OKC Not Alone In Downtown Investments

[Urbanized]

The FAA had nothing - ZIP - to do with the height changes at Devon Tower.

[Richard at Remax]

I was down in New Orleans last weekend for the Saints game we tailgated around this project right in the middle of downtown on an old parking lot. looks like a quality mix used developement

Construction begins on $200M New Orleans South Market District downtown | NOLA.com

[G.Walker]

Nice to see downtown Charlotte get new office tower, first one announced since the completion of Duke Energy Center in 2010:

Sources: Spectrum planning uptown office tower, has anchor tenant - Charlotte Business Journal

[Pete]

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Looks like that project was shelved in 2007 and now being brought back to life. That's a good sign.

Another good sign: Looks like they only have about a third of the space pre-leased.

It may finally be time to see some spec office towers start to rise again; been a long, long time.

[Plutonic Panda]

It's only 25 stories so I wouldn't get too excited about it. Much better than our crappy Stage Center Tower though.

[bchris02]

It's only 25 stories so I wouldn't get too excited about it. Much better than our crappy Stage Center Tower though.

Agree. This is small potatoes compared to what Charlotte has seen over the past 15 years, but still better than anything proposed here. OKC needs more modern office towers like that. It would really help bring balance to the skyline. This city pretty much has Devon and everything else is 1970s or older.

[Plutonic Panda]

Agree. This is small potatoes compared to what Charlotte has seen over the past 15 years, but still better than anything proposed here. OKC needs more modern office towers like that. It would really help bring balance to the skyline. This city pretty much has Devon and everything else is 1970s or older.

yeah.. Charlotte has some awesome skyscrapers and I don't think this one will really hold a candle to them. Nonetheless, it is a nice addition. Just wish this was going in our Stage Center site as opposed to what we have now

[Bellaboo]

Agree. This is small potatoes compared to what Charlotte has seen over the past 15 years, but still better than anything proposed here. OKC needs more modern office towers like that. It would really help bring balance to the skyline. This city pretty much has Devon and everything else is 1970s or older.

Actually, 5 of the buildings in OKC were built in the '80's. Leadership Square (2), Oklahoma, Corporate and Continental Resources HQ (Mid America).

[Just the facts]

Actually, 5 of the buildings in OKC were built in the '80's. Leadership Square (2), Oklahoma, Corporate and Continental Resources HQ (Mid America).

Those might have been built in the 80's but I'll bet all of them were designed in the 70's.

[Rover]

Wait. This was originally planned to be 32 stories and is just 25. What a disappointment. This always happens in Charlotte. Big plans that come in smaller. If it isn't at least 30 they shouldn't even do it.