Penn Square Mall

[Snowman]

Could it be common areas on the exterior of the mall? They have been doing a few stages of rehabbing the exterior and parking lots recently and the interior was redone not that many years ago.

[Pete]

The permit just says "remodel of the mall area".

[king183]

Last week they were tearing the fascade off the west side of the mall. I'm not sure what they were planning. It could be a new exterior or it could be just to build a direct entrance to the store that's located behind the wall. Or both.

[OKCTalker]

Can they get $5.3 million spent by Halloween, the new official start of the Christmas shopping season?

[SoonerDave]

We were out there this weekend and they're clearly doing something fairly extensive to the old Express/Rothschild's location (okay, that latter reference dates me). They're pulling out walls down to the metal studs and old brick.

[Soonerman]

We were out there this weekend and they're clearly doing something fairly extensive to the old Express/Rothschild's location (okay, that latter reference dates me). They're pulling out walls down to the metal studs and old brick.

I believe it's going to be a 2-level Forever 21.

[okcfollower]

I believe it's going to be a 2-level Forever 21.

This looks promising: http://newsok.com/renovation-project...rticle/3701601

New stores plus some fancy new entrances.

[Dustin]

This looks promising: http://newsok.com/renovation-project...rticle/3701601

New stores plus some fancy new entrances.

I really hope they get a new one of these:



That thing is piece of crap!

[metro]

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I really hope they get a new one of these:



That thing is piece of crap!

Agree. They need REAL upscale signage, like the Galleria in Dallas and the street signage near the Galleria in Houston.

[Pete]

Sara Sara Cupcakes just pulled a building permit for a location in Penn Square.

[HangryHippo]

Pulled as in had one before the committee and "pulled" it off the table or is "pulling" for a space to build in the mall?

[SoonerDave]

Sara Sara Cupcakes just pulled a building permit for a location in Penn Square.

That kinda surprises me. Thought the Cupcake fad had already started to fade....

[MDot]

That kinda surprises me. Thought the Cupcake fad had already started to fade....

It seems people just aren't as open about it as they used to be. I don't think the fad is fading, it's just become very silent until you start talking with a married couple, it always finds a way to show itself if you talk to a married couple longer than 45 seconds.

[catch22]

It seems people just aren't as open about it as they used to be. I don't think the fad is fading, it's just become very silent until you start talking with a married couple, it always finds a way to show itself if you talk to a married couple longer than 45 seconds.

Not sure what there is to be "closed" about. It's a cupcake, I think you are correct though, the fad hasn't faded. It's just become "normal". Like the Devon tower, people have gotten used to it, so talk about it isn't as much as when it first started getting going.

[MDot]

Not sure what there is to be "closed" about. It's a cupcake.

Most people call it 'dry sense of humor'. lol glad you got my point through all that jibberish though.

[SoonerDave]

Not sure what there is to be "closed" about. It's a cupcake, I think you are correct though, the fad hasn't faded. It's just become "normal". Like the Devon tower, people have gotten used to it, so talk about it isn't as much as when it first started getting going.

Yeah, but read an article not too long ago on some business site that said a lot of the initial momentum in the cupcake fad had faded, early starters were out of business, lots of cupcakery fire/bankruptcy sales. Probably a few high-enders will perpetuate, but I can't see the $5-cupcake-store-on-every-corner business perpetuating itself very long. Someone, at some point, will remember "It's a cupcake."

[soonerguru]

That kinda surprises me. Thought the Cupcake fad had already started to fade....

I love cupcakes just as much as I did prior to visiting Magnolia Bakery in the West Village in 2003, ground zero for the international cupcake fad. Not fade away here.

[Pete]

I meant they filed for one today and they are usually granted within a day or two.

[HangryHippo]

When I was at the mall yesterday I noticed that the little sushi stand was gone. Any idea if it's gone for good? I hope not as they had pretty tasty sushi.

[jbkrems]

Yes, I can say, from an extremely reliable source, that Sara Sara Cupcakes plans to enter a retail space in Penn Square Mall at some point in 2013. Eventually, Penn Square Mall will be expanding their Food Court as well to include the existing Starbucks location, and Sara Sara will be a part of that expansion. But, Sara Sara will be in the mall long before the expansion in an interim location while the expansion of the food court goes.

[Pete]

There were actually two threads that have now been merged.

[mgsports]

The owners Website.

[NWOKCGuy]

Upscale retailer Michael Kors set to open stores in Oklahoma City and Tulsa | NewsOK.com

[Plutonic Panda]

You know speaking of high-end stores, a Gucci store would be nice. What would be even better is if a Galleria was built somewhere in or near downtown and they placed a Gucci store there.

[bchris02]

You know speaking of high-end stores, a Gucci store would be nice. What would be even better is if a Galleria was built somewhere in or near downtown and they placed a Gucci store there.

Gucci will probably never open in OKC. They are only in either very large markets or high profile tourist destinations. If OKC ever got a high end department store though other brand stores would likely follow like they did in Charlotte. Charlotte has a Tiffany's and a Louis Vuitton.