Same difference Jack, lol. I mean, albeit 200 feet or two city blocks, it's a view looking from the Northeast of town looking to the Southwest. I'm going down after work with a GPS locater to once and for all confirm the true spot of the view!!! I'll post tomorrow...lol...jk...

Because of aesthetics, that will likely be the angle for OKC-related photos. I'll miss having the Crystal Bridge and Gardens on the forefront, though. That angle always showed the best of both worlds.

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that tower will not be a mile high .. it will be 2600 or so ... saudi is the one planing the mile high tower .. a mile is 1600 meters

Let them fight for height; I'm with Larry Nichols all the way.

Someone will always build a taller building.

Devon Tower will not only add a gem to downtown OKC, it is arguably the most striking building that Pickard Chilton has built to this date. I have seen their other projects, and in terms of pure beauty, only the River Point building stood out to me. The others are visually appealing in their own way, but few of the others have that sleek, beautifully understated design that Devon Tower will have. Really, that building is going to be gorgeous. I can see why the OCURA members were speechless when the model and photos were unveiled.

ok, thanks Metro.

I had asked because the rendering that were released looked like they were evening (FN was lit up and Chase appears to be) but Devon didn't have any lighting visible.

I must have missed that sentence from Doug in all of the excitement .

but yeah, hopefully we can get some night-time renderings of this beauty, nevertheless. Im still speachless, and can't stop looking at it!

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First, the bust during the '80s was also about the economy tanking, which caused the oil prices to drop. Banks were making loans to any one that could leave a little fog on a mirror.

Second thing, this building may stick out some, because of its height, but its got to be better then building an oil tower on the river. In another 10-20 years it will fit in to the OKC skyline like a glove. Some people said the same thing about the Liberty Building(Chase) when it was built.

The Devon tower looks most like the Four Seasons Malaysia project that Pickard Chilton is working on. There are a few night renderings from their website that show how (I assume) the Devon tower will be lit.


Four Seasons Place - Malaysia

Pete, that doesn't include owner occupied though - which does Tulsa have any (it seems as though most of their companies lease and not own). I don't believe Denver has very many owner occupied towers either nor does Seattle, come to think of it - the only one I know of besides the govt bldgs in downtown Seattle [WAMU has 2 skyscrapers, one is owner occupied (brand new), the other {the taller, signature icon WAMU Tower} it leases out; Safeco used to be owner occupied in the U district, but they sold it to the UW and are now leasing in downtown]. I digress....

But I do agree with your point in principle; OKC does need more leasible buildings downtown. I think the 'KEY' more or less, for Tier II cities is 10M sq ft.

Hopefully with Devon, the NBA, and the other synergy going on - more companies will desire to be downtown (not necessarily in owner occupied tho) and we could see a round of leasible towers pop up.

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Metro, Devon wont get added to the 5.7M since it will be owner occupied. Just like SandRidge/KMG tower is not part of the 5.7M. I believe BoK is owner occupied, definitely AT&T is owner occupied. The govt buildings are owner occupied.

If we could add up all of the owner occupied and leasibles, Im sure OKC would be well above 8M sq feet downtown. Im not sure if Tulsa has any owner occupieds in their downtown. Maybe only the new Williams Center (the tower that was recently built, that was supposed to be taller but ended up chopped at 750k sq ft).

Anyways, my point is - OKC is a little unusual in that it has a significant number of owner occupied buildinggs that 'throw off' the leasible sq ft numbers (making it look smaller than what is actually there).

Oh, by the way - Devon will be at least 2.2M square feet in total (1.9M for the tower, .4 for the podium - I had read).

I think the podium is leasible, so that portion would likely be added to the 5.7M OKC total, but not the 1.9M from the tower.

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Don, you post (and point) is PRICELESS!!!!

I think this is something that should be forwarded to city leaders (both govt and corporate.... Devon's on to something BIG).

Thanks Don for committing to OKC - hopefully you will have great success and can help make OKC even better. Congrats on your impending graduation too!

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Since it appears that there will not be an observation deck, I have another idea if the guys at NewSpin360 are watching: Fly your helicopter up to 925 feet above the existing parking deck and do a panorama from there. Show us what the city would look like from the top of the new tower.

that got me thinking - so I went to wikipedia. United Arab Emirates - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

UAE (Dubai's country)
GDP (PPP) 2007 estimate
- Total 190.2 billion (42nd)
- Per capita $55,200 (CIA) (5th)

I believe OKC Metro's GDP was $54B per annum. Im not sure what Dubai's proportion of UAE is (and surely UAE is larger economy than OKC), but OKC isn't that bad either. ....

and surely things will get even better.

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this looks familiar...

AIM Corp HQ

That tower in Dubai is huge, but hideous. I'll take quality over quantity any day. Fortunately for us, we get the best of both worlds.

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Except ours is bigger.

If that is our GDP then that is pretty sweet! I definitely wasn't saying that our GDP was bad, just that they're situated with the control of a lot of oil over there and they have princes that live in huge palaces. They have an indoor ski area there as well. I once saw a picture that showed the shoreline from one of the palm tree islands they are building off of their coastline. It was a panoramic shot and throughout the background you could see roughly 50 of those tall perpendicular cranes. Dubai is bustling and they have a cheap working labor force to take care of it all.

It's not bigger, just taller. The AIM building has 2.2 million gsf. It's def got more girth... And Texas does not suck.

Just fyi - BOK Plaza in OKC is not owner occupied. It did sell to a well respected local ownership group last year, however, and they are doing an extensive renovation of the property.

Most bank buildings of that size are developer buildings with the bank having naming rights to go along with a sizable chunk of the rentable space. The Frost Bank building here was developed by Cousins and they have since sold it to someone else, Frost bank only has something like 10 floors of the building, their HQ is still San Antonio. All of it is leased space along with the other tenants. I would think it might still be awhile before a developer skyscraper of similar magnitude will pop up on downtown. Now there may be some in the First National/Cityplace range but I doubt there will be anything else approaching "Supertall" status like Devon.

Many of the proposed ones are stalled right now because of the national credit crisis, most of the ones already under construction seem to be progressing still. I would really like to see a mixed-use tower similar to the John Hancock Building in Chicago, not necessarily that height or style but that type of use.

A mixed use building would be sweet, something in the 25 to 35 floor range

Does anybody think that the site plan doesn't interact well with the street? I understand the safety concerns, and wanting to have a good setback from the curb. But what about having streetside cafes line Sheridan? The trees that line the street now (and still do in the renderings) are nice, but they create a buffer that makes the place seem like any old office park. Impenetrable and impersonal.

I never said Texas sucked. That was the only emote I could find with shades that was on the side of the comment box. I rarely ever open up the other screen just to scroll through emotes. It takes too much time.

In any case, there will always be similar looking buildings. This one will be beautiful for OKC's skyline, and the height and sleekness of the design is incredible.

fair enough...

TUCK FEXAS!!!! BOOMER SOONER!


on a serious note, this is truly amazing! i am so proud to live here and see this beuatiful building rise up into the sky!

Devon didn't show the very top view of the building, right? Is it possible that they could still add in trees and a pool at the top? It could be use for company parties and stuff like that. I wonder how a pool feels that way up high.