BancFirst Tower

[5alive]

English ivy would help...but it would be awesome for a whole new facade...while I'm spending their money, a new facade ala the Convention Center garage would be crazy awesome...I mean if it is possible to give a skyscraper a new skin, let's go all the way

[Pete]

Landscaping has started. They have installed string lights on the pergola.

[BoulderSooner]

this is such an improvement

[Pete]

It looks fantastic in person; even better than I had hoped.

Great credit to BancFirst for making such a huge investment and doing this right.

[Pete]

It's hard to see, but they are making very good progress on the lobby. I'm sure they'll open that up in the next few months along with almost all or the renovated outdoor space, then finish up the south side of the lobby and plaza. They've removed the storage containers that were in the north plaza near the Skirvin.

[ChaseDweller]

I heard the petro deli cashier tell a customer that they would be open in the lobby on January 4.

[Pete]

Plantings being installed. They are almost complete on the north and east sides of that massive plaza.

[HOT ROD]

looks like 7-8 more floors to skin on the N side of the tower. Aligns perfectly with the end of this year.

[Bellaboo]

looks like 7-8 more floors to skin on the N side of the tower. Aligns perfectly with the end of this year.

And the weather is great this week. Should make some progress.

[ChaseDweller]

They are doing our 2 floors (28 and 29) this week.

[ksearls]

How it works! They just pop right it (after a week of prep work). They look so nice from the inside! What an improvement.

[Pete]

^

Wow, very cool.

[TheRealMaryFallin]

Nice!

[Pete]

Interior progress from Tietsort Design, the local glass manufacturer.

I believe these are from the concourse (Underground) level; the same light-colored wood will be used in the lobby:

[ChaseDweller]

Here's the old and the new together from the inside. The difference in the glass is even more stark than what you see here. The new blue-gray mullions look great. They are a bit wider than the old ones to cover the edges of the new glass, but the look is so much nicer and cleaner. There is also a large difference in the temperature of the inside glass. The building may actually stay at a constant temperature now.

[Pete]

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Very nice!

Credit to BancFirst for making this a first-class project all the way around.

What an incredible improvement from the previous out-of-state owner.

[David]

Oh wow, that really is a stark visual difference from the inside.

It makes sense that the temperature difference is so significant too, the glass being installed is Solarban 67 Solar Control Low‑E Glass which is usable in LEED certified buildings based on my reading of their product data sheets. The materials science behind modern glass is light years past what went into the decades old glass that is being replaced.

BancFirst really does deserve a great deal of credit for going all out on this renovation and doing it right.

[dankrutka]

Really appreciate they added in these quarantine pods.

[DowntownMan]

Interior progress from Tietsort Design, the local glass manufacturer.

I believe these are from the concourse (Underground) level; the same light-colored wood will be used in the lobby:

That second picture would be the entrance to hot tamale and then the executive barber shop which is currently in underground of the old banc first building
Looks really nice!

[bucktalk]

I agree 1000%! The investment in downtown OKC from Bancfirst and the First National project is so encouraging. If, somehow, Devon will step up their game with their broken glass issue and remove all the barrier fencing then downtown a year from now could be quite a site to behold.

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Very nice!

Credit to BancFirst for making this a first-class project all the way around.

What an incredible improvement from the previous out-of-state owner.

[Pete]

You can see they are almost finished with the north plaza and the main part of the lobby.

Also, the blue glass is completely installed on the north side; all that remains is the crown which will come after the other 3 sides are finished.

[bucktalk]

I really, really hope the night accent lighting on the building will be great. If the building has adequate night lighting, along with the completion of First National project, then the night skyline view of OKC will be fantastic!

[Pete]

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At the very least, the crown will have LED lighting.

And at street level, the new glass pyramids along Broadway have LED lights as well and of course the lobby is already really open and brightly lit. Looks a thousand times better.

[Pete]

^

At the very least, the crown will have LED lighting.

And at street level, the new glass pyramids along Broadway have LED lights as well and of course the lobby is already really open and brightly lit. Looks a thousand times better.

[ksearls]

Yay! Our sign is up on the west side of the building