Mideke Building

[Mr. Cotter]

Demo for the new glass on the east side has begun:



The view at the bottom of the pile:



And a cleared out CityWalk:

[Anonymous.]

No, that is still what CityWalk was. haha

[Pete]

Thanks for the awesome photo!

This project is going to make a huge difference on Main Street in Bricktown.

Very curious to see who they get as a restaurant tenant.

[Pete]

This is from the Bricktown Facebook page:

[Chadanth]

Thanks for the awesome photo!

This project is going to make a huge difference on Main Street in Bricktown.

Very curious to see who they get as a restaurant tenant.

I must have missed that they were going to have a restaurant, that is exciting.

[UnFrSaKn]

September 8 2014

https://www.flickr.com/photos/willia...7647413203612/

Didn't think to get photos of the east side but it was later in the afternoon anyway.

[Pete]

From catch22:

[ljbab728]

Those support posts may be adequate but they look a little spindly.

[Bellaboo]

Those support posts may be adequate but they look a little spindly.

I think those are in the one story section, just holding up the roof, but yes they look a little weak to me also.

[UnFrSaKn]

About a week ago.

[Pete]

[UnFrSaKn]

November 25 2014
https://www.flickr.com/photos/willia...7649414921436/

Not much has changed from the outside

[UnFrSaKn]

December 16 2014

[UnFrSaKn]

January 28 2015

[UnFrSaKn]

In the rendering at the top of the page you can still see the painted brick lettering that is currently removed, through the new windows. How is that going to work out?

[Village]

In the rendering at the top of the page you can still see the painted brick lettering that is currently removed, through the new windows. How is that going to work out?

Hmmm, change of plans i'm guessing? Either that or they got too optimistic in the rendering.

[tpg4635]

It looks as though the letters may be painted on the wall behind the glass? Or maybe they are going to frost the glass to complete the letter? Not sure if either of my guesses are right but seem to be rational haha.

[Just the facts]

Not saying they stopped work on this, but the last 3 times I walked passed here this week I haven't seen anyone working on it.

[shawnw]

It has seemed stopped to me for some time now.

[betts]

Two days ago I went by the west side of the building and they were doing some work on windows.

[Pete]

This is more recent and slightly more detailed drawing.

You'll see the ghost of the sign is actually carried onto the glass that has yet to be installed:

[Pete]

I took these a few days ago. They are going full-tilt now and you can see the new windows in the second picture:

[Pete]

Glass going in on the east side (from https://twitter.com/TylerBHolmes):

[Pete]

Here is the article on Tapstone.

It sounds like the large corner space is now going to be office, because it only mentions a 3,000 SF restaurant. I know who they are talking to about that space, and there will probably be an announcement soon.


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Tapstone pushes back plans to move into Bricktown
By: Molly M. Fleming The Journal Record July 10, 2015 0

OKLAHOMA CITY – Later this summer, an Oklahoma City-based energy company plans to make its move to Bricktown.

Developers Andy Burnett, Zach Martin and Jeff Johnson have spent the last year renovating the Mideke Building, 100 E. Main St., into Tapstone Energy’s headquarters, a $17 million project. The company was founded by former SandRidge Energy CEO Tom Ward and offices in Oklahoma Tower, 210 Park Ave.

It was previously announced that Tapstone would be settled into the building by May, but the plans have changed. Martin and Tapstone spokesman Greg Dewey said they expect the company to occupy the building later this summer.

Martin said the renovation is 80-percent complete.

“We’re at peak construction right now,” he said. “We hope to be wrapping up soon.”

The five-story building was constructed in 1919 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Mideke Supply Co. closed its Bricktown operation more than 30 years ago.
The building’s first floor measures 21,106 square feet. The remaining floors each measure 11,040 square feet. Tapstone will occupy three floors, with other entities related to Ward taking the remaining floors and the adjacent 55,096-square-foot warehouse building.

At Oklahoma Tower, Tapstone occupies 16,000 square feet, but Dewey said it could quickly fill more.

“We’re doubled up in offices,” Dewey said. “We’re putting offices in the hallways.”

The building’s east side will have a custom glass curtain wall and a grand staircase. Martin said those two parts of the project pushed the opening date back, but progress is moving quickly.

The five-story building’s first floor will have a 3,000-square-foot restaurant space. Martin said he and his partners will likely confirm the restaurateur soon.

Tapstone received $1.5 million in economic development incentives from Oklahoma City. The company projected in 2014 that it would add 150 new jobs in the next five years, with average salary starting at $146,133. As of April 2014, the company had 35 employees, and now boasts 63.

Other energy companies in the city have cut jobs this year. That included SandRidge laying off 132 employees in April, Lariat Services Inc. letting 265 people go, and Oklahoma City-based Enable Midstream Partners LP cutting its workforce by about 200 people.

“We take it one year at a time,” Dewey said.

He said the company is excited to make the move.

“We’re certainly looking forward to getting over there,” he said. “It’s going to be a beautiful headquarters. It’s going to be a great addition to Bricktown.”

[PhiAlpha]

Here is the article on Tapstone.

It sounds like the large corner space is now going to be office, because it only mentions a 3,000 SF restaurant. I know who they are talking to about that space, and there will probably be an announcement soon.

Well that sucks.