Originally Posted by
Pete
The timing of this all is a bit hard to understand but there many moving pieces.
I'm sure these decisions were made before the Stage Center closing and subsequent announcement about the new tower. Not sure why that closing came before this announcement but you can bet there were good reasons.
Remember, Enable has an ambitious schedule to go public by the end of the year and therefore has to get their ducks in a row ASAP. They still haven't named a CEO and there are other decisions yet to be announced, like the staffing in both OKC & Houston.
So of the timing of these events may be deliberate but some may have been forced due to the all various factors at play.
Also remember, the new tower won't be open for business for at least two and probably three years. So, there is a good chance that even if there was a huge chunk of people to be relocated to Houston, that might not be even possible at this point, due to lack of space. Where on earth would they be housed?
This is actually a bigger picture problem for OKC. We have almost zero Class A office space of any size and that will continue to be a detriment to attracting businesses.
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