OKSea

[Pete]

This project is being moved to 30 NE 2nd Street - OKCTalk to make way for a permanent development.

Hope to have more details soon.

[Teo9969]

zip line to rock island plow?

omg yes!!!!!!!

[catch22]

This is good!

[shawnw]

Does that mean the previous site is being used for something else?

[Pete]

Does that mean the previous site is being used for something else?

Yes, but not sure if it will be similar to the previously proposed Maywood Flatiron or entirely different.

Should have details soon.

[Chadanth]

Great use of the space!

[catch22]

Great use of the space!

Yes this will interact great with the pocket park!

[shawnw]

NM I didn't read thoroughly...

[Spartan]

Didn't see that coming. I dig it.

[BoulderSooner]

There are 4 shipping containers sitting on the site, I noticed today. The construction fence is down and it looks like they've cleared away a bunch of the building materials being used for the Maywood Apartments.

This location wasn't used for the building materials. And never had a construction fence

[OKCisOK4me]

This project is being moved to 30 NE 2nd Street - OKCTalk to make way for a permanent development.

Hope to have more details soon.

I'd love to see something permanent here!

[Spartan]

It was used for some construction staging, whether it should have been or not.

[Dustin]

This project is being moved to 30 NE 2nd Street - OKCTalk to make way for a permanent development.

Hope to have more details soon.

Wonderful spot to move it!

[betts]

This location wasn't used for the building materials. And never had a construction fence

I was talking about the original site, which certainly did have construction materials and at least as of this morning had four shipping containers sitting on site. I live a block away.

[betts]

I didn't see it coming either but I'm good with it. It's like our own little neighborhood Stage Center and will help fill that hole in my heart.

[Pete]

Also, it's likely to bring a much-needed coffee shop.

You've got to think that would be one of the tenants.

[betts]

Originally, Richard said there was going to be a coffee shop in Mosaic. I don't know if that plan has gone by the wayside.

[Pete]

^

I think that is still happening but this would be temporary, remember.

[betts]

I don't want it to be temporary.

[Pete]

I'm suggesting that there could be a coffee shop at OKSea until one opens in Mosaic or elsewhere in the area, perhaps operated by the same people who would open the permanent location.

[Spartan]

I sent Pete photos of construction equipment on the site in December.

[Spartan]

Maybe it will have cupcakes for sale, too.

[Chadanth]

These should be permanent, with either rotating businesses or as an incubator for new concepts. Low overhead, and a great location in a moderately dense, younger neighborhood.

[Pete]

You did?

[ljbab728]

Steve's article.

Container development moves to Deep Deuce | News OK

The new location for OK SEA, 30 NE 2, was bought by Richard McKown when he acquired a batch of properties in Deep Deuce where he built Level apartments and is currently building the Mosaic apartments. The site at 30 NE 2, however, is a small parcel no wider than 80 feet that is nestled between the new Aloft Hotel, a small pocket park, and the Clark Building.

“This is kind of a case of the tail wagging the dog,” McKown said. “We started building a dog park. I had my architects and landscaping architects in on the conversation, and that's when Matt Brown came into looking at a more valuable opportunity for his site. We shared the same architect (Scaramucci). And architect said, ‘If Matt isn't going to do OK SEA on his site, why not do it on the dog park site?'”

“It's not a moneymaker — but it's definitely going to help with community building,” McKown said. “We think it's cool, we think it's an opportunity to do a small space that keeps the monthly rate reasonable so we can keep it focused on small, homegrown entrepreneurs. When the Aloft opens, Second Street is going to be one of the most special places in the city, and that's where it became obvious we needed to do something.”