Braniff Building

[tuck]

If you can't go directly from the sidewalk into the store the customer base is going to primarily be people who work in the building from 8 to 5. They will be viewed as building services and not downtown services. When someone finally does open the doors to the sidewalk all these businesses that are only accessible off of an interior lobby are going to be in a world of financial hurt.

Kitchen will have sidewalk entrance from the north (the original buiding entrance) and also entrance from the east, from Sandridge Commons. This setup is the best for the restaurant and for the guests...also keeps the integrity of the building.

[Just the facts]

I can tell you Flint next door is doing great at 6:30 p.m.

Can you go into Flint from the sidewalk or do you have to go through the hotel lobby?

[Oil Capital]

I assumed that was the case; sort of a hallway on the perimiter instead of the interior. Do we know how SR is going to be using Braniff?

Not even a hallway. There are no floors within that space. Just an open "atrium".

[dankrutka]

Can you go into Flint from the sidewalk or do you have to go through the hotel lobby?

Flint is just like 324 in that you can access the restaurant from the sidewalk from one of the streets touching the building, but not the other. Almost the exact same set up, right?

[tuck]

pretty close...

[Just the facts]

Flint is just like 324 in that you can access the restaurant from the sidewalk from one of the streets touching the building, but not the other. Almost the exact same set up, right?

That is what I understand and 324 will benefit from direct sidewalk access, but what about the other service businesses in Braniff? Will they close when the employees leave at 5PM?

[Pete]

Building permits issued today for the tenant finish out for floors 2-10; total just over $2.4 million.

Each floor has 9,000 square feet.

[BoulderSooner]

Flint is just like 324 in that you can access the restaurant from the sidewalk from one of the streets touching the building, but not the other. Almost the exact same set up, right?

flint has doors on the south and east


and tuck has said that it is possible that 324 goes to lunch service sometime in the future

[Spartan]

Building permits issued today for the tenant finish out for floors 2-10; total just over $2.4 million.

Each floor has 9,000 square feet.

How interesting. The HP component, which SR is still going quite a bit overboard on with a complete reconstruction of the building, is by far the cheapest per sf even including past permits I believe. Compared to $25 million for the Amenities Bldg, et al..

[Pete]

There was a permit in late 2011 for $3 million just for the building shell.

Also, these numbers don't include furniture, fixtures and equipment. Those are usually equal to the building costs.

Still, if you add it all up it's about $6 million in building permits, so maybe double that including FFE.

[BoulderSooner]

flint has doors on the south and east


and tuck has said that it is possible that 324 goes to lunch service sometime in the future

meant dinner service

[metro]

They started the framing for windows on the NW corner Monday.

[Pete]

From metro:

[Lazio85]

Four glass facade panels with different etching patterns arrived on site this morning.


Braniff Building by lazio85, on Flickr

[wschnitt]

Glass is starting to go in on the ground level of the east facade all the way to the north.

[catch22]

Braniff by Matthew Bridges, on Flickr

Braniff by Matthew Bridges, on Flickr

Braniff by Matthew Bridges, on Flickr

Braniff by Matthew Bridges, on Flickr

Braniff by Matthew Bridges, on Flickr

Braniff by Matthew Bridges, on Flickr

Sandridge by Matthew Bridges, on Flickr

[Pete]

From Kitchen no. 324's FB page:

[Urbanized]

That restaurant space is going to be something special.

[CCOKC]

I am glad that people like Tuck could see the vision in this project. Those pictures are amazing. I walked by there just today on Robinson and couldn't tell anything that cool was in there. From what I can tell from those pictures, Kitchen No. 324 is not on the Robinson side but faces the Sandridge tower. It is now starting to make some sense to me now based on those pictures and some of the previous posts.

[kevinpate]

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"Good food"

"Nice digs too."

"Nice to find a place for the working guys down here in Suitville."

"Yep. Hey, you got an extra salt packet?"

[Lazio85]

On site this morning the construction crews were unloading pallets from LiveRoof:



Here is the link to there website for Common Questions:
http://www.liveroof.com/?parent=Common_Questions

[Pete]

Interesting! Thanks.

I believe they are planning to use this system on the Amenities Building as well and all their future projects show green roofs in the renderings.

[Lazio85]

Braniff Building facade installment began yesterday!

[Pete]

Thanks!

Looking forward to see what those panels look like once installed.

[Pete]

Photos from today showing new east facade.

Looks like it will match the tower's lobby: