enough from the rest of the building to make a noticeable difference relative to the rest of the tower.

[Pete]

[_Kyle]

Looks like all of the glass is now in place on the crown.

Great Pictures Guys!

[emtefury]

I am curious to see how the crane gets taken down. I looked on YouTube but didn't see any good videos for this kind of crane.

[jn1780]

I am curious to see how the crane gets taken down. I looked on YouTube but didn't see any good videos for this kind of crane.

The thing you see just above the last crane mount to the building is a jacking mechanism that allows the tower sections to slide out.

Once it is low enough, a mobile crane will disassemble the boom, counter weights, cab, etc.

[KingOfTheNorth]

I am curious to see how the crane gets taken down. I looked on YouTube but didn't see any good videos for this kind of crane.

I wondered the same thing whenever the Devon tower was finishing up and jn1780 posted the perfect video for it as the crane is able to basically dissemble itself all the way down in a slow process by having a moving section that takes the place of the removed area and repeats all the way down.

[emtefury]

Thanks for the video. Makes sense to me now.

[SOONER8693]

I know this has been addressed ad nauseum, but I have to repeat what I've seen again. I am soooo looking forward to the completion of this building and it's lighted crown. Again, I had to pick the wife up at the Tulsa airport last night at 10:40. Leaving OKC a little before 9, I drove past downtown OKC. The Liberty tower/Cotter Ranch thing and the Kerr McGee/whatever it is now building were totally black. No outside lights, no inside lights, nothing. Only because the sun had just set and darkness was setting in could you make out their shapes. So, I get to Tulsa and as usual the downtown is lighted like it's Hong Kong or NYC. All major buildings well and impressively lighted. As well as many of the lesser buildings. Very impressive. Ok, get back to OKC about 12:30 and now the Devon tower is dark. The Cotter and Kerr buildings now had some light, but only small lights on top. Cotter had 4 small red lights for safety I assume and Kerr had 4 small white lights for same reason I assume. What a difference in the 2 cities. Again

[Pete]

[KingOfTheNorth]

Great shots Pete. Definitely enjoying the finished product and it compliments nicely with the Devon Tower.

[Laramie]

Although it's BOK Park Plaza Tower (brand); consider it Devon's second tower, an early placeholder (top) in 2008. They are slowly braced & poised for expansion in addition to putting employees closer together.

Oil & energy will rebound; so enjoy the inexpensive prices for now. Devon will be among the largest independent energy giants in the World.

[shadfar]

Looks like all of the glass is now in place on the crown.

Amazing shots! Thank you! Building looks great. Nice addition to downtown.

[G.Walker]

I wonder why OG&E just doesn't lease some space in this new tower? As it looks like their proposed tower isn't going to happen.