Maybe only because it's Oklahoma City and they don't see the potential or that it hasn't been developed with any real eye towards density.

Many major shopping districts in the country don't have much parking and most Oklahomans would say the access is bad. Most of those, however, have a density of residents and public transit. So, really, we're basically saying it won't happen here, because people won't move in without the services and services won't move in without the people.

So, clearly, what it will take is vision and planning. That, at least, is what this move is trying to address. It's not like they will go to any convention once and magically fill up bricktown. It takes constant and persistent marketing and networking to create an urban development where the demographics don't fit the turnkey formulas of potential corporate run tenants. It will most likely take a comprehensive vision by a few select individuals with a solid track record.

How do you find people like that and get this in front of them? How do you find those people who are actually trying to find expansion opportunities in a contracting economy? You pound the pavement and this is a start. You have to put it front of thousands of people before you find the one that can do it and wants to do it.