Maywood Apartments

[betts]

It looks as if they are soil testing here. Has anyone heard a possible start date for these? As far as I'm concerned, these projects might as well all start at once. That keeps the noise and construction debris confined to a smaller time frame.

[Pete]

I haven't seen a building permit submitted as of yet.

[mcca7596]

Pete, is there still no building permit for these 4th street lofts yet?

[Pete]

No, no building permit yet.

[mcca7596]

Shucks, thanks Pete. Hope they still start this summer.

[betts]

I don't know if there's a building permit for the apartments that will be built on 4th St., but I noticed there are flags in the ground covering the approximate area for which it is planned.

[RBS]

4th street is moving forward, but it is still 90-120 days from breaking ground.

[Urban Pioneer]

Deep Deuce Apartments are 294 units on 8.8 (!) acres.


I have the total living units in the Deep Deuce triangle to be 474 (Deep Deuce 294, Maywood Lofts 56, Block 42 42, The Hill 32, Central Avenue Villas 30) and these two new projects (139 + 222) will push that number to 835.

Also, more units are planned for The Hill (125) and the Brownstones (?).


For all of downtown, my calculations put the number at 1,775 living units if you include the two new DD projects.

And 8 units above Sage and 4 in the small building behind. Also, there is a home being placed on the 2nd floor across from the Lofts. Plus there is an old house inhabited on 3rd/Central.

So 14 more units to your count. lol Keep'um coming!

[okcsince1987]

So, I'm curious... is 1,775 a good number of units for a city our size? How much more dense will we be? Enough to get out of towners off our backs for not being dense enough? Sorry if I sound dumb here. I'm 24. lol. I've really been interested in the growth of the city the last 7 years or so. I don't know much about how it works and I also lived out of state for 4 years while in the military. Thanks in advance.

[BoulderSooner]

4th street is moving forward, but it is still 90-120 days from breaking ground.

great to hear .. having 3 construction sites within a couple of blocks will be very fun to watch the next couple of years

[betts]

Not so much fun to live near, though! You certainly don't have a choice about getting up by 7 a.m., because that's when all the work begins. I'm OK with it actually, but wish they'd all started simultaneously so the pain wouldn't drag out quite so long.

Speaking of which, the inebriate alternative still seems to be operational. I wonder if anyone knows when they're actually going to move so it can be demolished. Aside from clearing asphalt and putting up a construction fence and a couple of signs, nothing is happening with Aloft.

[G.Walker]

Any official renderings for this project? Is this project still alive?

[Pete]

Haven't seen an official rendering but quite sure it is still on track.

[Urbanized]

Great news! Can't wait to see all of these new projects come together!

[SkyWestOKC]

I got an email from construction wire that mentioned a "Deep Deuce Apartment Complex" valued at $16 Million, due to start bidding July 2011.

Which also happens to be the value of the apartments in question, according to http://newsok.com/new-apartment-comp...ad_story_title

Looks like they may start soon.

[Spartan]

Haven't seen an official rendering but quite sure it is still on track.

Not official, but this was from the original article that is now archived..I think it uses cookies to display the images from blogger so I'll just post a link.
http://downtownontherange.blogspot.c...eep-deuce.html

[G.Walker]

No activity as of July 28, 2011

[Pete]

We should see something before the Downtown Design Review Committee before long.

[betts]

I'm hoping the new design is a bit more innovative than the Maywood Lofts. Since I look at it every day, over time it's become less and less attractive. It has such an insitutional appearance. I remember the preliminary design looked fairly similar. I'm happy the Maywood Lofts are all brick, but I wish there were something to break up the sameness.

[Spartan]

I'm hoping the new design is a bit more innovative than the Maywood Lofts. Since I look at it every day, over time it's become less and less attractive. It has such an insitutional appearance. I remember the preliminary design looked fairly similar. I'm happy the Maywood Lofts are all brick, but I wish there were something to break up the sameness.

I think the Lofts will be a fantastic aesthetic once totally surrounded by a complimentary built environment, but I agree, it's way too drab to stand on its own as a built environment, especially next to the Brownstones which are sort of opposites.

[Rover]

The area hasn't yet really developed an architectural fingerprint. Right now it looks kind of like none of the developers are talking. It seems like a hodgepodge of styles, materials, and quality. With the Level apartments and the ALoft that may change.

[betts]

On the other hand, I would hate it to all look programmed. Most interesting neighborhoods are random. Level has a bunch of brick samples up, which are fun to look at. There are some nice greys, which would look different but pick up the grey accent color in the Brownstones without looking too "matchey". There's a grey-brown I don't like at all. Haven't seen Richard around to give him my opinion! Although if he's like me, he trusts no one's opinion but his own when it comes to color.

[Rover]

Sorry, didn't mean to imply the area should be all the same. However, it looks a little haphazard right now. I am sure that will change a lot as it becomes dense and you aren't staring across an open field to a lone project. I think the whole area's identity will gel a lot more when the current projects complete.

[Spartan]

The area hasn't yet really developed an architectural fingerprint. Right now it looks kind of like none of the developers are talking. It seems like a hodgepodge of styles, materials, and quality. With the Level apartments and the ALoft that may change.

Well I think in the end it will definitely be an overwhelming sense of this 21st Century urban district, which will be very unique to Oklahoma.

[G.Walker]

The area hasn't yet really developed an architectural fingerprint. Right now it looks kind of like none of the developers are talking. It seems like a hodgepodge of styles, materials, and quality. With the Level apartments and the ALoft that may change.

I agree, the only projects that semi compliment each other are the Deep Deuce apartments and Block 42. There should have been a design review committee implemented in Deep Deuce similar to the one in Bricktown, to regulate some type of design style/standards in Deep Deuce instead of letting developers just do anything.