Pontiac Building

[HOT ROD]

wonderful, I wonder if BP will have a sign to add to Automobile Alley and OKC's prestige.

[OkiePoke]

Any update on this project? I believe they are still working on it. I haven't heard of a completion date.

[Pete]

Do you mean the British Petroleum space?

If so, they are working away inside. Lots of activity.

[BoulderSooner]

New sidecar garage door is terrible

[Pete]

New sidecar garage door is terrible

Believe it's temporary.

[Pete]

Yes, temporary.

[Pete]

Yes, temporary.

The new / permanent version will look like the original one.

[John Knight]

British Petroleum is looking pretty sharp:

[sooner88]

British Petroleum is looking pretty sharp:

Looks good! I wonder how loud it is going to be in there, that is a lot of reflective surfaces.

[HOT ROD]

I hope they have a nice sign, British Petroleum BP. Nice.

[OkiePoke]

I hope they have a nice sign, British Petroleum BP. Nice.

It is a spinoff of BP. The company is called 'Lower 48 Energy(?)'.

[sooner88]

It is a spinoff of BP. The company is called 'Lower 48 Energy(?)'.

Think it's US Lower 48 Onshore

[HOT ROD]

haha, imagine that sign. haha

[Pete]

BP was having some sort of event yesterday (grand opening?) in this building and the overhead door was open between Sidecar and The Factory.

This is a little event space with a really slick lobby (seen in the right of the photo) directly east. They have a small amount of space on the ground floor and the entire second level. The build out looks amazing.

[Spartan]

I'm really excited to see another clothing vendor. These all just help each other so much. The more the better on this corridor.

[OkiePoke]

When I drove by this morning, around 6:30, people were inside the building to my surprise. Maybe they are open for business?

[Pete]

Yes, they are open.

I posted that picture of their lobby last week and they have clearly moved in.

[Pete]

Both Sara Kate and The Factory are now closed and their spaces are for lease.

[PaddyShack]

What was Sara Kate and The Factory?

[Pete]

What was Sara Kate and The Factory?

Sara Kate Studios is interior design and had a shop that sold accessories. She is still going strong (she and her husband are developing The Bradford House Hotel) but obviously elected to close the store.

The Factory was high-end women's clothing. It's been closed about a year.

[Pete]

Strayer University, an online college, is taking the old Factory space on the corner of this building.

Drove by yesterday and they are already putting up walls.

[shawnw]

There's a bar-like area in the strayer space that looks mostly done already...



Also, there's an optometrist taking the old sara kate space next door. There might be a retail or art/gallery component to that as well.

[Pete]

From the Lingo FB page; this is the Strayer space:

[shawnw]

Next door to the north an optometrist is going in but they might also have an art studio type setup in the front...

[HOT ROD]

^++

I L O V E to see/hear the service businesses returning to downtown. So hard to believe that OKC killed all of the Optometrists, Pharmacists, cleaners, tailors, cobblers, salons, boutiques, barbershops, daycares, photographers, radio/tv/production studios, etc that are so commonplace in other major cities' downtowns.

I look forward to the return of these ESSENTIAL small businesses in storefronts throughout AAlley, the CBD, midtown, Bricktown, DDeuce, Film Row, Arts District, SoSa, and C2S. We need these businesses back and we need them FULL - that's the "downtown experience" (and the real working downtown economy) not JUST big events and venues, or lunch-only restaurants and office towers.