BOK Park Plaza

[OKCRT]

Someone told me the other day that Devon was scrapping plans for this tower and would instead build a park.

[Just the facts]

Someone told me the other day that Devon was scrapping plans for this tower and would instead build a park.

That is OG&E across the street.

[OKCRT]

That is OG&E across the street.

That is what I was trying to tell them but they insisted it was the one next to the big Devon building. So I was thinking maybe I missed something and this one was scrapped also.

[Urbanized]

The people telling that story might want to tell the construction workers who are working like mad on that location. Might be hard to build a park with all of the pillars and concrete coming out of the ground, too.

[Pete]

[ChrisHayes]

At this rate it'll be going skyward by June or July!

[Pete]

Core is really starting to rise and the garage is moving very fast.

[gopokes88]

I just want the crane high enough to be seen for the NBA playoffs. Always provided cool shots.

[UnFrSaKn]

[Bellaboo]

Looks like the elevator shafts are above ground level.

[Laramie]

Wow!

Good progress on OKC's morning glass glow box. Happy that this project didn't go down the Fallopian tubes. It's a start for better things to come.

[drinner-okc]

looked like they were starting to drill piers for second garage. Saw rebar supports on location at lunch. 3 projects will make a busy corner.

[Anonymous.]

If you look @ Pete's last two photo posts, the construction trailers look to be made mobile now. So likely being moved somewhere? Stage Center Lake?

[Bellaboo]

If you look @ Pete's last two photo posts, the construction trailers look to be made mobile now. So likely being moved somewhere? Stage Center Lake?

Not sure where it went, but they started with 7 trailers, now they have 6.

[Pete]

Believe it or not, I just learned from someone close to the construction team that they hope to top out the tower by the end of this year.

Also, the reason they are moving the construction trailers is they are getting ready to start on the 2nd parking garage.

[baralheia]

That's an impressive schedule. Let's see if they can make it. It will be fun to watch this tower go up!

[Pete]

From Will... Gives a great perspective on how the massing will look from street level:

[zookeeper]

Once they start going vertical it's always amazing to me how fast they go up. I really like this building. It looks like the United Nations building in New York, which I've always thought looks sharp with its sleek lines. Not sure if that's proper architectural terminology, but hopefully you know what I mean. Sharp!

Edit - For comparison, here's a pic of the UN building in NY.

[Pete]

If you remember, Devon went up about a floor a week once they got rolling.

So, this project would only need about 25 weeks once they get past the first two floors. After that, everything is pretty uniform and they just start cranking them out.

I bet that garage will be able to start parking cars within a couple of months and the western one should start moving pretty soon.

[HOT ROD]

nice pic of the ground floor presence. It does appear that it will make a much better statement than say Oklahoma Tower does.

I'm hopeful that it will also make a better skyline presence than Oklahoma Tower does as well.

[ChrisHayes]

I drove by a couple days ago and got to think that at the rate they're going, this thing should be going skyward by mid year. Progress is rapidly being made.

[microclimatt]

[Pete]

^

Very cool! Thanks and welcome to the site.

You can see the second level is now being framed on the north side of the building.

[Bellaboo]

This must be a drone shot ?

[microclimatt]

Thanks!! Yes, it's a drone shot from about 320' above the Dewey & California Ave area. Looking forward to posting more of these in the future, of this project and others.