OG&E Energy Center

[BillyOcean]

^^^^^

That is classic. How much money is OG&E receiving from the BOK Park Plaza developer to turn this property into a staging area (essentially, a construction parking lot)?

[Canoe]

Highest and best use.

[OKCisOK4me]

As much as I despised Stage Center, this whole thing is abysmal and absolutely disappointing. Pete, do note that this is not negativity. This is simply an outcry for commitment to proposing what you propose if you're going to purposefully demolish existing properties no matter how run down.

Down right utter shame...this city block...

[betts]

Yep:

OKCTalk - Old Stage Center site to be used for construction trailers and gravel parking

At least I predicted concrete. Gravel, that's rich.

[Geographer]

What would be even better is if the gravel that they use is crushed up rocks/concrete/debris from the Hotel Black, Stage Center, and the Bus Station.

[Laramie]

What would be even better is if the gravel that they use is crushed up rocks/concrete/debris from the Hotel Black, Stage Center, and the Bus Station.

That's nasty . . .

[Pete]

The beautification has begun:

[Pete]

The beautification has begun:

[sroberts24]

I could be wrong, and hope I am, but by them planning on planting trees this pretty much guarantees this site will stay empty for years.

[shawnw]

So if those trailers end up flooding because of the pre-disposition of that site will they be deemed functionally obsolete and be torn down?

[Laramie]

Just continue to hope that OG&E decides to do some future development with the Stage Center site for their corporate headquarters. We were all so excited about plans for those north & south parcels to be developed.

[Pete]

Sure glad they decided to place those next to the Myriad Gardens.

[shawnw]

The least they could do is stack them so that it looked like a progressive container development, and almost a visual hallmark to the memory of Stage Center's modularity.

[jn1780]

The least they could do is stack them so that it looked like a progressive container development, and almost a visual hallmark to the memory of Stage Center's modularity.

The same thought came across my mind. Just leave them there/paint them and stack more on top of them.

[2Lanez]

A beautiful tribute to brutalist design.

[betts]

Sure glad they decided to place those next to the Myriad Gardens.

A higher, better use than the Stage Center the owners would no doubt argue. Sad, sad, sad.

[Bellaboo]

It's a park side '7 Wide' complex.

[Pete]

The thing that bothers me about this is that BOK Park Plaza and the OG&E Energy Center were supposed to be under construction at the same time, so obviously Hines had a plan that did not include staging on this property.

But after OG&E shelved their plans and also promised beautification, they two sides obviously agreed to dump these trailers, gravel and construction vehicles here just because it was cheap and expedient.

[Rover]

and convenient.

From a construction standpoint it is the best place to put it. Don't see anything controversial here. The fact that the SC is gone may sting, but it doesn't mean this is a bad location.

[ourulz2000]

It's a park side '7 Wide' complex.

All that's missing is a Wal-Mart and Taco Mayo.

[TheTravellers]

Actually, a Little Caesar's (or some other low-end pizza joint), a nail salon, a liquor store, a Supercuts, and a DONUT shop would be more in line...

[OKCisOK4me]

All that's missing is a Wal-Mart and Taco Mayo.

You're gaining traction. A downtown urban Wal-Mart with a Taco Mayo instead of a McDonalds inside? Brilliant....

[HOT ROD]

yup, World Class development indeed!

I guess I really don't know Rainey.

[ABryant]

At this point a dirt track for car racing is a higher and better use.

[Pete]