Three more hotels for Deep Deuce / Bricktown?

[Pete]

There were three very interesting transactions last month in Deep Deuce and East Bricktown.

They are shown in pink below and labeled 1, 2 & 3. All were purchased by Atul Patel, a prominent local cardiologist.

#'s 1 & 2 comprise about .6 acres and were purchased for a total of about $680K.

#3 is really strange... Purchased from Robert Meinders (owner of the W W Steel buildings and proposed site of the East Bricktown hotel and apartments). Only .63 acres in a very odd location but price was $1.16 million.

I suspect another hotel deal may be in the works for that #3 site and would include the Meinders property immediately west and the OCURA property to the east. He also might be trying to put together a hotel deal on sites 1&2, hoping to acquire the The Wedge property to the west.


In an article about a hotel he's opening in Enid, there was this additional information: "A practicing doctor at Oklahoma Heart Hospital, Patel also owns Enid Best Western, Guthrie Holiday Inn Express, Four Points by Sheraton in Oklahoma City, Holiday Inn Express in Ponca City and “several others outside the local area.”

[Pete]

BTW, the Four Points Sheraton that Patel owns is the one by Quail Springs:

[wschnitt]

The "wedge property" meaning what? The grass to the west?

[Pete]

The "wedge property" meaning what? The grass to the west?

Sorry, I meant The Wedge pizzeria that is just west of the other grassy lot (owned by ODOT).

[wschnitt]

Sorry, I meant The Wedge pizzeria that is just west of the other grassy lot (owned by ODOT).

Going west from the "1 lot" is a parking lot then the Mahaffey&Gore PC building, then a few old foundations/surface lots, then the Wedge Pizzeria.

[Pete]

Yes, my mistake.

[wschnitt]

So you think they are trying to get the grass lot or the grass lot+parking or grass lot parking and building?

I did not mean to come across as a smart aleck on this but I want to understand your thinking.

[HangryHippo]

BTW, the Four Points Sheraton that Patel owns is the one by Quail Springs:

I don't mind this design if this hotel is built with a smaller footprint but several more stories added. However, if these plans are indeed for more hotels, this area between Deep Deuce and Bricktown seems to be dangerously close to being overrun by hotels. Can none of these be built near the Health Sciences Center or in Midtown? I know that Midtown is getting the upscale hotel from Coury, but the area around the HSC absolutely has a need for a quality for patients' families and visitors. A tall Sheraton similar to the one posted would do very well near the hospital campus I would think...

[Steve]

I'll have a story in tomorrow's Oklahoman.

[betts]

Ordinarily I would say that the Deep Deuce site is an odd location for a hotel. It's not on a through street, and it's kind of the back door of Deep Deuce. But, if there's going to be one immediately southeast of that piece of land, maybe it's not so odd. I just hope it's not some cheesy EIFS-laden Best Western though. Although Aloft isn't going to have the highest-end exterior materials, it's unique enough to rise above it's composition and certainly well built.

[mcca7596]

Marriott Springhill Suites east of the Wedge.

Bricktown emerges as a prime hotel corridor | NewsOK.com

[betts]

Sounds like my fears have been realized. "Pretty nice" isn't all that reassuring.

Patel said design work is already under way for a Marriott Springhill Suites for NE 1 and Russell Perry, a hotel that will be six to eight stories high with a room count of between 120 to 145.
“It will be pretty nice — it will have a lounge and bar area, conference rooms, fitness center, a pool; it won't be a typical Springhill Suites,” Patel said.


Read more: Bricktown emerges as a prime hotel corridor | NewsOK.com

[Teo9969]

*cough*ConventionCenter*cough*

[Pete]

Here's an updated graphic with the latest information:

[BoulderSooner]

great job pete ... . and thanks for the good story steve ....

3 new hotels ... great news for bricktown ... and okc

[jn1780]

*cough*ConventionCenter*cough*

Door is quickly closing on this option with all the new development occuring.




It seems even more silly now that there is stand alone Mcdonalds taking up all that space.

[Pete]

Yes, with all this activity little has been happening to the south, along Reno and the new boulevard.

I'm sure that will change very soon.

[G.Walker]

Good news, but I am not going to get too happy until I see some designs, the way these hotels are designed will make or break Bricktown's emergence as an urban or suburban destination.

Mr. Patel, Please don't Northwest Expressway My Bricktown!

[Pete]

The two hotels on Sheridan & Byers are under the purview of the Bricktown Design Review Committee (boundaries are Reno to the south, I-235 to the east, RR tracks to the west and old RR right-of-way to the north). They've been pretty strict; see the recent many revisions for the Garden Inn / Homewood Suites project that is just starting.

The Springhill Suites site on NE 1st falls under the Downtown Design Review Committee.


Both of these groups operate under specific standards. They've been pretty good about upholding them.

[catch22]

Do both of these lots fall under the BUDC?

Edit: nevermind, Pete read my mind and posted at the same time.

Kind of rhymed....

[Pete]

I just posted a map of all design review districts here:

http://www.okctalk.com/other-urban-d...districts.html

[Teo9969]

Pete, can we shade LEVEL Blue, it is, for all intents and purposes, finished.

Springhill Suites Chicago...



...well, it's nice to dream anyway.

[G.Walker]

I wonder if Patel would consider doing the hybrid hotel option with the two hotels planned for E. Sheridan, and push the development up to 12-15 stories.

[Spartan]

Can we not do another single thread for three separate developments?

[Pete]

Once we have specific plans I'll break them out.