TIF funding revoked for 3 downtown projects

[metro]

Didn't see anyone post Steve's article from earlier this week. Anyhow glad to see Overholser Green's TIF funding get revoked and hopefully their contract all together. It was a joke that they approved it in the first place. They should have gone with Ellard's proposal. Interested to see what Tanenbaum is proposing, he's been silent the last few years.

http://newsok.com/tax-incremental-fi...estate-housing

[okclee]

The bright side to the economy being down. No Overholser Green's YEAH!!

[metro]

Yeah, hopefully we'll get our wish of Overholser Green getting revoked of the awarded bid.

[bornhere]

How many TIF districts do we have now?

[Larry OKC]

Think the Devon one is #8 (carved out of an existing one)

[Spartan]

This is not good news, it is bad news...

[Architect2010]

Agreed. I'm particularly bummed about the the Harding & Shelton development in Bricktown being scaled back. It would have been nice to have more structured parking and infill for that portion of Bricktown.

[USG'60]

Agreed. I'm particularly bummed about the the Harding & Shelton development in Bricktown being scaled back. It would have been nice to have more structured parking and infill for that portion of Bricktown.

Where can one read the H&S plan?

[Architect2010]

I read it through one of the Bricktown Urban Design Meetings on okc.gov a while back, I'm not sure if the site saves the minutes of previous meetings for the BUDC. I looked but I couldn't find it, I'm sorry USG.

[betts]

Last night I was reading the newest edition of the City Sentinel (I think that's it's name) and there was a rendering of a new Overholser Green that was comprised of apartments. I should have brought it home, but figured I could find it online and have not been able to. There was also a story about the proposed apartments, and it looks like Chuck Wiggin got something together quicker than anticipated.

[Kerry]

Last night I was reading the newest edition of the City Sentinel (I think that's it's name) and there was a rendering of a new Overholser Green that was comprised of apartments. I should have brought it home, but figured I could find it online and have not been able to. There was also a story about the proposed apartments, and it looks like Chuck Wiggin got something together quicker than anticipated.

Anyone can come up with some drawings - Chuck seems to have that part down. Getting financing is the hard part.

[betts]

There definitely seems to be more money for rentals than sales right now, although we could have a plethora of rentals, the market could change and we'll be overbuilt downtown. I don't know why real estate developers always jump on the next big thing as if it's going to last forever. If I were a developer, I'd build in such a way that rentals could be converted to sales if we suddenly see an increase in interest in and money for home ownership downtown. It might happen.....it seems to have happened everywhere else but here, and the economy will change. But sometimes we're slow to catch on, I realize. He did use the two words I prefer: interior and street parking. I'm in favor of whichever project looks least like a suburban apartment complex and which has the smallest or absent parking lot.

[Spartan]

Last night I was reading the newest edition of the City Sentinel (I think that's it's name) and there was a rendering of a new Overholser Green that was comprised of apartments. I should have brought it home, but figured I could find it online and have not been able to. There was also a story about the proposed apartments, and it looks like Chuck Wiggin got something together quicker than anticipated.

http://www.city-sentinel.com/index.php

I don't think it was them, not on their website. I agree with Kerry, but still it would be interesting to see what Wiggin at least hopes to build. There's no doubt that Wiggin is a legitimate developer based on what he's done in the past and recently in Tulsa. He just had a bad proposal. It ultimately must be rebid and proposals must be judged against each other, and whichever out of Tanenbaum or Wiggin or other has the best proposal should get the bid. Even though it probably won't be Wiggin, don't rule him out.

[Larry OKC]

Spartan, that link doesnt work correctly (brings up GoDaddy.com), I don't think they have a website. I recall seeing the same thing as Betts though.

[flintysooner]

This link seems to be correct: http://www.myspace.com/thecitysentinel

[Larry OKC]

but how do you get to an online version of the paper?

[flintysooner]

I found a Facebook entry, too: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Oklaho...8335787?ref=ts

Both the MySpace and Facebook pages reference the http://www.city-sentinel.com/ site which is a GoDaddy place holder. Probably means they've reserved the domain but not posted their site yet.